Construction Materials in the United Kingdom industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Construction Materials industry. It includes data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of Construction Materials in the United Kingdom’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of Construction Materials in the United Kingdom

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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Market Definition

The construction materials market includes all manufacturers of sand, gravel, aggregates, cement, concrete and bricks. The market does not include other finished or semi-finished building materials. The market has been valued at manufacturers selling price (MSP). Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been generated using constant 2009 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe consists of Western Europe and Eastern Europe.

Western Europe comprises Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Eastern Europe comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 12
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 16
New entrants 17
Substitutes 18
Rivalry 19
LEADING COMPANIES 20
CRH plc 20
Hanson plc 24
Holcim Ltd. 26
Lafarge S.A. 30
MARKET FORECASTS 34
Market value forecast 34
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 35
APPENDIX 37
Methodology 37
Related Datamonitor research 38
Disclaimer 39

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 40
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom construction materials market value: $ billion, 2005–09 10
Table 2: United Kingdom construction materials market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 11
Table 3: United Kingdom construction materials market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 12
Table 4: CRH plc: key facts 20
Table 5: CRH plc: key financials ($) 22
Table 6: CRH plc: key financials (€) 22
Table 7: CRH plc: key financial ratios 22
Table 8: Hanson plc: key facts 24
Table 9: Holcim Ltd.: key facts 26
Table 10: Holcim Ltd.: key financials ($) 27
Table 11: Holcim Ltd.: key financials (CHF) 28
Table 12: Holcim Ltd.: key financial ratios 28
Table 13: Lafarge S.A.: key facts 30
Table 14: Lafarge S.A.: key financials ($) 32
Table 15: Lafarge S.A.: key financials (€) 32
Table 16: Lafarge S.A.: key financial ratios 32
Table 17: United Kingdom construction materials market value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14 34
Table 18: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2005–09 35
Table 19: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 35
Table 20: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 35
Table 21: United Kingdom inflation, 2005–09 36
Table 22: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 36
Table 23: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2005–09 36

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom construction materials market value: $ billion, 2005–09 10
Figure 2: United Kingdom construction materials market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 11
Figure 3: United Kingdom construction materials market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the construction materials market in the United Kingdom, 2009 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the construction materials market in the United Kingdom, 2009 15
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the construction materials market in the United Kingdom, 2009 16
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the construction materials market in the United Kingdom, 2009 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the construction materials market in the United Kingdom, 2009 18
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the construction materials market in the United Kingdom, 2009 19
Figure 10: CRH plc: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 11: CRH plc: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 12: Holcim Ltd.: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 13: Holcim Ltd.: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 14: Lafarge S.A.: revenues & profitability 33
Figure 15: Lafarge S.A.: assets & liabilities 33
Figure 16: United Kingdom construction materials market value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14 34