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TOP 200 CONTRACTORS
2004	2003	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2003/2004 €000s	TURNOVER 2003/2004 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
1	1	VINCI	France	18,100,000	12,695,612	3.11	39.23
2	3	BOUYGUES	France	15,806,000	11,086,565	–1.86	36.99
3	2	SKANSKA	Sweden	14,570,000	10,219,617	–3.00	74.00
4	4	HOCHTIEF	Germany	11,503,000	8,068,377	–10.01	82.10
5	19	ACS	Spain	10,773,600	7,556,765	8.16	22.00
6	20	ROYAL BAM GROUP	Netherlands	7,770,000	5,449,995	117.10	–
7	5	COLAS (BOUYGUES)*	France	7,609,203	5,337,209	–0.03	38.06
8	6	VINCI CONSTRUCTION (VINCI)*	France	7,249,449	5,084,872	2.56	41.82
9	8	EIFFAGE	France	6,962,000	4,883,251	0.30	17.62
10	7	AMEC	UK	6,810,260	4,776,819	–2.24	55.24
11	11	FCC	Spain	6,050,600	4,243,982	10.07	–
12	16	FERROVIAL-AGROMAN	Spain	6,026,000	4,226,727	19.56	34.00
13	14	BAUHOLDING STRABAG	Austria	5,600,000	3,927,924	6.18	35.00
14	18	BILFINGER BERGER	Germany	5,586,000	3,918,104	13.72	56.00
15	15	EUROVIA (VINCI)*	France	5,332,200	3,740,085	2.43	44.12
16	12	BALFOUR BEATTY	UK	5,315,029	3,728,041	–2.85	25.26
17	9	BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION (BOUYGUES)*	France	5,002,159	3,508,589	–14.16	41.11
18	17	NCC	Sweden	4,956,000	3,476,213	0.13	56.00
19	24	ACCIONA	Spain	3,864,900	2,710,899	13.18	22.00
20	21	TAYLOR WOODROW	UK	3,857,514	2,705,718	9.49	30.15
21	26	KVWS	Netherlands	3,483,000	2,443,028	5.13	29.00
22	27	STRABAG (BAUHOLDING STRABAG)*	Germany	3,408,000	2,390,422	6.17	39.30
23	22	EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION (EIFFAGE)*	France	3,364,000	2,359,560	–4.16	24.61
24	66	SACYR VALLEHERMOSO	Spain	3,333,700	2,338,307	258.46	–
25	30	VINCI ENERGIES (VINCI)*	France	3,115,032	2,184,930	2.34	28.79
26	25	WALTER BAU	Germany	3,053,000	2,141,420	–8.18	31.60
27	32	IMPREGILO	Italy	2,932,000	2,056,549	9.32	30.00
28	29	MOWLEM	UK	2,895,954	2,031,266	–5.92	29.34
29	28	CARILLION	UK	2,894,220	2,030,049	–9.38	17.20
30	31	CEGELEC	France	2,669,000	1,872,077	–5.86	–
31	33	HEIJMANS	Netherlands	2,604,000	1,826,485	7.83	16.00
32	23	AMEC SPIE (AMEC)*	France	2,454,452	1,721,589	9.87	30.15
33	112	LAING O’ROURKE	UK	2,398,844	1,682,585	16.90	–
34	42	YIT-CORPORATION	Finland	2,389,000	1,675,680	35.51	20.00
35	36	PEAB	Norway	2,199,000	1,542,412	1.00	10.00
36	39	SOGEA CONSTRUCTION (VINCI CONSTRUCTION)*	France	2,131,800	1,495,276	13.64	–
37	67	OHL	Spain	2,111,800	1,481,248	128.72	–
38	35	KIER GROUP	UK	2,089,017	1,465,268	–4.98	5.35
39	38	APPIA (EIFFAGE)*	France	1,962,403	1,376,459	5.66	10.88
40	40	PORR AG	Austria	1,927,200	1,351,767	7.05	28.00
41	44	ALPINE-MAYREDER BAU	Austria	1,887,000	1,323,570	14.23	24.00
42	41	INTERSERVE	UK	1,750,145	1,227,578	–1.98	9.72
