Cembrit

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Cembrit
IndustryConstruction industry
Founded1927
Headquarters,
Key people
Jørn Mørkeberg Nielsen (CEO)
ProductsAll products are in fibre cement: Façade Boards, Planks, Corrugated sheets and Building Boards, Slades
Number of employees
1400 (March 2022) [1]
Parent Swisspearl
Website www.cembrit.com

Cembrit is a distributor and manufacturer of fibre cement products in Europe and offers a range of fibre-cement based products for roofing, interior cladding and exterior cladding. The company manufactures facade and buildings panels as well as fibre cement corrugated sheets, and systems for the design of facades, roofing, lining of interior walls and function panels for various building constructions. [2]

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The headquarters of Cembrit in Aalborg, Denmark Cembrit domicil.jpg
The headquarters of Cembrit in Aalborg, Denmark

History

In 1910, Russian Tsar Nicholas II commissioned the Danish company FLSmidth & Co. to build three plants for the processing of fibre cement. The Russian Revolution broke out in 1917 before the total equipment was ready to be shipped. One of the packaged units was in the FLSmidth & Co. warehouse for 13 years until the company decided to start its own subsidiary dedicated to the production of fibre cement boards. The Dansk Eternit plant in the city of Aalborg began production in 1927.

In 1938, the name "Cembrit" was first introduced as a trademark for export activities of the company. It derives from the term Cimbri, the name of a nomadic tribe from northern Denmark, which around 100 BC. conquered large parts of Europe.

Until the 1980s, the Dansk Eternit plant grew through a series of acquisitions of other fibre cement manufacturers and distributors. The change of name to Cembrit Holding A/S took place 2008. Today, Cembrit Holding A / S has subsidiaries in 20 countries. The headquarter is still based in Aalborg, Denmark. [3]

In 2014, the Swedish SoLiX Group AB acquired Cembrit Holding A/S. [4] [5] Cembrit Holding A/S employs around 1500 people worldwide. [6]

In 2022, Swisspearl Group announced that it would acquiring Cembrit for an undisclosed sum. [1] The acquisition was completed in April 2023. [7]

Headquarters and plants

Cembrit Holding A/S is headquartered in Aalborg, Denmark, where R&D and all the main activities are made. The company operates plants in Finland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. [8]

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