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Carmeuse

Company type	Private
Industry	Mining Company
Founded	1860
Headquarters	Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Key people	Sébastien Dossogne (Chief Executive Officer)
Products	High calcium lime, High dolomitic lime, calcium hydroxide and limestone
Revenue	€1.8 billion (2022)
Number of employees	5,300
Website	www.carmeuse.com

Founded in 1860, Carmeuse is a global manufacturer of lime, limestone and mineral-based products used in a variety of industrial, construction, soil improvement applications, and benefits the environment by providing cleaner air and safer water. Carmeuse and its subsidiaries also offer equipment and services to optimize our customers’ processes, improve safety, and provide reliable supply. With headquarters located in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), the Carmeuse Group has approximately 5,300 employees and serves over 13,000 customers annually through a global network of 90 plants and 60 limestone quarries. Turnover in 2022 was €1.8 billion.

History

The company was founded in 1860 in the city of Liège. Over the years the company expanded across Western Europe into Italy, France and the Netherlands, Central Europe and Eastern Europe into Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Turkey and North America into the United States and Canada and also in Africa and Asia.

Activity

Carmeuse has developed many applications for industrial uses ( steel, non-ferrous, chemicals, paintings, paper, carpets), for the agro-food industry (human food and animal feed), for the building industry ( plasters and mortars, aerated autoclave concrete, calcium silicate bricks) and for environment applications (water and sludge treatment, flue-gas desulfurization).

Results

Total consolidated group net turnover amounted to:

• 850 million Euros in 2005
• 940 million Euros in 2006.
• 950 million Euros in 2007.
• 1200 million Euros in 2008.
• 944 million Euros in 2009.
• 1100 million Euros in 2010.
• 1129 million Euros in 2012.
• 1142 million Euros in 2015.
• 1800 million Euros in 2022.

News

October 2007 – In a friendly deal with its partner, the Carmeuse Group takes over the control of Ozture Kimtas in Turkey

October 2007 – Carmeuse has been selected as the winning bidder for Oglebay Norton

September 2016 – Carmeuse signs its entry into South East Asia

Sources

External links

• Carmeuse Group website