The FINANCIAL — HeidelbergCement is the global market leader in aggregates and a prominent player in the fields of cement, concrete and other downstream activities, making it one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials. The company employs some 52,500 people at 2,500 locations in 40 countries.
At a local level HeidelbergCement Georgia is a leading brand in the Georgian cement market. The company has been carrying out its activities in Georgia since 2006 and up to date has made more than 200 million Euro investments that were mainly oriented on the modernization of existing cement plants and expansion of the concrete business line. The company supplies cement and concrete to almost every major construction project in Georgia. Today the company operates 4 cement plants with a total capacity of 2 million tons of cement.
HeidelbergCement Georgia meets European standards in all its fields of management and production activities. The company is working according to 3 pillars on sustainable development: Economy, Ecology and Social Responsibility. The installation of new filters, scientific project “Quarry Life Award”, charitable event “TbilisiMarathon”, waste management – all of these are in response to HeidelbergCement’s mission and sustainable development guideline.
In 2008, HeidelbergCement established the company HeidelbergBeton Georgia Ltd and began concrete production.
Since its establishment, HeidelbergBeton started solid and stable development on the local market. The First concrete plant started operation in Ponichala in 2009. In 2010 two plants (Ponichala and Gldani) supplied Tbilisi and nearby territory with concrete.
In 2011 the company started offering the construction sector a mobile plant service that means concrete production locally, and the first mobile plant started operation in the city of Rustavi. At the end of 2012 the company expanded its operation area, and on the 1st of February 2013 officially opened a new concrete plant in Batumi. Two concrete plants for the construction of the Ruisi-Agara highway section and plants in Kakheti and Tbilisi for the construction of HPP and a large shopping mall respectively followed. 2014 saw further expansion with the new mobile concrete plants in Tsalka and Rustavi.
Currently, HeidelbergBeton runs 10 concrete batching plants all over Georgia and has annual production of 0.5 million cubic meters (2014).
Being customer-oriented, the company offers a full package of services related to ready-mixed concrete and special products. It is the first time in Georgia of a concrete heating system being used that gives the possibility to produce and deliver “warm“ concrete even in wintertime.
Among the major projects of HeidelbergBeton Georgia are: the South Caucasus Pipeline Extension project run by BP (Rustavi, Tsalka, Akhaltsikhe); Agara Ruisi section of the E60 highway; Poti Terminal; Millennium Hotel in Tbilisi; and Babillon Tower in Batumi.
In spite of its solid position in the regions, HeidelbergBeton is continuing its development on the local market and in 2015-2017 plans to add several more mobile concrete plants.
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