Holcim has revealed a strong set of financial results as the company praised its for the continuation of its “strong profitable growth”.
Among the highlights is Holcim’s announcement to acquire Xella which has a significant presence in the European building solutions market with its range of walling systems.
The results have led to Holcim confirming its guidance for the financial year 2025.
“I thank all of our 45 000 employees worldwide for their contributions to our excellent results in the first nine months of the year. Together, we are delivering on Holcim’s vision to be the leading partner for sustainable construction,” Holcim chief executive officer Miljan Gutovic said.
“This month, we marked a milestone in that vision by agreeing to acquire Xella, a European leader in sustainable and innovative walling systems. The acquisition will give Holcim a new growth platform in the highly attractive EUR 12 billion+ walling market, with cross-selling and systems-selling opportunities. It will accelerate the expansion of Holcim’s high-value building solutions in line with our NextGen Growth 2030 strategy
“Margin expansion was driven by our high-value strategy, scaling up our sustainable offering to meet customer demand, and accelerating decarbonization and circular construction for profitable growth, even as we completed 14 value-accretive transactions.
“With these strong results, we confirm our full-year guidance for 2025, which includes delivering recurring EBIT growth of six per cent to ten per cent in local currency with a margin of above 18 per cent, and free cash flow before leases of around CHF 2 billion.”
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