43	43	TBI HOLDINGS	Netherlands	1,735,000	1,216,955	0.23	5.00
44	37	SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION (SKANKSA)*	UK	1,658,545	1,163,328	–22.73	21.03
45	53	MORGAN SINDALL	UK	1,643,840	1,153,014	–0.44	–
46	34	BALLAST NEDAM	Netherlands	1,619,000	1,135,591	–29.82	30.00
47	47	GTM CONSTRUCTION (VINCI CONSTRUCTION)*	France	1,582,075	1,109,691	4.60	–
48	–	BOUYGUES ENTR. FRANCE EUROPE (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	1,560,000	1,094,207	–	–
49	53	BOVIS LEND LEASE EMEA	UK	1,471,597	1,032,200	–	–
50	–	INEO	France	1,464,000	1,026,872	–2.40	9.77
51	49	VEIDEKKE	Norway	1,432,000	1,004,426	1.80	31.00
52	50	FORCLUM (EIFFAGE)*	France	1,345,616	943,835	4.10	6.64
53	52	ALFRED MCALPINE	UK	1,280,491	898,156	2.74	–
54	48	ED ZUBLIN	Germany	1,269,000	890,096	–10.57	18.80
55	150	COFATHEC	France	1,212,302	850,327	5.60	–
56	62	FAYAT	France	1,132,000	794,002	13.58	19.88
57	–	EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION GENIE CIVIL (EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION)*	France	1,125,000	789,092	18.42	42.67
58	60	SIR ROBERT MCALPINE	UK	1,101,360	772,510	6.84	–
59	54	BOUYGUES BATIMENT ILE DE FRANCE (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	1,078,000	756,125	–	–
60	56	MILLER GROUP	UK	1,073,699	753,109	2.83	–
61	64	MT HOJGAARD	Denmark	1,073,000	752,618	–17.40	10.00
62	157	CONSTRUCTURA SAN JOSE	Spain	1,044,000	732,277	222.22	–
63	–	ZSCHOKKE	Switzerland	1,001,632	702,560	–	–
64	61	DURA VERMEER	Netherlands	962,000	674,761	–3.90	–
65	70	COSTAIN GROUP	UK	939,595	659,046	8.75	9.61
66	59	GALLIFORD TRY	UK	925,405	649,093	–10.43	–
67	71	ASTALDI	Italy	922,785	647,255	7.55	55.00
68	–	AWG CONSTRUCTION SERVICES	UK	922,078	646,759	–	–
69	57	HBG CONSTRUCTION (ROYAL BAM GROUP)*	UK	915,173	641,916	–12.04	–
70	68	MJ GLEESON GROUP	UK	902,549	633,061	–2.24	0.66
71	–	VAN OORD GROEP	Netherlands	897,000	629,169	–0.07	57.00
72	–	SKANSKA AS (SKANSKA)*	Czech Republic	895,330	627,998	15.24	–
73	69	SHEPHERD BUILDING GROUP	UK	874,277	613,231	–1.34	–
74	77	WATES CONSTRUCTION	UK	839,421	588,782	4.63	–
75	–	GRUPO SAN JOSE	Spain	829,000	581,473	154.63	–
76	75	KELLER GROUP	UK	820,094	575,226	0.94	81.68
77	73	RHEINHOLD & MAHLA (BILFINGER BERGER)*	Germany	817,100	573,126	–0.38	50.00
78	78	CFE (VINCI)*	Belgium	793,400	556,503	–0.44	44.10
79	79	SPIE BATIGNOLLES	France	793,129	556,313	0.02	11.10
80	83	ACESA	Spain	790,000	554,118	3.74	–
81	84	BESIX	Belgium	775,600	544,017	–4.51	57.00
82	133	BOUYGUES TP (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	753,000	528,165	92.31	–
83	74	MAX BÖGL	Germany	750,000	526,061	–8.54	2.80
84	144	COMSA	Spain	744,000	521,853	105.52	–
85	81	SOLETANCHE BACHY	France	737,000	516,943	–6.35	61.06
