| Type | Società per azioni |
|---|---|
| Traded as | BIT: BZU |
| Industry | Building materials |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Casale Monferrato, Italy |
| Key people | Pietro Buzzi (co-CEO), Michele Buzzi (co-CEO), Sandro Buzzi (Chairman) |
| Services | Cement, construction aggregate, concrete |
| Revenue | €2.648 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | €318,000 (2010)[1] |
| Profit | (€63.5 million) (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | €5.855 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | €2.804 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 11,320 (end 2010)[1] |
| Website | www.buzziunicem.it |
Buzzi Unicem S.p.A. is an Italian company, quoted on the Borsa Italiana, which produces cement, ready-mix concrete and construction aggregates. Its headquarters are in the town of Casale Monferrato which was once known as the Italian ‘cement capital’. Today it has subsidiaries, interests and operations in Italy, Luxembourg, Germany, Algeria and Eastern Europe as well as in North America.[2]
The company was formed in September 1999 when Buzzi Cementi (founded as Fratelli Buzzi SpA in Trino Vercellese by the brothers Pietro and Antonio Buzzi in 1907) took over Unicem (founded as Cementi Marchino in Casale by Luigi Marchino in 1878), and took on the name of Buzzi Unicem.
In 2004 the group acquired control of the German cement company Dyckerhoff (founded as Portland-Cement-Fabrik Dyckerhoff & Söhne in Amöneburg by Wilhelm Gustav Dyckerhoff and his sons in 1864).
The current Chairman is Sandro Buzzi; Chief Executives are Pietro Buzzi (Corporate Finance) and Michele Buzzi (Operations management).