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EUROPE‘S TOP 1-50
2003	2002	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000s	TURNOVER 2002/2003 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
1	2	VINCI	France	17,554,000	12,351,925	2.22	41.22
2	1	SKANSKA	Sweden	15,893,000	11,183,157	–10.71	81.00
3	3	BOUYGUES	France	14,170,000	9,970,763	–0.55	42.90
4	4	HOCHTIEF	Germany	12,782,000	8,994,093	–1.50	83.90
5	6	COLAS (BOUYGUES)*	France	7,415,077	5,217,641	1.19	41.43
6	8	VINCI CONSTRUCTION (VINCI)*	France	7,312,932	5,145,767	6.09	48.05
7	7	AMEC	UK	6,965,949	4,901,611	–3.80	51.90
8	9	EIFFAGE	France	6,941,000	4,884,055	8.42	16.04
9	11	BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION (BOUYGUES)*	France	5,827,194	4,100,323	–7.86	48.75
10	12	DRAGADOS	Spain	5,541,945	3,899,606	8.31	59.00
11	16	FCC	Spain	5,497,160	3,868,093	6.27	20.00
12	17	BALFOUR BEATTY	UK	5,471,190	3,849,819	12.05	29.06
13	12	HBG	Netherlands	5,308,000	3,734,990	–5.50	NC
14	15	BAUHOLDING STRABAG	Austria	5,274,000	3,711,066	–0.79	70.74
15	14	EUROVIA (VINCI)*	France	5,205,900	3,663,147	–5.24	44.13
16	20	FERROVIAL–AGROMAN	Spain	5,040,220	3,546,566	18.87	32.00
17	18	NCC	Sweden	4,931,000	3,469,713	–5.00	54.00
18	19	BILFINGER BERGER	Germany	4,912,000	3,456,344	6.62	58.10
19	22	ACS	Spain	4,420,190	3,110,280	12.72	–
20	32	ROYAL BAM GROUP	Netherlands	3,579,000	2,518,374	19.00	19.00
21	24	TAYLOR WOODROW	UK	3,523,122	2,479,055	3.07	29.01
22	26	EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION (EIFFAGE)*	France	3,510,000	2,469,822	7.34	25.00
23	29	SPIE	France	3,423,542	2,408,986	4.18	–
24	30	ACCIONA	Spain	3,414,730	2,402,785	12.88	22.00
25	21	WALTER BAU	Germany	3,325,000	2,339,646	–15.24	28.60
26	28	KVWS	Netherlands	3,313,000	2,331,202	6.77	–
27	25	STRABAG (BAUHOLDING STRABAG )*	Germany	3,210,000	2,258,726	–4.80	39.40
28	27	CARILLION	UK	3,193,833	2,247,350	0.99	15.65
29	33	MOWLEM	UK	3,078,240	2,166,013	13.02	27.69
30	–	VINCI ENERGIES (VINCI)*	France	3,043,898	2,141,848	6.73	31.17
31	34	CEGELEC	France	2,835,000	1,994,856	7.02	–
32	35	IMPREGILO	Italy	2,682,000	1,887,197	8.67	39.00
33	37	HEIJMANS	Netherlands	2,415,000	1,699,322	5.55	10.00
34	36	BALLAST NEDAM	Netherlands	2,307,000	1,623,327	–0.82	54.00
35	41	KIER GROUP	UK	2,198,493	1,546,976	10.52	5.21
36	42	PEAB	Sweden	2,161,000	1,520,594	6.00	10.00
37	39	SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION (SKANSKA)*	UK	2,146,500	1,510,391	0.17	–
38	46	APPIA (EIFFAGE)*	France	1,895,252	1,333,600	10.48	6.64
39	43	SOGEA CONSTRUCTION (VINCI)*	France	1,876,000	1,320,053	–3.27	–
40	45	A. PORR AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Austria	1,800,300	1,266,786	2.23	28.33
41	40	INTERSERVE	UK	1,785,411	1,256,310	–11.81	8.10
42	48	YIT–CORPORATION	Finland	1,763,000	1,240,540	8.62	21.00