86	88	BATIGROUP	Switzerland	720,540	505,398	–1.95	4.11
87	92	DEME	Belgium	720,000	505,019	6.35	68.09
88	89	VINCI GROUP PLC (VINCI)*	UK	709,935	497,959	–0.94	–
89	167	MOTA ENGIL	Portugal	707,158	496,011	147.26	–
90	80	BOWMER & KIRKLAND	UK	704,353	494,044	–11.07	1.71
91	82	BIRSE GROUP	UK	703,753	493,623	–9.97	–
92	100	CORSAM-CORVIAM	Spain	700,000	490,991	16.28	–
93	–	EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION IDF (EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION)*	France	698,500	489,938	–0.27	–
94	119	PIZZAROTTI	Italy	692,388	485,651	43.95	3.00
95	87	NCC OY (NCC)*	Finland	686,000	481,171	6.00	6.00
96	96	VINCI CONSTRUCT. GRANDS PROJETS (VINCI CONSTRUCTION)*	France	668,917	469,188	6.85	82.96
97	86	EDMUND NUTTALL (ROYAL BAM)*	UK	657,665	461,296	–11.48	3.14
98	107	WOLFF + MULLER	Germany	652,000	457,323	20.30	14.90
99	95	JAN DE NUL NV	Belgium	651,000	456,621	3.48	67.60
100	94	STRUKTON GROUP	Netherlands	639,000	448,204	1.46	–
101	91	MONTPELLIER	UK	630,822	442,468	–11.41	1.03
102	98	BAUER	Germany	616,900	432,703	–0.66	54.60
103	103	CONDOTTE D’ACQUA	Italy	613,830	430,550	8.39	6.00
104	110	ETDE (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	596,140	418,142	15.82	16.16
105	140	ROK PROPERTY SOLUTIONS	UK	589,864	413,739	58.35	–
106	–	AMEC-SPIE ENERGIE SERVICES (AMEC SPIE)*	France	589,728	413,644	38.40	–
107	93	INTERIOR SERVICES GROUP	UK	580,949	407,486	–9.93	3.29
108	–	BOUYGUES BATIMENT INTERNATIONAL (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	567,000	397,702	–	–
109	–	KAEFER ISOLIERTECHNIK	Germany	547,000	383,674	–	49.40
110	99	NCC DANMARK (NCC)	Denmark	529,000	371,049	–6.00	–
111	127	EIFFAGE TP (EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION)*	France	523,743	367,361	28.06	–
112	111	LINDNER	Germany	516,100	362,000	1.59	25.40
113	118	SADE	France	514,335	360,762	5.80	5.92
114	121	BRISA	Portugal	511,372	358,684	9.97	–
115	124	SNEF	France	501,036	351,434	12.11	8.00
116	–	SSZ (VINCI)*	Czech Republic	493,690	346,282	14.33	–
117	117	LEONHARD WEISS	Germany	480,000	336,679	–1.44	1.00
118	114	WILLMOTT DIXON	UK	479,230	336,139	–4.19	–
119	134	COOPSETTE	Italy	453,909	318,379	16.82	3.00
120	109	VAN WIJNEN	Netherlands	452,700	317,531	–12.45	–
121	–	METROSTAV	Czech Republic	434,660	304,877	10.56	–
122	146	GUINTOLI	France	434,486	304,755	22.92	3.46
123	172	UNIECO	Italy	422,665	296,464	21.47	–
124	128	AARSLEF	Denmark	420,000	294,594	3.40	29.00
125	125	FREYSSINET INTERNATIONAL (VINCI)*	France	419,529	294,264	–2.55	74.76
126	149	CMC	Italy	410,200	287,720	20.05	24.00
127	139	GOLDBECK	Germany	407,000	285,476	8.53	17.00
128	149	CMB	Italy	404,000	283,372	16.60	–
129	–	STRABAG HONGRIE SA (BAUHOLDING STRABAG)*	Hungary	401,230	281,429	–	0.11
