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Top 100 materials producers: 1 - 50
20062005CompanyCountryTurnover 2005/2006 €000sTurnover 2005/2006 £000s% Change in turnover % Foreign turnover
11SAINT-GOBAINFrance34,873,00023,479,99190
22WOLSELEYBritain16,463,44011,084,8341179
33LAFARGEFrance15,969,00010,751,928110
46CORUSBritain14,828,8979,984,296973
54CRHIreland14,449,3009,728,7141393
68HOLCIMSwitzerland11,763,0577,920,0663596
75SCHNEIDER ELECTRICFrance11,679,0007,863,471130
89HEIDELBERG CEMENTGermany7,803,0005,253,7601388
913SCHINDLERSwitzerland5,548,0003,735,46800
1012HANSONBritain5,468,9973,682,276868
1162NEXANSFrance5,449,0003,668,8121573
1215ITALCEMENTI (ITALMOBILIARE)Italy4,999,6003,366,231100
1317PILKINGTONBritain3,939,7482,652,632–246
1428TRAVIS PERKINSBritain3,861,9482,600,250440
1516CEMEX Spain3,786,0002,549,114–130
1621CIMENTS FRANCAIS (ITALCEMENTI ITALIE)France3,595,0002,420,514170
1718KNAUFGermany3,500,0002,356,550080
1819BPB INDUSTRIESBritain3,471,0442,337,054728
1922TARMACBritain3,251,9012,189,50550
2023LEGRANDFrance3,247,9002,186,8111174
2125IMERYSFrance3,045,0002,050,199675
2227BUZZI UNICEMItaly2,951,4361,987,202668
2326BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)Britain2,894,5601,948,9071061
2434GRAFTONIreland2,629,4641,770,4184061
25THYSSENKRUPP FRANCEFrance2,503,6831,685,73000
2633SIGBritain2,397,3851,614,1591733
2730IMIBritain2,307,6921,553,769–269
2831AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES (HOLCIM)Britain2,214,2441,490,850450
29SMIItaly2,176,0631,465,143079
3032NOVAR (HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL)Britain2,163,2061,456,487383
31 ABENGOASpain2,023,0001,362,08600
3236WIENERBERGERAustria1,954,6001,316,0321196
33MONNOYEUR SCA (MARSEILLAN)France1,888,0001,271,19000
3440SIKASwitzerland1,857,9621,250,9661692
3539VICATFrance1,804,2381,214,793120
3635VAILLANT GROUPGermany1,791,0001,205,880–379
3738ROCASpain1,664,0001,120,37100
3841ETEX GROUPBelgium1,533,7001,032,64010
397ROCKWOOL Denmark1,344,000904,915300
4050DYCKERHOFF(BUZZI UNICEM)Germany1,327,000893,4691137
4111RMC GROUP (CEMEX )Britain1,297,883873,86500
4245XELLA (HANIEL)Germany1,274,000857,784–60
43GRUPPO DE LONGHIItaly1,257,698846,808–276
4467KINGSPAN Ireland1,243,000836,91200
4550VIESSMANNGermany1,200,000807,960450
46RHIAustria1,199,400807,55600
4770BAXIBritain1,129,080760,2102958
4852CNH FRANCE (CNH INTERNATIONAL)France1,126,866758,719–10
4923LEGRAND (LEGRAND FRANCE)France1,120,299754,297037
50GRUPPO MERLONI TERMOSANITARIItaly1,110,957748,00700
Top 100 materials producers: 51 - 100
20062005CompanyCountryTurnover 2005/2006 €000sTurnover 2005/2006 £000s% Change in turnover % Foreign turnover
5147URALITASpain1,104,000743,323–160
5253BSS GROUPBritain1,091,693735,037130
53FORBOswitzerland1,084,076729,90800
5460GRUPPO MAPEIItaly1,026,256690,9781761
5558PERMASTEELISAItaly986,840664,4391195
5664MANITOU BF (ETUDES REALISATIONS ET TECHNIQUES)France985,033663,223200
57PORTLAND VALDERRIVASSpain978,400658,75700
58LAPEYRE (SAINT-GOBAIN)France954,470642,645–360
5955GROUPE DUNAFERRHungary945,376636,52200
6057OTIS (UNITED TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING)France938,846632,125526
61MARAZZIItaly903,240608,15100
6263LAFARGE CIMENTS (LAFARGE)France895,961603,25152
6354VILLEROY & BOCHGermany893,200601,392–769
6495GROHEGermany865,000582,405–580