43	49	TBI HOLDINGS	Netherlands	1,731,000	1,218,023	8.39	NC
44	55	ALPINE–MAYREDER BAU	Austria	1,652,000	1,162,435	11.38	23.31
45	53	MORGAN SINDALL	UK	1,651,035	1,161,756	14.21	–
46	47	SPIE TRINDEL (SPIE)*	France	1,569,959	1,104,706	–5.15	24.28
47	54	GTM CONSTRUCTION (VINCI)*	France	1,512,439	1,064,232	1.45	–
48	52	ED ZUBLIN	Germany	1,419,000	998,484	–5.27	16.20
49	56	VEIDEKKE	Norway	1,362,000	958,375	6.00	31.00
50	58	FORCLUM (EIFFAGE)*	France	1,292,640	909,570	5.22	6.42
*Subsidiary of company already listed

EUROPE‘S TOP 51-100
2003	2002	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000s	TURNOVER 2002/2003 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
51	63	LEMMINKAINEN GROUP	Finland	1,256,000	883,788	12.49	20.00
52	57	ALFRED MCALPINE	UK	1,246,323	876,979	–10.23	–
53	64	BOVIS LEND LEASE	UK	1,210,518	851,785	17.22	–
54	62	BOUYGUES BATIMENT (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	1,089,000	766,278	–5.55	–
55	–	SKANSKA OY (SKANSKA)*	Finland	1,055,000	742,354	10.00	–
56	68	MILLER GROUP	UK	1,044,153	734,721	10.09	–
57	60	HBG CONSTRUCTION (HBG)*	UK	1,040,496	732,148	–7.35	–
58	71	BOSKALIS WESTMINSTER	Netherlands	1,035,000	728,281	–4.50	75.00
59	73	GALLIFORD TRY	UK	1,033,155	726,983	13.86	–
60	89	SIR ROBERT MCALPINE	UK	1,030,848	725,359	41.63	–
61	74	DURA VERMEER	Netherlands	1,001,000	704,357	10.12	–
62	77	FAYAT	France	996,656	701,300	14.15	20.07
63	81	MORRISON (AWG)*	UK	962,820	677,491	21.21	–
64	59	MT HOJGAARD	Denmark	944,000	664,248	10.00	16.00
65	–	SELMER (SKANSKA OY)*	Norway	935,000	657,916	–6.00	NC
66	61	SACYR	Spain	930,000	654,397	–19.66	–
67	44	OHL	Spain	923,300	649,683	–50.35	–
68	96	MJ GLEESON GROUP	UK	923,208	649,618	35.52	0.59
69	76	SHEPHERD BUILDING GROUP	UK	886,107	623,512	3.34	–
70	87	COSTAIN GROUP	UK	864,006	607,960	17.39	10.16
71	80	ASTALDI	Italy	857,973	603,715	1.77	45.00
72	82	MANSELL	UK	841,093	591,838	7.53	–
73	91	RHEINHOLD & MAHLA (BILFINGER BERGER)*	Germany	820,200	577,136	12.11	57.00
74	85	MAX BOEGL	Germany	820,000	576,995	5.94	5.00
75	97	KELLER GROUP	UK	812,444	571,679	21.01	79.11
76	72	SBB	Belgium	812,211	571,515	–15.53	54.00
77	94	WATES CONSTRUCTION	UK	802,246	564,503	10.00	–
78	79	CFE (VINCI)*	Belgium	796,900	560,741	–5.98	32.00
79	92	SPIE BATIGNOLLES (SPIE)*	France	795,000	559,404	8.97	NC
80	99	BOWMER & KIRKLAND	UK	792,055	557,332	20.37	1.27
81	86	SOLETANCHE BACHY	France	787,000	553,775	2.34	69.89
82	95	BIRSE GROUP	UK	781,709	550,052	15.62	–
83	–	ACESA	Spain	761,500	535,832	NC	–
84	–	BESIX (SBB)*	Belgium	755,173	531,380	–15.79	50.70
85	–	JOHN SISK	Ireland	743,000	522,814	4.20	31.00
86	–	EDMUND NUTTALL (HBG)*	UK	742,962	522,787	22.45	9.53
87	102	NCC OY (NCC)*	Finland	738,000	519,296	17.37	22.00
88	84	BATIGROUP	Switzerland	734,838	517,071	–7.47	3.07
89	–	VINCI GROUP PLC (VINCI)*	UK	716,677	504,292	31.35	–
