Turnover: 3.6 billion EUR (2022)

Country: France

Following in the footsteps of Louis Vicat, the inventor of artificial cement in 1817, the family business was founded over 160 years ago. It has developed a high-performance range of materials, products and services adapted to the changing needs of the construction industry. It is France's third-largest cement producer.

Cement production will account for 51% of sales in 2019, ready-mix concrete and aggregates for 35% and other activities for 14%

News

Vicat Produits Industriels modernizes its Eure-et-Loir plant at a cost of 8 million euros 12/10/2023

  • Production line expanded from 150,000 to 300,000 tonnes of mortar and adhesive capacity at Vicat Produits Industriels (VPI).
  • Sales of Vicat, the group specializing in building materials, in 2022: 3.642 billion euros.
  • Total number of Vicat employees in 2022: 9900.

making cement from raw clay | Vicat and Materrup make cement from clay. 28/08/2023

  • Vicat, the cement group, and start-up Materrup plan to build a raw clay cement plant with a capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year by 2024.
  • The plant will be built by the Borda Occitanie joint venture, equally owned by Vicat and Materrup.
  • The plant will eventually create 10 jobs and require an investment of nearly €7 million.
  • Materrup, founded in 2018, opened its first plant in March 2022 with a capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year and employs 18 people.
  • Materrup plans to build ten cement plants in France and a further ten in Europe.

CO2 capture by Vicat in 2027 27/06/2023

  • Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant belonging to the Vicat group, established in 1922.
  • Current production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes of cement per year, with a maximum capacity of 2 million tonnes.
  • Objective to capture 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year, given that the plant currently emits around 800,000 tonnes of CO2.
  • Second-generation Oxyfuel technology studied in collaboration with two German cement manufacturers (Heidelberg Materials and Schwenk) and an Italian group (Buzzi Unicem) via the CI4C joint venture.
  • Since September 2020, Vicat has been testing a device developed in partnership with Carbon8 Systems, in which the family-owned group has become a minority shareholder, to transform kiln dust into lightweight aggregates.

French cement manufacturer Vicat relies on 3D printing. 14/06/2022

  • Lithosys, Vicat's brand, offers a complete range of services and products in the field of concrete 3D printing.
  • Vicat has declared sales of 3.1 billion euros in 2021.
  • The French cement maker wants to develop a range of paints and ad hoc objects for concrete that will be 3D printed.
  • Its aim is to become a major player in 3D printing in France and internationally

Financial Data

DUNS: 057505539

Legal Name: VICAT

Address: 4 RUE ARISTIDE BERGES LES TROIS VALLONS, 38080 L'ISLE-D'ABEAU

Number of employees: Entre 500 et 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 179 600 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 484 801 000 441 220 000 406 781 000 - 392 099 000
Gross margin (€) 501 606 000 448 425 000 411 686 000 - -
EBITDA (€) 102 473 000 91 861 000 66 105 000 - -
Operating profit (€) 77 125 000 65 711 000 66 105 000 - -
Net profit (€) 112 747 000 97 692 000 138 532 000 164 805 136 105 000
Turnover growth rate (%) 9,9 1,9 3,1 - -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 21,1 20,8 16,3 - -
Operating margin rate (%) 15,9 14,9 16,3 - -
Working Capital (turnover days) 269,1 410 258,1 - -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 80,1 102,3 257,2 - -
Net margin (%) 23,3 22,1 34,1 - -
Added value / Turnover (%) 39 41,1 100 - -
Wages and social charges (€) 78 011 000 76 013 000 67 864 000 - -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 16,1 17,2 16,7 - -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président du conseil d'administration Guy SIDOS 60
Directeur général Guy SIDOS 60
Directeur général délégué Didier PETETIN 57
Directeur général délégué Lukas Peter EPPLE 59
Administrateur Sophie FEGUEUX 64
Administrateur Jacques MERCERON-VICAT 86
Administrateur Emmanuelle SALLES 49
Administrateur Bruno SALMON 74
Administrateur Louis MERCERON-VICAT 54
Administrateur Sophie MERCERON-VICAT 55
Administrateur Eléonore SIDOS 26
Administrateur Xavier CHALANDON 74
Administrateur Hugues Hervé METZ 58
Administrateur Rémy Ernest WEBER 66
Administrateur Caroline Pascale Hervé Marie Ghislaine GINON 38

Studies mentioning this company

The cement market - France

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The building materials market - Italy

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The ready-mix concrete market - France

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The market for cement - Germany

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