6556PFLEIDERERGermany830,500559,176–860
6666CIMENTS CALCIA (CIMENTS FRANCAIS)France790,155532,01131
67POTAIN SAS (MANITOWOC CRANE)France774,300521,3361330
6883ICOPALDenmark755,000508,342360
6972STOGermany740,600498,646952
7074DORMAGermany699,500470,973872
7173GRUPPO FINANCOItaly682,932459,818512
72UNITED TECHNOLOGIES ITALIAItaly679,671457,622100
73TRAGSASpain665,110447,819870
7480LIEBHERR FRANCEFrance650,214437,7891474
7579DECEUNINCKBelgium643,700433,403110
7688HOLCIM ESPANASpain620,670417,897310
7782SOPREMAFrance615,581414,471040
7876PLACOPLATRE (BPB PLACO)France600,389404,24209
7977ALCOA- KOFÉMHungary593,040399,294091
8081SOMFYFrance591,200398,05540
8148IDEAL STANDARD ITALIAItaly570,451384,085–530
82FENWICK LINDE (LINDE HOLDING)France554,851373,581022
83ATLANTIC France554,500373,345014
8493GRUPPO CONCORDEItaly530,168356,962210
8585MARSHALLSBritain525,461353,79391
8686CEMENTOS MOLINSSpain515,880347,34200
8787ROTO FRANKGermany511,900344,662660
88AALBORG PORTLAND Denmark493,000331,937850
8995HANSGROHEGermany476,200320,6251176
90DELACHAUX SA (SOGREPAR)France468,611315,516083
9192LEGRIS INDUSTRIES (FREGATE)France468,000315,104670
9291ROUX COMBALUZIER SCHINDLERFrance467,751314,93760
93DEUTAGGermany463,000311,738460
94VM MATERIAUXFrance459,464309,35760
95GLAVERBEL CZCzech Republic452,800304,87000
9696OTIS ITALIA (UNITED TECHNOLOGIES ITALIA)Italy452,443304,630727
9794KRONOPOLPoland440,600296,65600
98INOVA FRANCE (VON ROLL SUISSE)France438,046294,93600
99UNILANDSpain423,350285,04280
10046LAFARGE PLATRESFrance422,600284,537–6811
Top 200 contractors: 1 - 100
20062005CompanyCountryTurnover 2005/2006 €000sTurnover 2005/2006 £000s% Change in turnover % Foreign turnover
11VINCIFrance21,543,00014,504,7081048
22BOUYGUESFrance16,800,00011,311,289–136
34HOCHTIEFGermany14,854,00010,001,0651384
43SKANSKA Sweden13,434,0009,044,99110
55ACSSpain12,113,0008,155,5741117
66COLAS (BOUYGUES)France9,540,0006,423,196190
715STRABAG Austria9,315,0006,271,7065679
810FERROVIALSpain8,989,0006,052,2132443
97VINCI CONSTRUCTIONFrance8,958,3516,031,577150
108EIFFAGEFrance8,497,0005,720,954917
119ROYAL BAM GROUPNetherlands7,425,0004,999,186–154
1211AMECBritain7,227,9914,866,54130
1314BALFOUR BEATTYBritain7,221,4104,862,110180
1412FCCSpain7,089,0004,772,9601310
1513BILFINGER BERGERGermany7,061,0004,754,1081667
1616EUROVIA (VINCI)France6,457,0004,347,440120
1717BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTIONFrance6,131,0004,127,9471140
1818NCC Sweden5,335,0003,592,00760
1919TAYLOR WOODROWBritain5,200,9363,501,7436%3F
2022ACCIONASpain4,852,0003,266,8082014
2120BOVIS LEND LEASEBritain4,798,9113,231,06440
2225STRABAG COLOGNEGermany4,341,0002,922,7562744
2324SACYR Y VALLEHERMOSOSpain4,176,0002,811,6631325
24VOLKER WESSELS GROUPNetherlands4,157,0002,798,871832
2526VINCI ENERGIESFrance3,508,5002,362,24150
2631CARILLIONBritain3,340,4502,249,0951410
27116EIFFAGE TRAVAUX PUBLICSFrance3,246,0002,185,5034820
2821EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTIONFrance3,125,0002,104,03400
2929YIT-CORPORATIONFinland3,024,0002,036,032043
3033SPIE (PAI PARTNERS)France2,899,0191,951,88300
3127CEGELECFrance2,858,3821,924,523–90
3232HEIJMANSNetherlands2,835,0001,908,780619
3336LAING O’ROURKEBritain2,828,1521,904,169250
34PEAB Sweden2,746,0001,848,8571215
35167SOGEA CONSTRUCTION (VINCI)France2,744,0001,847,511170