90	98	NG BAILEY	UK	713,741	502,226	7.85	–
91	117	MONTPELLIER	UK	712,091	501,065	43.58	1.22
92	–	DEME	Belgium	676,000	475,669	–10.46	78.00
93	100	INTERIOR SERVICES GROUP	UK	644,990	453,849	0.07	1.70
94	–	STRUKTON GROEP	Netherlands	630,000	443,301	3.70	–
95	103	JAN DE NUL NV	Belgium	629,091	442,662	0.24	71.53
96	107	VINCI CONSTRUCT. GRANDS PROJETS (VINCI CONSTRUCTION)*	France	626,005	440,490	5.16	80.63
97	–	DUMEZ–GTM (GROUPE GTM)*	France	626,000	440,487	NC	999.99
98	105	BAUER SPEZIALTIEFBAU	Germany	621,000	436,969	2.70	56.00
99	75	NCC DANMARK (NCC)*	Denmark	621,000	436,969	–18.00	NC
100	112	CORSAM–CORVIAM	Spain	602,000	423,599	11.48	–
*Subsidiary of company already listed

EUROPE‘S TOP 101-150
2003	2002	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000s	TURNOVER 2002/2003 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
101	120	SWIETELSKY BAUGESELLSCHAFT	Austria	587,000	413,044	16.87	19.42
102	101	BALLAST (BALLAST NEDAM)*	UK	574,537	404,275	0.40	–
103	114	CONDOTTE D’ACQUA (FERFINA)*	Italy	566,321	398,493	6.43	20.00
104	–	BUDIMEX (FERROVIAL–AGROMAN)*	Poland	558,660	393,103	NC	8.00
105	93	CLEMESSY (DALKIA VEOLIA)*	France	554,600	390,246	–21.76	8.55
106	106	HEITKAMP	Germany	543,000	382,084	–9.50	15.00
107	113	WOLFF + MULLER	Germany	542,000	381,380	0.37	–
108	111	EMCOR DRAKE & SKULL	UK	524,654	369,174	11.59	–
109	–	VAN WIJNEN	Netherlands	517,100	363,859	–1.65	–
110	128	ETDE (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	514,734	362,194	21.17	9.55
111	122	LINDNER	Germany	508,000	357,456	7.97	29.50
112	163	O’ROURKE	UK	507,113	356,832	NS	3.78
113	–	SKANSKA DANMARK (SKANSKA)*	Denmark	505,000	355,345	–20.00	–
114	118	WILLMOTT DIXON	UK	500,190	351,960	4.11	–
115	121	GARCZYNSKI TRAPLOIR (VINCI ENERGIES)*	France	491,860	346,099	3.51	NC
116	108	SOMAGUE ENGENHARIA	Portugal	487,622	343,117	2.43	6.82
117	124	LEONHARD WEISS	Germany	487,000	342,679	5.64	1.00
118	119	SADE (VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT)*	France	486,121	342,061	–0.76	5.65
119	154	PIZZAROTTI	Italy	480,976	338,440	46.12	7.00
120	–	NCC NORWAY (NCC)*	Norway	473,000	332,828	–9.00	–
121	–	BRISA	Portugal	465,000	327,199	8.13	–
122	–	EXBUD (SKANSKA)*	Poland	451,555	317,738	NC	–
123	127	WIEMER & TRACHTE	Germany	450,000	316,644	4.65	9.20
124	131	SNEF	France	446,898	314,461	8.69	11.00
125	–	FREYSSINET INTERNATIONAL (VINCI CONSTRUCTION)*	France	430,488	302,914	10.77	76.77
126	143	FITZPATRICK	UK	416,935	293,378	26.80	1.51
127	137	EIFFAGE TP (EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION)*	France	408,981	287,781	9.04	–
128	144	AARSLEF	Denmark	406,000	285,683	20.05	32.00
129	136	SIMONS GROUP	UK	405,022	284,995	9.79	–
130	160	PIHL	Denmark	404,000	284,276	23.00	39.00
131	130	TEIXEIRA DUARTE	Portugal	402,979	283,557	–2.35	16.00