130	185	SANDO	Spain	400,000	280,566	68.78	–
131	132	ALGECO	France	395,718	277,563	0.19	–
132	183	GRANDI LAVORI FINCOSIT	Italy	394,551	276,744	7.60	12.00
133	131	TEIXEIRA DUARTE	Portugal	387,755	271,977	–3.78	–
134	104	BUDIMEX (SKANSKA)*	Poland	387,200	271,588	–30.69	–
135	–	STRABAG (CZECH) (BAUHOLDING STRABAG)*	Czech Republic	384,000	269,343	26.32	–
136	141	SOFICOM (EIFFAGE)*	Belgium	379,000	265,836	2.16	5.00
137	–	COLAS ILE-DE-FRANCE NORMANDIE (COLAS)*	France	372,565	261,323	3.72	–
138	148	TREVI	Italy	368,728	258,631	6.47	78.00
139	143	GAGNERAUD	France	367,000	257,419	0.69	–
140	145	J MURPHY & SONS	UK	358,965	251,783	0.35	11.87
141	151	RAZEL (BILFINGER BERGER)	France	358,950	251,773	6.64	14.73
142	150	COFATHEC SERVICES (COFATHEC)*	France	351,265	246,383	2.82	–
143	136	STAVELEY INDUSTRIES	UK	346,967	243,368	–8.82	0.31
144	155	MAY GURNEY GROUP	UK	345,928	242,639	5.15	–
145	170	DEMATHIEU ET BARD	France	343,260	240,768	20.82	22.92
146	–	TRAGSA	Spain	342,000	239,884	–	–
147	153	CGS-COPISA	Spain	338,000	237,078	1.81	–
148	105	CLEMESSY	France	333,463	233,896	–	6.69
149	129	SIMONS GROUP	UK	329,062	230,809	–18.75	–
150	154	RG CARTER HOLDINGS	UK	328,160	230,176	–1.03	–
151	126	FITZPATRICK	UK	324,912	227,898	–22.07	–
152	158	LEON GROSSE	France	320,871	225,064	–0.85	2.79
153	168	QUILLE (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	318,410	223,338	11.72	2.49
154	–	KIRCHNER	Germany	310,000	217,439	7.00	–
155	–	SPIE CAPAG (AMEC SPIE)*	France	310,000	217,439	–	–
156	165	KÖSTER	Germany	310,000	217,439	3.33	–
157	161	AXIMA	France	305,000	213,932	–1.61	–
158	164	SMAC ACIEROID (COLAS)*	France	302,075	211,880	0.54	–
159	–	RIZZANI DE ECCHER	Italy	300,471	210,755	21.76	60.00
160	137	OEVERMANN	Germany	300,000	210,425	–21.05	4.00
161	–	WALO BERTSCHINGER	Switzerland	299,706	210,218	–	–
162	–	EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION NPC (EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION)*	France	294,867	206,824	14.11	–
163	135	SOGEA-SATOM (VINCI)*	France	291,878	204,728	–23.41	100.00
164	171	LOSINGER (BOUYGUES)*	Switzerland	277,420	194,587	–	–
165	–	COLAS MIDI-MEDITERRANEE (COLAS)*	France	276,258	193,772	8.83	–
166	–	COLAS CENTRE-OUEST (COLAS)*	France	274,876	192,802	10.04	–
167	–	SCREG EST	France	270,967	190,060	8.03	–
168	189	POLIMEX NOTOSTAL SIEDLCE	PL	266,000	186,576	–	–
169	–	CARI	France	264,287	185,375	29.84	–
170	–	ZS BRNO	Czech Republic	263,540	184,851	26.94	–
171	176	OSBORNE	UK	262,487	184,112	2.98	–
172	194	BALDASSINI-TOGNOZZI	Italy	262,019	183,784	12.59	–
173	–	COLAS SUD-OUEST (COLAS)*	France	259,236	181,832	8.02	–
174	–	VEGYÉPSZER SA	Hungary	256,330	179,794	–61.33	5.80
175	138	MCNICHOLAS CONSTRUCTION	UK	254,540	178,538	–32.99	0.45