3630IMPREGILOItaly2,442,9801,644,836–1740
3737OHLSpain2,442,0001,644,177937
3838KIER GROUPBritain2,371,1611,596,48190
3942PORR Austria2,258,0001,520,2912231
4040ALPINE-MAYREDER BAUAustria2,010,0001,353,315538
4144GTM CONSTRUCTION (VINCI)France1,977,0001,331,09680
4246MORGAN SINDALLBritain1,896,3261,276,77950
43ABERTISSpain1,824,0001,228,08300
4448VEIDEKKE Norway1,810,0001,218,6571329
4543INTERSERVEBritain1,797,4551,210,210–47
46IMPLENIASwitzerland1,779,6201,198,2021402
4750FORCLUM (EIFFAGE)France1,753,7801,180,804160
4855FAYAT France1,636,0351,101,528320
4867SIR ROBERT MC ALPINE (NEWARTHILL)Britain1,624,0511,093,4593116
5049LEMMINKAINEN GROUPFinland1,602,0001,078,612431
51BOUYGUES IMMOBILIERFrance1,557,0001,048,314200
5252ZUBLINGermany1,551,0001,044,274832
5353ALFRED MCALPINEBritain1,519,1581,022,83590
54ISOLUX-CORSAN-CORVIAMSpain1,373,000924,42980
5560MILLER GROUPBritain1,305,645879,079180
5658BALLAST NEDAMNetherlands1,206,000811,989410
5762CONSTRUCTURA SAN JOSESpain1,201,000808,622140
5856SKANSKA CONSTRUCTIONBritain1,199,181807,39800
5961BOUYGUES BATIMENT ILE DE FRANCEFrance1,166,000785,05700
6068BOSKALIS WESTMINSTERNetherlands1,156,000778,3241381
6157HBG CONSTRUCTION (ROYAL BAM GROUP)Britain1,135,420764,468–40
6275MT HOJGAARDDenmark1,133,000762,839310
6371SKANSKA NORVEGENorway1,132,000762,165180
6465COSTAIN GROUPBritain1,130,740761,31796
6589SWIETELSKY BAUGESELLSCHAFTAustria1,114,000750,0464651
6659MOTA ENGILPortugal1,101,060741,334–30
6776KELLER GROUPBritain1,069,083719,8042288
6866GALLIFORD TRYBritain1,062,062715,07740
6970DURA VERMEERNetherlands1,046,000704,26280
7081RHEINHOLD & MAHLA (BILFINGER BERGER)Germany1,028,500692,480220
7164ASTALDIItaly1,020,730687,248–354
7273WATES GROUPBritain1,020,192686,88680
7394ETDE (BOUYGUES)France1,016,000684,064360
7479BESIXBelgium1,014,000682,717200
7583SKANSKA CZCzech Republic1,000,000673,291230
7690VAN OORD GROEPNetherlands1,000,000673,2913186
7777CFE (VINCI)Belgium975,400656,728140
7874SHEPHERD BUILDING GROUPBritain959,199645,82080
79MAX BOEGLGermany940,000632,8941112
8096VINCI GROUPBritain934,725629,342240
8184SPIE BATIGNOLLESFrance925,789623,3251620
8290BOWMER & KIRKLANDBritain922,666621,223170
8380SKANSKA FINLANDEFinland902,000607,30860
84MORRISON (GALLIFORD TRY)Britain880,750593,00160
8593SOLETANCHE BACHYFrance854,000574,9911469
86106DEMEBelgium845,100568,998300
87113KAEFER ISOLIERTECHNIKGermany830,000558,8324361
88102BAUER Germany824,300554,9942467
8998STRUKTON GROEPNetherlands824,000554,792159
9099ROK PROPERTY SOLUTIONSBritain812,811547,258120
9191CONDOTTE D’ACQUA (FERFINA)Italy802,033540,002613
9288JAN DE NUL GROUPBelgium795,000535,26630
9392BOUYGUES TRAVAUX PUBLICSFrance749,000504,29500
94103WOLFF + MULLERGermany745,000501,6021320
95114NCC DANEMARK (NCC)Denmark740,000498,235300
96EUROVIA (VINCI)Germany732,000492,84900
97128CINTRA (FERROVIAL)Spain696,220468,759440
98100EDMUND NUTTALL (ROYAL BAM GROUP)Britain687,119462,631–52
99149BUDIMEX-DROMEX (FERROVIAL)Poland682,500459,5212618
100123METROSTAV (DOPRASTAV)Czech Republic674,000453,798310
Top 200 contractors: 101 - 200
20062005CompanyCountryTurnover 2005/2006 €000sTurnover 2005/2006 £000s% Change in turnover % Foreign turnover
101101RENEW HOLDINGS (FORMERLY MONTPELLIER)Britain669,421450,715–70
102105COMSASpain651,080438,36600
10397NCC FINLANDFinland627,000422,153–140
104112STRABAG EPITOHungary625,203420,94470