132	132	ALGECO (HAPAG–LLOYD TUI)*	France	394,956	277,912	–2.20	37.00
133	70	BOUYGUES TP (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	391,551	275,516	–59.47	82.34
134	126	COOPSETTE	Italy	388,544	273,400	–10.16	4.00
135	146	SOGEA–SATOM (SOGEA CONSTRUCTION)*	France	381,104	268,165	13.06	100.00
136	–	STAVELEY INDUSTRIES (GUINNESS PEAT GROUP)	UK	380,516	267,751	15.50	0.24
137	129	JOSEF OEVERMANN	Germany	380,000	267,388	–10.17	5.50
138	115	MCNICHOLAS CONSTRUCTION	UK	379,878	267,302	–27.60	2.51
139	139	GOLDBECK	Germany	375,000	263,870	2.46	25.00
140	–	ROK PROPERTY SOLUTIONS	UK	372,497	262,109	NS	–
141	140	SOFICOM (EIFFAGE)*	Belgium	371,000	261,055	6.44	–
142	141	COOPCOSTRUTTORI	Italy	364,859	256,734	6.41	7.00
143	151	GAGNERAUD	France	364,473	256,463	12.77	–
144	142	COMSA	Spain	362,000	254,722	5.60	–
145	167	J MURPHY & SONS	UK	357,698	251,695	29.99	14.61
146	165	GUINTOLI	France	353,480	248,727	20.63	3.32
147	156	CMB	Italy	346,491	243,809	12.42	–
148	138	TREVI	Italy	346,312	243,683	–6.34	84.00
149	145	CMC	Italy	341,700	240,438	1.21	25.00
150	78	COFATHEC SERVICES	France	341,620	240,382	11.14	–
*Subsidiary of company already listed

EUROPE'S TOP 151-200
2003	2002	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000s	TURNOVER 2002/2003 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
151	158	RAZEL (BILFINGER BERGER)*	France	336,600	236,850	10.04	22.22
152	–	ROHCON/ASCON (HBG)*	Ireland	335,000	235,724	–2.10	–
153	150	CGS–COPISA	Spain	332,000	233,613	2.31	–
154	153	RG CARTER HOLDINGS	UK	331,566	233,307	9.95	–
155	188	MAY GURNEY GROUP	UK	328,979	231,487	45.99	–
156	–	JANSSEN DE JONG	Netherlands	325,800	229,250	0.20	1.50
157	152	CONSTRUCTORA SAN JOSE	Spain	324,000	227,984	0.56	–
158	161	LEON GROSSE	France	323,619	227,715	6.69	3.00
159	164	HABAU HOCH UND TIEFBAUGES	Austria	322,000	226,576	8.70	21.12
160	155	ENGIL	Portugal	320,505	225,524	4.76	6.00
161	159	AXIMA (SUEZ)	France	310,504	218,487	1.70	NC
162	148	LORNE STEWART	UK	306,569	215,718	–17.83	0.24
163	–	PIERSE CONTRACTING	Ireland	305,000	214,614	16.40	–
164	162	SMAC ACIEROID (COLAS)*	France	300,460	211,420	–0.45	–
165	170	KÖESTER	Germany	300,000	211,096	11.11	–
166	173	HEBERGER BAU	Germany	296,000	208,281	11.28	19.30
167	177	MOTA & COMPANHIA	Portugal	286,390	201,519	11.59	14.00
168	168	QUILLE (BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION)*	France	285,016	200,552	1.47	2.20
169	–	SOUTHERN ELECTRIC CONTRACTING (SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY)	UK	280,506	197,379	5.99	–
170	176	DEMATHIEU ET BARD	France	278,466	195,943	8.07	37.05
171	–	LOSINGER (BOUYGUES)*	Switzerland	277,420	195,207	NC	–
172	193	UNIECO	Italy	273,748	192,624	24.62	–
173	132	GENERALE ROUTIERE (APPIA)*	France	270,476	190,321	–32.38	–