176	–	PLODER	Spain	253,000	177,458	53.33	–
177	169	SOUTHERN ELECTRIC CONTRACTING	UK	250,782	175,902	–10.60	–
178	–	CEGELEC NORD ET EST (CEGELEC)*	France	246,235	172,713	–4.66	0.71
179	186	SPR	France	245,950	172,513	5.22	–
180	179	SEVERFIELD-ROWEN	UK	245,884	172,467	–1.76	–
181		FAYAT CONSTRUCTION METALLIQUE (FAYAT)*	France	242,600	170,163	–2.02	–
182	–	COLAS EST (COLAS)*	France	242,568	170,141	0.28	–
183	166	HEBERGER BAU0	Germany	241,000	169,041	–18.58	13.70
184	181	SEDDON GROUP	UK	240,686	168,821	–3.60	1.23
185	–	VINCI ENERGIES IDF TERTIAIRE (VINCI ENERGIES)*	France	240,342	168,579	999.99	2.63
186		CONSTRUTORA DO TAMAGA	Portugal	240,262	168,523	53.07	–
187	–	EIFFAGE TP TERRASSEMENT (EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION)*	France	240,150	168,445	84.70	–
188	191	SICRA (SOGEA CONSTRUCTION)*	France	239,191	167,772	5.25	–
189	192	SOMARO (COLAS)*	France	238,478	167,272	5.30	–
190	–	CONSORZIO ETRURIA	Italy	238,101	167,008	0.53	10.00
191	–	EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION RHONE ALPES (EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION)*	France	237,686	166,717	11.94	–
192	193	BONATTI	Italy	236,961	166,208	4.90	39.00
193	–	HEADCROWN	UK	236,678	166,009	–	–
194	174	ZECH-BAU	Germany	235,000	164,833	–9.62	–
195	–	CEGELEC CENTRE EST (CEGELEC)*	France	233,398	163,709	7.61	2.20
196	187	FRUTIGER	Switzerland	230,000	161,325	–12.42	0.01
197	–	VINCI ENERGIES NORD (VINCI ENERGIES)*	France	228,531	160,295	–	–
198	–	SCREG SUD-EST (SCREG)*	France	226,510	158,878	5.80	–
199	–	EIFFEL CONSTRUCTION METALLIQUE (EIFFAGE)*	France	226,427	158,819	7.87	35.39
200	–	SCREG ILE-DE-FRANCE NORMANDIE (SCREG)*	France	222,799	156,275	–2.29	–
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 100 MATERIALS PRODUCERS
2004	2003	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2003/2004 €000s	TURNOVER 2003/2004 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
1	1	SAINT-GOBAIN	France	29,590,000	20,754,870	–2.26	65.00
2	2	LAFARGE	France	13,658,000	9,579,926	–6.52	–
3	3	WOLSELEY	UK	11,880,058	8,332,851	–5.01	77.87
4	4	CRH	Ireland	11,079,800	7,771,538	2.65	87.16
5	5	SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC	France	8,780,300	6,158,634	–3.09	–
6	6	HOLCIM	Switzerland	8,271,000	5,801,403	–1.46	–
7	7	ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL	Denmark	8,215,000	5,762,124	3.74	94.00
8	8	RMC GROUP	UK	7,042,052	4,939,401	–10.91	77.09
9	9	LAFARGE CIMENT (LAFARGE)*	France	6,383,000	4,477,132	–8.13	–
10	10	HEIDELBERG CEMENT	Germany	6,372,000	4,469,416	–3.01	87.70
11	11	HANSON	UK	5,717,486	4,010,330	–10.11	70.86
12	–	KONE	Finland	5,344,000	3,748,362	23.00	–
13	12	SCHINDLER GROUP	Switzerland	5,100,000	3,577,217	–2.10	–