105110WILLMOTT DIXONBritain614,902414,00820
106117VINCI CONSTRUCTION GRANDS PROJETSFrance603,647406,430100
107NG BAILEYBritain582,138391,94840
108125VAN WJNENNetherlands576,200387,950160
109124CMCItaly574,658386,9121433
110EMCOR DRAKE & SKULL GROUPBritain570,342384,00610
111118GUINTOLI (NGE)France569,529383,45943
112144SKANSKA POLOGNEPoland567,900382,362110
113126GOLDBECKGermany550,000370,3101220
114130COOPSETTEItaly544,744366,771183
115PIHL & SONDenmark542,000364,924053
116136NCC NORWAYNorway537,000361,557250
117122LINDNERGermany529,000356,171033
118120INTERIOR SERVICES GROUPBritain522,397351,725–44
119107PIZZAROTTIItaly521,432351,075–1712
120134UNIECOItaly509,740343,203130
121ALDESASpain504,950339,9781570
122108BIRSE GROUP (BALFOUR BEATTY)Britain497,986335,289–190
123151TREVIItaly496,970334,6053580
124%3F129MULTIPLEX CONSTRUCTIONBritain491,250330,75430
125121SSZ (VINCI)Czech Republic491,000330,586–80
126135LEONHARD WEISSGermany490,000329,913113
127152KEEPMOAT HOLDINGSBritain489,449329,542370
128138GAGNERAUD (FINANCIERE GAGNERAUD)France476,000320,487130
129145SKANSKA DANEMARKDenmark472,000317,793170
130187POLIMEX MOTOSTAL SIEDLCEPoland467,100314,494732
131154AARSLEFDenmark464,000312,4073139
132150DEMATHIEU ET BARD (H2)France459,720309,5252329
133132FREYSSINET INTERNATIONAL ET COMPAGNIEFrance459,629309,46400
134137HABAU HOCH UND TIEFBAUGESAustria455,000306,347719
135146LEON GROSSEFrance454,463305,986130
136173BALDASSINI-TOGNOZZI-PONDELLOItaly444,146299,040590
137155MAY GURNEYBritain441,329297,143260
138ASCON CONTRACTORS (ROYAL BAM GROEP)Ireland440,000296,24800
139162COLAS HONGRIEHungary437,588294,624380
140142CMBItaly434,675292,66350
141STRABAG POLSKAPoland433,000291,535570
142143RIZZANI DE ECCHERItaly418,204281,573259
143MICHAEL MCNAMARAIreland414,400279,01200
144SOMAGUE ENGENHARIAPortugal403,763271,85000
145140SOFICOM (EIFFAGE)Belgium383,600258,274–80
146WIEMER & TRACHTEGermany380,000255,85100
147139GRANDI LAVORI FINCOSITItaly373,174251,255–128
148PIERSE CONTRACTINGIreland372,500250,80100
149170FITZPATRICK (VOLKER WESSELS GROUP)Britain371,164249,901280
15063JOHN SISKBritain366,212246,567600
151161KOESTERGermany365,000245,751140
152160J MURPHY & SONSBritain355,493239,350810
153156RAZEL (BILFINGER BERGER)France353,620238,089218
154GHELLAItaly353,576238,0607873
15586BOUYGUES BATIMENT INTERNATIONALFrance346,775233,480–560
156168SEVERFIELD-ROWENBritain346,186233,084163
157158RG CARTER HOLDINGSBritain344,937232,24330
158147TEIXEIRA DUARTEPortugal339,127228,331–130
159164WALO BERTSCHINGERSwitzerland336,942226,860107
160200ZECH-BAUGermany336,000226,226390
161104COPISASpain331,190222,98700
162184HEBERGER BAUGermany329,000221,513260
163181TODINIItaly328,395221,1052542
164171OSBORNEBritain328,309221,047130
165PAVIMENTALItaly324,842218,713450
166176CARIFrance324,670218,59700
167157SOARES DA COSTAPortugal320,589215,850–50
168166SMAC (COLAS)France318,534214,46671
169RD HOLDINGFrance309,190208,17500
170127GRASSETTO LAVORIItaly308,936208,004–3712
171174TORNO INTERNAZIONALEItaly308,857207,9511119
172HORCONASpain305,920205,97300
173LOPESANSpain305,270205,53600
174BEGARSpain305,000205,35400
175195CESIItaly304,988205,346220
176185SIMONS GROUPBritain300,564202,367140
177MIDASBritain299,007201,319370
178SALINI COSTRUTTORIItaly297,116200,0468571
179189OPCAPortugal296,768199,811160
