Holcim Romania sales up 20% in H1

The most significant sales were on the residential and commercial segments, with the remainder infrastructure projects, the company’s General Manager, Markus Wirth, said. The best sales were registered in Bucharest and in northwestern , he added.

The Romanian construction market boom led to a 30 percent increase on the cement market last year. For 2008, however, producers estimate slower growth, of 10-15 percent.

All three major players on the local cement market, Holcim, Lafarge, and HeidelbergCement, registered lower growth rates in H1 2008, especially due to bad weather which delayed construction work.