| Abstract: | Datamonitor's Holcim Ltd. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Holcim Ltd. - 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.
Holcim is one of the leading producers of building material like cement and aggregates. The group is engaged in the manufacture, distribution and marketing of building materials, and also provides ready-mix concrete, asphalt and other value added services. The group operates in more than 70 countries. It is headquartered in Jona, Switzerland and employed 56,713 people as of December 2008. The group recorded revenues of CHF25,157 million (approximately $23,306.5 million) during the financial year ended December 2008 (FY2008), a decrease of 7% compared to 2007. The operating profit of the group was CHF3,360 million (approximately $3,112.8 million) in FY2008, a decrease of 33.1% compared to 2007. The net profit was CHF1,782 million (approximately $1,650.9 million) in FY2008, a decrease of 53.9% compared to 2007.
Scope of the Report
- Provides all the crucial information on Holcim Ltd. required for business and competitor intelligence needs
- Contains a study of the major internal and external factors affecting Holcim Ltd. in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as a breakdown and examination of leading product revenue streams of Holcim Ltd.
-Data is supplemented with details on Holcim Ltd. history, key executives, business description, locations and subsidiaries as well as a list of products and services and the latest available statement from Holcim Ltd.
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| Brief Excerpt: | ...Holcim is a Swiss holding compan y engaged in the production, distr ibution, mar keting and sales of cement, agg regates and constr uction mater ials.The compan y pr imarily oper ates in Europe , Nor thAmerica. It is headquar tered in Zur ich, Switz erland and emplo ys about 60,000 people .The compan y recorded re venues of CHF18,468 million ($14,038.68 million) dur ing the fiscal y earended December 2005, an increase of 39.8% o ver the fiscal y ear 2004. The oper ating profit of the company dur ing fiscal y ear 2005 w as CHF3,316 million ($2,520.7 million), an increase of 47.3% from 2004. The net profit w as CHF1,818 million ($1,381.97 million) in fiscal y ear 2005, an increase of 62.3% o ver the fiscal y ear 2004. ...
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