174	182	ZECH–BAU	Germany	260,000	182,950	4.00	–
175	–	GTM GENIE CIVIL ET SERVICES (GTM CONSTRUCTION)*	France	257,113	180,918	1.43	–
176	183	OSBORNE	UK	254,883	179,349	8.99	–
177	–	NORMETRO	Portugal	251,942	177,280	NC	–
178	–	VOS	Netherlands	251,900	177,250	NC	–
179	184	SEVERFIELD–ROWEN	UK	250,295	176,121	7.98	NC
180	–	PJ HEGARTY	Ireland	250,000	175,913	16.20	–
181	–	SEDDON GROUP	UK	249,682	175,689	8.38	0.83
182	194	FAYAT CONSTRUCTION METALLIQUE (FAYAT)*	France	247,612	174,233	14.22	–
183	–	GRANDI LAVORI FINCOSIT	Italy	239,297	168,382	22.98	1.00
184	–	MICHAEL MCNAMARA	Ireland	238,800	168,032	–4.60	–
185	180	SANDO	Spain	237,000	166,766	–6.11	–
186	190	SPR	France	233,751	164,480	2.66	–
187	174	FRUTIGER	Switzerland	230,000	161,840	–12.42	0.01
188	196	T CLARKE	UK	228,944	161,097	9.25	–
189	–	POLIMEX CEKOP	Poland	228,444	160,745	NC	–
190	–	MOSTOSTAL ZABRZE	Poland	228,400	160,714	NC	–
191	192	SICRA (SOGEA CONSTRUCTION)*	France	227,259	159,911	2.67	–
192	185	SOMARO(COLAS)*	France	226,473	159,358	–4.94	–
193	166	BONATTI	Italy	225,898	158,954	–21.01	36.00
194	–	BALDASSINI–TOGNOZZI	Italy	225,444	158,634	16.53	–
195	–	EDIFER CONSTRUCOES	Portugal	224,574	158,022	–8.13	–
196	–	ING FERRARI	Italy	223,287	157,117	–0.20	–
197	–	MCNICHOLAS PLC	UK	222,710	156,711	10.52	–
198	–	DEAN & DYBALL CONSTRUCTION	UK	222,651	156,669	15.31	–
199	–	JOHN SISK GB (JOHN SISK)*	UK	216,973	152,674	19.14	–
200	–	CME	Portugal	215,297	151,494	0.49	–
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 1-50 MATERIALS PRODUCERS
2003	2002	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000s	TURNOVER 2002/2003 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
1	1	SAINT–GOBAIN	France	30,274,000	21,296,487	–0.38	68.82
2	2	LAFARGE	France	14,610,000	10,277,521	6.66	86.26
3	3	WOLSELEY	UK	12,505,986	8,797,436	10.13	80.66
4	4	CRH	Ireland	10,794,000	7,593,126	3.00	93.40
5	5	SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC	France	9,060,000	6,373,329	–7.83	–
6	6	HOLCIM	Switzerland	8,393,548	5,904,508	–9.94	–
7	–	ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL	Denmark	7,919,000	5,570,684	–0.03	–
8	7	RMC GROUP	UK	7,904,526	5,560,502	–4.66	76.75
9	10	LAFARGE CIMENTS (LAFARGE)*	France	6,948,000	4,887,626	15.90	–
10	9	HEIDELBERG CEMENT	Germany	6,570,000	4,621,719	–1.78	88.50
11	8	HANSON	UK	6,360,795	4,474,552	–4.28	62.54
12	11	SCHINDLER	Switzerland	5,000,000	3,517,290	NC	–
13	12	LAFARGE GRANULATS ET BETON (LAFARGE)*	France	4,768,000	3,354,088	–0.79	–
14	11	PILKINGTON	UK	4,378,860	3,080,344	–1.82	34.71
15	13	ITALCEMENTI (ITALMOBILIARE)	Italy	4,262,000	2,998,138	6.55	68.90
16	15	ETEX	Belgium	3,375,690	2,374,656	–8.42	NC
17	17	VALENCIANA DE CEMENTOS (CEMEX)	Spain	3,126,300	2,199,221	0.00	–
18	20	BPB INDUSTRIES	UK	3,070,608	2,160,044	16.21	28.53
