Lafarge in Greece
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Cement

Lafarge is the world leader in building materials with top-ranking positions in all of its businesses. It entered the Greek cement market in 2001 and owns the majority of Heracles' shares.

Heracles is the market leader in Greece, with a cement production capacity of 9.6 million tons per year. The company was founded in 1911 as the Industrial and Commercial Company "General Cement Company" and has been serving the market for almost a century.

 

Heracles operates 3 cement plants, in Volos, Halkis and Milaki in Evoia and 6 cement terminals. It manages 11 quarries in the vicinity of the plants and 3 in Milos, Yali and Altsi. The company has trading activity throughout continental and island Greece for bulk and bagged cement.

 

Driven by a customer focused approach, Heracles brings to the market differentiated, innovative solutions to meet customer and end-user needs.

Milaki plant kiln

Milaki plant kiln

Heracles overview

  • 3 Cement plants
  • 6 Distribution terminals
  • 1,224 Employees

 

(31/12/10)

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Commitment to sustainability

Our products meet basic human need to construct homes and provide the basic infrastructure: the roads, the hospitals, the schools, the factories and offices that underpin our common life. Yet, business as usual is not a sustainable option for us or for the world as a whole. Together we must find a way of delivering the benefits of economic growth, while leaving a lighter trace on the earth.