Heritage

In 1873, Johann Philipp Schifferdecker started producing Portland cement – then a completely new building material – with just 35-employees in Heidelberg, Germany. He probably never imagined that 150 years later, Heidelberg Materials would be one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials.

The Company Archives team publishes various publications on the history of the Group, which go into detail about the 150-year history of the Group or present individual cement plants.

The company archive preserves a wide range of important documents and audiovisual materials. It also supervises the company's historical collections.