14	13	LAFARGE GRANULATS ET BETON (LAFARGE)*	France	4,465,000	3,131,818	–6.35	–
15	15	ITALCEMENTI	Italy	4,284,702	3,005,354	0.53	66.00
16	–	CEMEX ESPAGNE	Spain	4,253,000	2,983,118	36.05	–
17	14	PILKINGTON	UK	3,975,434	2,788,429	–9.21	45.00
18	18	BPB INDUSTRIES	UK	3,208,237	2,250,306	4.48	26.91
19	20	KNAUF	Germany	3,000,000	2,104,245	–	80.00
20	24	CIMENTS FRANCAIS (ITALCEMENTI)*	France	2,898,900	2,033,332	–1.07	58.84
21	19	SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES (SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC)*	France	2,898,164	2,032,816	–4.08	–
22	21	TARMAC	UK	2,816,157	1,975,295	–5.94	–
23	22	LEGRAND	France	2,762,000	1,937,308	–7.02	71.87
24	25	IMERYS	France	2,729,000	1,914,162	–4.68	73.73
25	23	BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)*	UK	2,680,925	1,880,441	–9.42	57.61
26	28	TRAVIS PERKINS	UK	2,425,289	1,701,134	7.61	–
27	26	IMI	UK	2,273,121	1,594,401	–11.31	69.99
28	29	AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES	UK	2,108,237	1,478,749	–3.79	43.49
29	27	NOVAR	UK	2,067,341	1,450,064	–10.22	80.99
30	30	BUDERUS	Germany	1,964,200	1,377,719	5.60	40.30
31	31	SIG	UK	1,833,129	1,285,784	–0.18	36.09
32	34	WIENERBERGER AG	Austria	1,826,900	1,281,415	10.52	–
33	33	VAILLANT	Germany	1,792,000	1,256,936	1.99	76.00
34	32	DEGUSSA CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS	Germany	1,700,000	1,192,406	–7.00	–
35	39	CRISTALERIA ESPANOLA (SAINT-GOBAIN)*	Spain	1,672,000	1,172,766	14.13	–
36	–	ROCA	Spain	1,602,000	1,123,667	–	–
37	36	LAFARGE TOITURE (LAFARGE)*	France	1,510,000	1,059,137	–1.82	–
38	44	GRAFTON	UK	1,496,018	1,049,329	29.86	–
39	–	SIKA AG	Switzerland	1,482,840	1,040,086	7.00	–
40	40	VICAT	France	1,468,218	1,029,830	0.39	49.39
41	38	BUZZI UNICEM	Italy	1,461,600	1,025,188	–1.15	36.00
42	16	ETEX	Belgium	1,448,000	1,015,649	–12.88	93.00
43	46	HANIEL BAU INDUSTRIE	Germany	1,418,000	994,606	23.84	–
44	41	LAPEYRE (SAINT-GOBAIN)*	France	1,414,200	991,941	–0.03	–
45	–	TARKETT	France	1,395,000	978,474	–2.45	–
46	35	DYCKERHOFF (BUZZI UNICEM)*	Germany	1,320,300	926,078	–14.54	59.40
47	47	URALITA	Spain	1,314,600	922,080	17.33	–
48	45	LAFARGE PLATRES (LAFARGE)*	France	1,194,000	837,490	4.19	–
49	43	MATERIS	France	1,190,000	834,684	2.59	–
50	51	VIESSMANN	Germany	1,060,000	743,500	8.16	43.00
51	49	PFLEIDERER	Germany	1,020,900	716,075	–0.73	48.80
52	54	AMERICAN STANDARD ITALIA	Italy	998,461	700,336	3.64	64.00
53	60	BSS GROUP	UK	957,803	671,817	22.81	–
54	52	VILLEROY & BOCH	Germany	948,600	665,362	–2.96	69.50
55	50	PERMASTEELISA	Italy	890,868	624,868	–10.47	95.00
56	56	FRIEDRICH GROHE	Germany	884,800	620,612	–1.50	75.70
57	57	OTIS	France	871,956	611,603	1.58	27.60
58	58	CEMENTOS PORTLAND	Spain	865,600	607,145	5.30	–
59	65	GRUPPO MAPEI	Italy	794,702	557,416	8.40	52.00