19	16	SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES (SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC)*	France	3,021,445	2,125,460	–5.28	–
20	24	KNAUF	Germany	3,000,000	2,110,374	12.00	80.00
21	22	TARMAC (ANGLO AMERICAN)	UK	2,993,970	2,106,132	12.22	NC
22	18	LEGRAND	France	2,970,400	2,089,552	–4.07	73.38
23	14	BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)*	UK	2,959,785	2,082,084	–19.18	60.25
24	21	CIMENTS FRANCAIS (ITALCEMENTI)*	France	2,930,300	2,061,343	4.71	59.32
25	19	IMERYS	France	2,863,000	2,014,000	–1.21	74.71
26	23	IMI	UK	2,562,921	1,802,907	–1.82	66.38
27	26	NOVAR	UK	2,302,638	1,619,809	–2.29	80.51
28	28	TRAVIS PERKINS	UK	2,253,825	1,585,471	10.80	–
29	27	AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES	UK	2,191,338	1,541,514	5.46	47.97
30	28	BUDERUS	Germany	1,860,000	1,308,432	–3.53	37.90
31	31	SIG	UK	1,836,399	1,291,830	11.35	36.40
32	–	DEGUSSA CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS	Germany	1,820,000	1,280,294	4.00	–
33	32	VAILLANT	Germany	1,757,000	1,235,976	4.27	77.30
34	36	WIENERBERGER ZIEGELINDUSTRIE	Austria	1,653,000	1,162,816	6.99	–
35	25	DYCKERHOFF	Germany	1,545,000	1,086,843	–6.00	56.00
=36	34	LAFARGE TOITURE (LAFARGE)*	France	1,538,000	1,081,918	–2.97	–
=36	34	LAFARGE ROOFING (LAFARGE)*	Germany	1,538,000	1,081,918	–2.97	70.90
38	39	BUZZI UNICEM	Italy	1,478,677	1,040,187	2.23	41.00
39	37	CRISTALERIA ESPANOLA (SAINT–GOBAIN)*	Spain	1,465,000	1,030,566	0.00	–
40	40	VICAT	France	1,462,571	1,028,857	1.18	51.09
41	38	LAPEYRE (SAINT–GOBAIN)*	France	1,414,600	995,112	–2.98	NC
42	44	DE LONGHI	Italy	1,273,700	895,994	6.33	70.00
43	43	MATERIS	France	1,200,000	844,150	0.00	–
44	50	GRAFTON	Ireland	1,152,000	810,384	16.50	70.00
45	47	LAFARGE PLATRES (LAFARGE)*	France	1,146,000	806,163	6.90	–
46	80	HANIEL BAU INDUSTRIE	Germany	1,145,000	805,459	NS	–
47	45	URALITA	Spain	1,120,410	788,161	0.00	–
48	–	CNH France	France	1,095,000	770,287	20.29	63.20
49	41	PFLEIDERER	Germany	1,028,400	723,436	–1.30	48.40
50	60	PERMASTEELISA	Italy	995,026	699,959	25.73	97.10
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 51-100 MATERIALS PRODUCERS
2003	2002	COMPANY	COUNTRY	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000s	TURNOVER 2002/2003 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
51	51	VIESSMANN	Germany	980,000	689,389	–2.00	40.00
52	53	VILLEROY & BOCH	Germany	977,500	687,630	0.24	70.00
53	82	MERLONI TERMOSANITARI	Italy	963,958	678,104	NS	84.00
54	54	AMERICAN STANDARD ITALIA (IDEAL STANDARD US)	Italy	963,400	677,711	0.95	69.00
55	49	HEYWOOD WILLIAMS	UK	959,724	675,126	–2.83	55.85
56	56	FRIEDRICH GROHE (BC PARTNERS)	Germany	898,300	631,916	1.99	74.80
57	58	OTIS (VTC)	France	858,355	603,817	4.60	30.14
58	59	CEMENTOS PORTLAND	Spain	822,000	578,242	3.87	–
59	55	HEPWORTH (VAILLANT)*	UK	798,180	561,486	–5.37	54.52
