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Over 150 years of progress

Factory building with smoking chimneys on a river — © Heidelberg Materials

150 years of progress

With 35 employees, Johann Schifferdecker founded in 1873 what would become one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials 150 years later.

Explore timeline: 1873 to 2023

Brochure: The history of Heidelberg Materials

Publications

The corporate archive team publishes publications on the company's history, covering the group's 150-year history or presenting individual cement plants.

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Dr Eszter Harsányi

Archives Manager

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Company archive

The company archive preserves a wide range of important documents and audiovisual materials. It also supervises the company's historical collections.

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Articles on the history of Heidelberg Materials

The history of our logo

In 150 years, you have to reinvent yourself again and again as a company. Accordingly, we changed our logo frequently.

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125 years of the Leimen cement plant

After only 22 years of existence, the former Portland Cement Factory in Heidelberg burned to the ground in 1895.

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Celebrating 25 years: Heidelberg Materials corporate archive

Cardboard boxes in dark cellars, cramped shelves and silent data carriers. Thirty moving boxes were transformed into a professional facility.

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