After aluminum with Pechiney, steel with Arcelor, France is seeing the disappearance of a new name from its industrial heritage: that of Lafarge, a former cement giant.
The LafargeHolcim group, resulting from the merger between Lafarge and Swiss company Holcim in 2015, announced on Friday its intention to simplify its corporate name, to be called simply Holcim.
This modification must be approved by the shareholders at their next general meeting on May 4.
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This name change concerns only the name of the group,
" said the cement and concrete giant in a press release.
Trademarks, including Lafarge, will continue to exist.
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It is indeed a page in French industrial history that is turning.
Lafarge was born in 1883, in Ardèche.
Its name comes from that of its creator, Auguste Pavin de Lafarge.
The company has grown over the decades.
After World War II, Lafarge went international.
From the 1980s, development accelerated
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