60	62	BSS GROUP	UK	779,895	548,623	4.87	–
61	64	LAFARGE CIMENTS France (LAFARGE)*	France	772,542	543,451	4.87	1.43
62	74	KNAUF France (KNAUF)*	France	758,000	533,221	43.56	–
63	63	SAINT–GOBAIN WEBER & BROUTIN (SAINT–GOBAIN)*	France	742,000	521,966	1.59	–
64	57	KINGSPAN	Ireland	739,600	520,278	–10.80	–
65	72	MAPEI	Italy	733,101	515,706	25.72	59.00
66	69	CIMENTS CALCIA (CIMENTS FRANCAIS)*	France	683,806	481,029	7.86	NC
67	61	MANITOU BF	France	676,190	475,671	–12.27	57.15
68	66	ICOPAL	Denmark	664,000	467,096	0.30	NC
69	88	STO AG	Germany	654,700	460,554	42.17	44.40
70	67	RMC France (RMC GROUP)*	France	625,200	439,802	–4.05	–
71	73	DORMA	Germany	613,300	431,431	7.03	67.10
72	70	GERRESHEIMER GLAS	Germany	574,000	403,785	–3.85	77.90
73	76	GRUPPO FINANCO (COLACEM/COLABETON)	Italy	556,505	391,478	9.94	10.00
74	–	MARSHALLS	UK	543,039	382,005	4.13	–
75	79	PLACOPLATRE (BPB PLACO)	France	538,841	379,052	7.67	8.51
76	77	LAFARGE BETONS SERVICES (LAFARGE)*	France	534,000	375,647	6.04	–
77	81	CEMENTOS MOLINS	Spain	510,000	358,764	2.19	–
78	–	SAINT–GOBAIN GLASS (SAINT–GOBAIN)*	Germany	501,000	352,432	–6.90	4.00
79	85	SOMFY INTERNATIONAL	France	499,800	351,588	4.12	NC
80	92	ANGLIAN GROUP	UK	486,642	342,332	7.17	–
81	96	HEITON	UK	479,077	337,011	13.36	–
82	84	FENWICK–LINDE (LINDE)	France	468,000	329,218	–2.70	–
83	86	SOPREMA	France	458,761	322,719	–3.68	35.12
84	–	CIMPOR	Portugal	436,812	307,279	–4.35	–
85	95	HOLCIM ESPANA (HOLCIM)*	Spain	430,000	302,487	1.09	–
86	87	LIEBHERR–France (LIEBHERR)	France	429,493	302,130	–9.03	72.38
87	93	OTIS ITALIA	Italy	416,485	292,980	–4.33	NC
88	75	LEGRIS INDUSTRIES	France	410,500	288,770	–0.80	–
89	–	ROUX COMBALUZIER SCHINDLER (SCHINDLER)*	France	403,582	283,903	3.50	12.48
90	–	ATLANTIC	France	400,000	281,383	NC	–
91	–	HORNOS IBERICOS ALBA	Spain	382,000	268,721	2.80	–
92	100	PILKINGTON DEUTSCHLAND (PILKINGTON)*	Germany	365,800	257,325	–6.83	48.80
93	–	DECEUNINCK	Belgium	362,160	254,764	2.69	–
94	97	BONNA SABLA (PCP HOLDING)	France	360,933	253,901	–10.82	24.48
95	91	CAPE INDUSTRIES	UK	357,432	251,438	–15.68	41.46
96	–	ISOROY (SONAE INDUSTRIA)	France	350,000	246,210	NC	41.00
97	–	UNIBETON (CIMENTS FRANCAIS)*	France	348,508	245,161	2.32	–
98	–	LAFARGE ASLAND (LAFARGE)*	Spain	340,000	239,176	2.86	–
99	98	HILL & SMITH	UK	338,257	237,950	–12.04	9.55
100	94	DEUTSCHE STEINZEUG	Germany	333,400	234,533	–21.92	35.50
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 20 UK MATERIALS PRODUCERS
2003	COMPANY	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000s	TURNOVER 2002/2003 £000s	% CHANGE IN TURNOVER	% FOREIGN TURNOVER KEY ACTIVITIES
1	WOLSELEY	12,505,986	8,797,436	10.13	80.66	Building materials
2	RMC GROUP	7,904,526	5,560,502	–4.66	76.75	Building materials
3	HANSON	6,360,795	4,474,552	–4.28	62.54	Building materials