60	62	KNAUF FRANCE (KNAUF)*	France	785,000	550,611	3.29	–
61	61	LAFARGE CIMENTS FRANCE (LAFARGE)*	France	784,174	550,031	1.51	1.91
62	64	KINGSPAN	UK	783,894	549,835	5.99	23.39
63	63	SAINT-GOBAIN WEBER (SAINT-GOBAIN)*	France	759,000	532,374	2.29	–
64	59	HEPWORTH (VAILLANT)*	UK	725,434	508,830	–9.11	54.52
65	55	HEYWOOD WILLIAMS	UK	721,676	506,194	–24.80	53.16
66	66	CIMENTS CALCIA (CIMENTS FRANCAIS)*	France	695,532	487,857	1.71	–
67	–	DUNAFERR	Hungary	688,830	483,156	12.06	38.68
68	67	MANITOU BF	France	682,024	478,382	0.86	55.19
69	71	DORMA	Germany	663,100	465,108	8.12	67.90
70	69	STO AG	Germany	654,700	459,216	0.00	46.70
71	68	ICOPAL	Denmark	633,000	443,996	–4.90	–
72	70	RMC FRANCE (RMC GROUP)*	France	629,000	441,190	0.64	–
73	–	VBH	Germany	611,000	428,565	–	44.20
74	73	GRUPPO FINANCO	Italy	599,023	420,164	7.64	10.00
75	75	PLACOPLATRE	France	566,404	397,284	5.12	9.57
76	76	LAFARGE BETONS SERVICES (LAFARGE)*	France	542,402	380,449	1.59	–
77	83	SOPREMA	France	521,586	365,848	10.56	–
78	79	SOMFY	France	517,000	362,632	3.61	70.60
79	74	MARSHALLS	UK	505,030	354,236	–7.00	1.39
80	81	HEITON	UK	503,029	352,832	5.00	–
81	77	CEMENTOS MOLINS	Spain	497,280	348,800	–2.49	–
82	82	FENWICK-LINDE	France	482,916	338,725	2.87	–
83	93	DECEUNINCK	Belgium	470,500	330,016	29.91	–
84	86	LIEBHERR-FRANCE	France	469,441	329,273	9.30	74.85
85	–	KORAMIC BUILDING PRODUCTS	Belgium	464,600	325,877	–	–
86	85	HOLCIM ESPANA (HOLCIM)*	Spain	457,820	321,122	6.47	–
87	–	LAFARGE GRANULATS SERVICES (LAFARGE GRANULATS ET BETON)*	France	450,000	315,637	0.00	–
88	80	ANGLIAN GROUP	UK	442,289	310,228	–9.11	–
89	90	ATLANTIC	France	438,000	307,220	9.50	–
90	89	ROUX COMBALUZIER SCHINDLER	France	423,695	297,186	4.98	9.38
91	–	GRUPPO OTIS ITALIA (OTIS)*	Italy	413,851	290,281	–0.63	17.00
92	88	LEGRIS INDUSTRIES	France	412,900	289,614	0.58	–
93	91	HORNOS IBERICOS ALBA	Spain	392,000	274,955	2.62	–
94	–	UNILAND	Spain	380,510	266,895	18.54	–
95	–	CONCORDE	Italy	378,219	265,288	–	63.00
96	84	CIMPOR	Portugal	376,561	264,126	–13.79	–
97	–	IMERYS TC (IMERYS)*	France	375,400	263,311	6.41	–
98	–	HANSGROHE	Germany	369,000	258,822	–	72.00
99	–	COOPERATIVA CERAMICA D’IMOLA	Italy	365,421	256,312	–	70.00
100	–	VOLVO CE (AB VOLVO)*	France	351,154	246,305	16.37	21.75
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 20 UK MATERIALS PRODUCERS
2004	COMPANY	TURNOVER 2003/2004 €000s	TURNOVER 2003/2004 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% TURNOVER AS OVERSEAS SALES	KEY ACTIVITIES
1	WOLSELEY	11,880,058	8,326,840	–5.01	77.87	Building materials
2	RMC GROUP	7,042,052	4,935,838	–10.91	77.09	Building materials
3	HANSON	5,717,486	4,007,437	–10.11	70.86	Building materials
