CRH development in 2011

CRH plc, the international building materials group, announces 23 acquisition and investment initiatives totalling approximately €0.4 billion undertaken during the second-half of 2011 as part of its continuing programme of development activity. The development initiatives in this Update include:

Europe Materials: 3 acquisitions, 1 investment - €195 million: A significant investment in cement grinding capacity in Belgium complementing existing activities in the Benelux; strategic add-on in Ukraine for recently commissioned state-of-the-art cement plant; readymixed concrete bolt-on acquisitions...