| Abstract: | Datamonitor's Lafarge S.A. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Lafarge S.A. - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.
LLafarge is a France-based company engaged in construction materials. It produces and sells building materials including cement, aggregates, concrete, gypsum wallboard and related products worldwide. The company primarily operates in Western Europe, North America, Asia and Latin America. It is headquartered in Paris, France and employs about 84,000 people. The company recorded revenues of E19,033 million ($28,004 million) during the financial year ended December 2008 (FY2008), an increase of 8.1% over FY2007. The operating profit of the company was E3,362 million ($4,946.6 million) during FY2008, an increase of 2.2% over FY2007. The net profit was E1,598 million ($2,351.2 million) in FY2008, a decrease of 16.3% compared to FY2007.
Scope of the Report
- Provides all the crucial information on Lafarge S.A. required for business and competitor intelligence needs
- Contains a study of the major internal and external factors affecting Lafarge S.A. in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as a breakdown and examination of leading product revenue streams of Lafarge S.A.
-Data is supplemented with details on Lafarge S.A. history, key executives, business description, locations and subsidiaries as well as a list of products and services and the latest available statement from Lafarge S.A.
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| Brief Excerpt: | ...Lafarge is a b uilding mater ials pro vider.The g roup is engaged in the production distr ibution, mar ketingand sale of b uilding mater ials lik e cement, concrete and agg regates, and gypsum f or the constr uctionindustry.The compan y pr imarily oper ates in Western Europe and Nor th Amer ica. It is headquar teredin P aris, F rance and emplo ys about 82,800 people .The compan y recorded re venues of E16,909 million dur ing the fiscal y ear ended December 2006, an increase of 16.7% o ver 2005. The oper ating profit of the compan y w as E2,678 million dur ingfiscal y ear 2006, an increase of 22.8% o ver 2005. The net profit w as E1,589 million in fiscal y ear2006, an increase of 11.6% o ver 2005. ...
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