4	PILKINGTON	3,975,434	2,786,417	–9.21	45.00	Glass
5	BPB INDUSTRIES	3,208,237	2,248,682	4.48	26.91	Building materials
6	TARMAC	2,816,157	1,973,870	–5.94	–	Building materials
7	BLUE CIRCLE *(LAFARGE)	2,680,925	1,879,084	–9.42	57.61	Cement
8	TRAVIS PERKINS	2,425,289	1,699,907	7.61	–	Building materials
9	IMI	2,273,121	1,593,251	–11.31	69.99	Building materials
10	AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES	2,108,237	1,477,682	–3.79	43.49	Building materials
11	NOVAR	2,067,341	1,449,018	–10.22	80.99	Building materials
12	SIG	1,833,129	1,284,857	–0.18	36.09	Building materials
13	GRAFTON	1,496,018	1,048,572	29.86	–	Building materials
14	BSS GROUP	957,803	671,333	22.81	–	Building materials
15	KINGSPAN	783,894	549,438	5.99	23.39	Building materials
16	HEPWORTH *(VAILLANT)	725,434	508,463	–9.11	54.52	Building materials
17	HEYWOOD WILLIAMS	721,676	505,829	–24.80	53.16	Building materials
18	MARSHALLS	505,030	353,980	–7.00	1.39	Building materials
19	HEITON	503,029	352,578	5.00	–	Building materials
20	ANGLIAN GROUP	442,289	310,004	–9.11	–	Windows
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 10 UK MATERIALS PRODUCERS BY % OVERSEAS SALES
2004	COMPANY	% TURNOVER AS OVERSEAS SALES	TURNOVER 2003/2004 €000s	TURNOVER 2003/2004 £000s	% CHANGE TURNOVER	KEY ACTIVITIES
1	NOVAR	80.99	2,067,341	1,449,018	–10.22	Building materials
2	WOLSELEY	77.87	11,880,058	8,326,840	–5.01	Building materials
3	RMC GROUP	77.09	7,042,052	4,935,838	–10.91	Building materials
4	HANSON	70.86	5,717,486	4,007,437	–10.11	Building materials
5	IMI	69.99	2,273,121	1,593,251	–11.31	Building materials
6	BLUE CIRCLE *(LAFARGE)	57.61	2,680,925	1,879,084	–9.42	Cement
7	HEPWORTH *(VAILLANT)	54.52	725,434	508,463	–9.11	Building materials
8	HEYWOOD WILLIAMS	53.16	721,676	505,829	–24.80	Building materials
9	PILKINGTON	45.00	3,975,434	2,786,417	–9.21	Glass
10	AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES	43.49	2,108,237	1,477,682	–3.79	Building materials
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 10 UK MATERIALS PRODUCERS BY PRE-TAX PROFIT
2004	COMPANY	PRE-TAX profit €000s	PRE-TAX profit £000s	TURNOVER €000s	TURNOVER £000S	% TURNOVER AS OVERSEAS SALES
1	WOLSELEY	1,488,000	1,042,953	11,880,058	8,326,840	77.87
2	BPB INDUSTRIES	1,283,040	899,294	3,208,237	2,248,682	26.91
3	PILKINGTON	954,300	668,877	3,975,434	2,786,417	45.00
4	HANSON	864,200	605,726	5,717,486	4,007,437	70.86
5	RMC GROUP	615,607	431,484	7,042,052	4,935,838	77.09
6	BSS GROUP	604,799	423,909	957,803	671,333	–
7	TARMAC	428,900	300,620	2,816,157	1,973,870	–
8	NOVAR	328,600	230,319	2,067,341	1,449,018	80.99
9	IMI	279,800	196,114	2,273,121	1,593,251	69.99
10	HEYWOOD WILLIAMS	260,549	182,621	721,676	505,829	53.16
*Subsidiary of company already listed