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Cement Plants in Germany
Germany has 51 cement plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 12th-largest fleet of the 149 countries that hold any, and 1% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 49 operating.
The largest owner-operators are Heidelberg Materials AG (11), Holcim AG (8) and Buzzi SpA (7) — Heidelberg Materials AG alone is named on 22% of them. Half of Germany's cement plants in service predate 1929 (median commissioning year of the 29 with a known date) and the oldest still listed is Mergelstetten Cement Plant, dating from 1901. They account for 8% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Germany.
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Who owns Germany's cement plants
- Heidelberg Materials AG11 22%
- Holcim AG8 16%
- Buzzi SpA7 14%
- Dyckerhoff GmbH7 14%
- Holcim (Deutschland) GmbH7 14%
- SCHWENK Geschäftsführungs GmbH4 8%
- SCHWENK Zement GmbH & Co KG4 8%
- thomas beteiligungen GmbH4 8%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1900s5
- 1910s3
- 1920s8
- 1930s5
- 1950s2
- 1960s2
- 1970s2
- 1990s1
- 2010s1
Median commissioning year 1929 · oldest Mergelstetten Cement Plant (1901) · newest Spenner Duisburg Cement Plant (2014) · 29 of 51 carry a start date
How Germany compares · cement plants by country
- 1. China1,094
- 9. Italy66
- 10. Nepal62
- 11. France52
- 12. Germany51
- 13. Indonesia49
- 14. Bangladesh45
- 15. Spain41
Frequently asked
- How many cement plants are there in Germany?
- OverWatts maps 51 cement plants in Germany — 1% of the world's mapped total, the 12th-largest national fleet of the 149 countries with any.
- Who owns the cement plants in Germany?
- Heidelberg Materials AG is named as owner or operator on the most — 11 of 51 (22%). Next are Holcim AG (8), Buzzi SpA (7) and Dyckerhoff GmbH (7).
- How old are Germany's cement plants?
- The median commissioning year is 1929, across the 29 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is Mergelstetten Cement Plant (1901).