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Hanson Cement is a cement production company located in the United Kingdom. It was called Castle Cement until it was rebranded in 2009. The company is now owned by HeidelbergCement. The company supplies 25% of the demand for cement in the UK and employs 1,200 people. ==History== The company was formed in 1981 through an amalgamation of three firms: * Tunnel Portland Cement Company Ltd (founded 1874) with plants at West Thurrock, Essex (1874), Pitstone, Buckinghamshire (1937) and Padeswood, Clwyd (1949). * Ketton Portland Cement Company Ltd (founded 1929) with a plant at Ketton, Rutland. * Ribblesdale Cement Ltd (founded 1937) with a plant at Clitheroe, Lancashire. The company was acquired by HeidelbergCement in 2007.〔Douglad Hamilton, ("Hanson sold to Heidelberg for £8bn" ) ''The Herald'', 28 May 2007〕 In 2005, the company's Birmingham depot was dismantled after being bought by a developer who is constructing a mixed-use complex named Curzon Gate.〔(Curzon Gate )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hanson Cement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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