4	PILKINGTON	4,378,860	3,080,344	–1.82	34.71	Glass
5	BPB INDUSTRIES	3,070,608	2,160,044	16.21	28.53	Building materials
6	TARMAC (ANGLO AMERICAN)	2,993,970	2,106,132	12.22	NC	Building materials
7	BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)*	2,959,785	2,082,084	–19.18	60.25	Cement
8	IMI	2,562,921	1,802,907	–1.82	66.38	Building materials
9	NOVAR	2,302,638	1,619,809	–2.29	80.51	Building materials
10	TRAVIS PERKINS	2,253,825	1,585,471	10.80	–	Building materials
11	AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES	2,191,338	1,541,514	5.46	47.97	Building materials
12	SIG	1,836,399	1,291,830	11.35	36.40	Building materials
13	HEYWOOD WILLIAMS	959,724	675,126	–2.83	55.85	Building materials
14	HEPWORTH (VAILLANT)*	798,180	561,486	–5.37	54.52	Building materials
15	BSS GROUP	779,895	548,623	4.87	–	Building materials
16	MARSHALLS	543,039	382,005	4.13	–	Building materials
17	ANGLIAN GROUP	486,642	342,332	7.17	–	Windows
18	HEITON	479,077	337,011	13.36	–	Building materials
19	CAPE INDUSTRIES	357,432	251,438	–15.68	41.46	Building materials
20	HILL & SMITH	338,257	237,950	–12.04	9.55	Building materials
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 10 UK MATERIALS PRODUCERS BY % OVERSEAS SALES
2003	COMPANY	% FOREIGN TURNOVER	TURNOVER 2002/2003 €000S	TURNOVER £000s	% CHANGE TURNOVER	ACTIVITIES
1	WOLSELEY	80.66	12,505,986	8,797,436	10.13	Building materials
2	NOVAR	80.51	2,302,638	1,619,809	–2.29	Building materials
3	RMC GROUP	76.75	7,904,526	5,560,502	–4.66	Building materials
4	IMI	66.38	2,562,921	1,802,907	–1.82	Building materials
5	HANSON	62.54	6,360,795	4,474,552	–4.28	Building materials
6	BLUE CIRCLE (LAFARGE)*	60.25	2,959,785	2,082,084	–19.18	Cement
7	HEYWOOD WILLIAMS	55.85	959,724	675,126	–2.83	Building materials
8	HEPWORTH (VAILLANT)*	54.52	798,180	561,486	–5.37	Building materials
9	AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES	47.97	2,191,338	1,541,514	5.46	Building materials
10	NORCROSS	42.13	320,067	225,154	–8.7	Aggregates
*Subsidiary of company already listed

TOP 10 UK MATERIALS PRODUCERS BY PRE-TAX PROFIT
2003	COMPANY PRE-TAX profit &euros;000s	PRE-TAX PROFIT €000s	PRE-TAX PROFIT £000s	TURNOVER €000s	TURNOVER £000s	% FOREIGN TURNOVER
1	WOLSELEY	653,013	459,367	12,505,986	8,797,436	80.66
2	HANSON	435,183	306,133	6,360,795	4,474,552	62.54
3	TARMAC	364,110	256,136	2,993,970	2,106,132	–
4	PILKINGTON	222,600	156,590	4,378,860	3,080,344	34.71
5	TRAVIS PERKINS	218,784	153,905	2,253,825	1,585,471	–
6	RMC GROUP	216,399	152,228	7,904,526	5,560,502	76.75
7	AGGREGATES INDUSTRIES	213,855	150,438	2,191,338	1,541,514	47.97
8	IMI	118,137	83,104	2,562,921	1,802,907	66.38
9	NOVAR	115,593	81,315	2,302,638	1,619,809	80.51
10	MARSHALLS	78,546	55,254	543,039	382,005	–
*Subsidiary of company already listed