{"id":118487,"date":"2026-08-21T12:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/118487\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:02:14","slug":"swiss-cement-giant-holcim-to-acquire-german-firm-fermacell-in-e840m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/118487\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss cement giant Holcim to acquire German firm Fermacell in \u20ac840m deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4bd7441620932f787a18b66eb6638b127aaf5330-91931669.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Holcim strengthens its walls and floors with the acquisition of Fermacell\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Holcim strengthens its walls and floors with the acquisition of Fermacell            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss building materials giant Holcim is set to acquire German wall and flooring specialist Fermacell from James Hardie for \u20ac840 million (CHF784 million), as the Chicago-based building materials group divests its European fibre cement business.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        August 21, 2026 &#8211; 13:14\n<\/p>\n<p>Based in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, Fermacell is expected to generate revenue of around \u20ac430 million in 2026 and employs about 1,000 people, according to statements released by Holcim and James Hardie on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/135235148_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"921\" alt=\"Holcim also manufactures in Switzerland \u2013 here is the factory in Siggental, Canton of Aargau.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Emissions reduction\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Green promises: the two faces of the Swiss cement giant Holcim\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 22, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                On the very day Holcim is fighting against a climate lawsuit in a court in Zug, the Swiss cement company is promoting its Net Zero plans at a congress just a few kilometres down the road.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/emissions-reduction\/the-two-faces-of-the-swiss-cement-giant-holcim\/90031256\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Green promises: the two faces of the Swiss cement giant Holcim\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company operates six manufacturing sites and serves customers in 13 European countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Zug-based cement giant expects synergies of around \u20ac22 million over the next three years. The Fermacell and Aestuver brands will complement Holcim\u2019s portfolio of integrated components and modular solutions. <\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787313734_348_Screenshot-2026-06-17-at-15.25.03.png\" width=\"577\" height=\"1053\" alt=\"Photo of a woman\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Workplace\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Holcim spins off Amrize in biggest Swiss M&amp;A deal in 2025    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Jun 17, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                In June last year, Holcim announced it completed the spinoff of its North American business Amrize. The deal valued at $33.7 billion valuation was the biggest Swiss M&amp;A deal in 2025.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/workplace\/amrize-spins-off-holcim-to-tap-us-market-potential\/91440021\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Holcim spins off Amrize in biggest Swiss M&amp;A deal in 2025<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deal is not expected to affect Holcim\u2019s 2026 results, as it is due to complete in the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>+\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/about-us\/how-swissinfo-produces-news-in-english\/91695684\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How we produce news in English<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translated from French, reviewed by an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/department\/english-department\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English Department<\/a>\u00a0journalist.<\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holcim strengthens its walls and floors with the acquisition of Fermacell Keystone-SDA Swiss building materials giant Holcim is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[101,629,100,103,41,17],"class_list":["post-118487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-article","tag-beat-workplace","tag-latest-news","tag-production-type-deepl-autotranslation","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117133400363739467","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}