Company structure
Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions with leading market positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete. We are represented in more than 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at almost 3,000 locations. At the centre of our actions lies the responsibility for the environment. As the front runner on the path to carbon neutrality and circular economy in the building materials industry, we are working on sustainable building materials and solutions for the future. We enable new opportunities for our customers through digitalisation. heidelbergmaterials.com
In the UK, Heidelberg Materials is split into three business lines – aggregates, asphalt and recycling (AAR), cement and concrete – which together operate over 300 manufacturing sites and employ more than 4,000 people. The company is leading the decarbonisation of the cement sector through carbon capture and storage and construction is underway to build the UK’s first carbon capture facility at a cement works at its Padeswood site in north Wales. It is expected that the new facility will be complete in 2029, enabling the production of evoZero carbon captured near-zero cement to help decarbonise the construction industry.
Heidelberg Materials Aggregates Asphalt and Recycling (AAR)
Heidelberg Materials produces crushed rock, sand and gravel from a network of over 80 quarries, depots and wharves. The division includes Heidelberg Materials Aggregates Marine, Europe's largest producer of marine-dredged sand and gravel which operates seven trailing suction hopper dredgers delivering to wharves in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. AAR also brings together management of our asphalt production sites and a national road surfacing and infrastructure contracting business.
Heidelberg Materials Cement
Heidelberg Materials Cement is a leading manufacturer of Portland cement, both in bulk and in bags, and produces evoBuild low carbon GGBS (ground granulated blast furnace slag) – a cement replacement in ready-mixed and precast concrete. The division includes our packed products business which produces a range of bagged cement, cementitious and aggregate products. Read more about our cement products.
Heidelberg Materials Concrete
Heidelberg Materials Concrete is the UK’s largest supplier of ready-mixed concrete from a network of over 170 static and site-based mobile production plants.
Supply Chain
Our supply chain function oversees the movement of around a million tonnes of materials every week by road, rail and sea.
Our head office is at Maidenhead and houses corporate finance, insurance, legal, marketing, sustainability, procurement and the senior management team. We also have a shared service centre at Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, which employs over 150 people. This includes supplier and customer accounts, credit control, payroll, management accounts, IT and HR services.
Our national customer service centre is in Syston near Leicestershire and manages orders, sales and distribution for all our products.