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Ibstock Johnsen Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Ibstock Collieries Ltd
  • Himley Brick Co Ltd
  • Ibstock Brick & Tile Co Ltd
  • Johnsen Jorgensen & Wettre Ltd
  • CRH Group
  • Ibstock Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Ibstock, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Non metallic mineral products manufacture Brick & roof & floor tile production inc associated clay products
  • Extraction Clay extraction
  • Extraction Coal extraction

Notes:

Traced origins to Ibstock Collieries Ltd established in 1899 as a coal mining and clay quarrying business. Soon focus shifted to clay and brickmaking. 1963 acquired Himley Brick Co Ltd and floated. 1970, when known as Ibstock Brick & Tile Co Ltd, merged with Johnsen Jorgensen & Wettre Ltd, who dealt in wood pulp, to form Ibstock Johnsen Ltd. 1999 acquired by CRH Group of Ireland. Continues as Ibstock Ltd

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