Company Story
1874 - Founding of the company by Johann Gottlieb Heidelberg
1896 - First cement production in Heidelberg
1901 - Foundation of the HeidelbergCement AG company
1914 - Start of cement production in Germany
1922 - Expansion into the international market
1938 - Acquisition of the first foreign subsidiary in Belgium
1955 - Restart of cement production after World War II
1960 - Expansion into the European market
1972 - Acquisition of the first subsidiary in North America
1990 - Expansion into Eastern Europe
1993 - Acquisition of the first subsidiary in Asia
2007 - Acquisition of Hanson plc, a British building materials company
2015 - Acquisition of Italcementi, an Italian cement company