CRH plc is a building materials company founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1970, its name an abbreviation of Cement Roadstone Holdings, formed by the merger of two Irish companies, Cement Limited and Roadstone Limited. It grew through decades of acquisitions into one of the largest building materials producers in the world, supplying aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt with major operations concentrated in North America and Europe, and it moved its primary stock market listing to the New York Stock Exchange in 2023.
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Company TypeAmerican-Irish building materials company 1 Founded Year HeadquartersDublin, Ireland, and New York, United States 1 Connections
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A major building materials or construction company; classified in the atlas construction-industry.
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1. Wikipedia, CRH plc
WikipediaLead section, first sentence
CRH plc (an acronym for Cement Roadstone Holdings) is an American-Irish building materials provider headquartered in Dublin and New York, United States.
History section, first sentence
CRH (Cement Roadstone Holdings) was established in 1970 through the merger of Cement Ltd (est. 1936) and Roadstone Ltd (est. 1949).
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