180177BONATTIItaly294,718198,431955
181ACERGY FRANCEFrance293,676197,72900
182LOSINGER (BOUYGUES)Switzerland293,630197,698270
183180BENTO PEDROSO CONSTRUCOESPortugal292,876197,191110
184183HEADCROWNBritain287,147193,33380
185169QUILLE (BOUYGUES)France286,624192,981–10
186190CONSORZIO ETRURIAItaly282,458190,176119
187DEAN & DYBALL CONSTRUCTIONBritain270,067181,834100
188BRUESASpain270,000181,78900
189SEDDON GROUPBritain269,560181,492111
190HIDEPITO (VINCI)Hungary269,384181,374390
191DV CONSTRUCTION (BOUYGUES) France268,884181,037370
192194SOGEFIMAFrance268,826180,99880
193175FRUTIGERSwitzerland268,152180,544–10
194BREZILLON (BOUYGUES)France266,778179,619130
195TECSA EMPRESA CONSTRUCTORASpain264,910178,36200
196182PLODERSpain264,400178,01810
197CONSTRUCTORA HISPANICASpain263,770177,594410
198SWIETELSKYHungary262,222176,5521150
199VEGYEPSZERHungary255,114171,766430
200172MCNICHOLAS CONSTRUCTIONBritain254,055171,053–110
Top 20 UK materials producers
2006CompanyTurnover 2005/2006 €000sTurnover 2005/2006 £000s% Change in turnover % Foreign turnoverKey activities
1WOLSELEY16,463,44011,084,8341179Materials
2CORUS14,828,8979,984,296973Materials
3HANSON5,468,9973,682,276868Materials
4PILKINGTON3,939,7482,652,632–246Glass
5TRAVIS PERKINS3,861,9482,600,250440Materials
6BPB INDUSTRIES3,471,0442,337,054728Materials
7TARMAC3,251,9012,189,50550Materials
8BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)2,894,5601,948,9071061Cement
9SIG2,397,3851,614,1591733Materials
10IMI2,307,6921,553,769–269Materials
11AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES (HOLCIM)2,214,2441,490,850450Materials
12NOVAR (HONEYWELL)2,163,2061,456,487383Materials
13RMC GROUP (CEMEX )1,297,883873,86500Ready-mixed concrete
14BAXI1,129,080760,2102958Materials
15BSS GROUP1,091,693735,037130Materials
16MARSHALLS525,461353,79391Materials
17ANGLIAN GROUP405,102455,015–11Doors and windows
18HEYWOOD WILLIAMS384,177361,070667Materials
19FOSTER YEOMAN357,062355,934012Materials
20NORCROSS284,879263,820838Materials
Top 10 UK materials producers by % overseas sales
2006CompanyTurnover 2005/2006 €000sTurnover 2005/2006 £000s% Change in turnover % Foreign turnoverKey activities
1NOVAR (HONEYWELL)832,163,2061,456,4873Materials
2WOLSELEY7916,463,44011,084,83411Materials
3CORUS7314,828,8979,984,2969Materials
4IMI692,307,6921,553,769–2Materials
5HANSON685,468,9973,682,2768Materials
6HEYWOOD WILLIAMS67384,177361,0706Materials
7BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)612,894,5601,948,90710Cement
8BAXI581,129,080760,21029Materials
9AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES (HOLCIM)502,214,2441,490,8504Materials
10PILKINGTON463,939,7482,652,632–2Glass
Top 10 UK materials producers by % overseas sales
2006CompanyTurnover 2005/2006 €000sTurnover 2005/2006 £000s% Change in turnover % Foreign turnoverKey activities
1WOLSELEY947,353638,5161516,463,44053,668
2CORUS848,353571,7905214,828,89748,200
3HANSON627,815423,1471005,468,99724,400
4BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)392,220264,35602,894,56011,926
5BPB INDUSTRIES378,327254,992–13,471,044126,896
6TRAVIS PERKINS302,281203,73783,861,9487,525
7TARMAC297,602200,584173,251,90113,000
8IMI248,464167,465672,307,69217,099
9PILKINGTON241,299162,636–13,939,74823,800
10AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES (HOLCIM)215,853145,485–12,214,244