Smart cements

The Dutch cement producer ENCI (Eerste Nederlandse Cement Industrie) was founded in 1926. Although its name indicates Dutch roots, the company has always been owned by foreign investors. Today, the Belgian CBR-Group and Holderbank from Switzerland are shareholders of ENCI. CBR in turn, belongs in part to the Heidelberger-Zement Group. Heidelberger-Zement and Holderbank are among the top five of the world’s cement producers. Striking advantages of this interlinking are an easy access to capital and technical know-how, the two main production factors in the manufacture of bulk goods.