Norcem AS is a
Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
manufacturer of
cement
A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...
, and subsidiary of
HeidelbergCement
HeidelbergCement is a German multinational building materials company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. It is a DAX corporation and is one of the largest building materials companies in the world. On 1 July 2016, HeidelbergCement AG complete ...
. It has plants in
Brevik and
Kjøpsvik
or is a village in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Tysfjorden, north of the small village of Storå, Norway, Storå. The island of Hulløya lies off the coast of Kjøpsvik. The ...
.
History
Norcem was established in 1968 as a merger between the three cement factories
Christiania Portland Cementfabrikk (founded in 1888),
Dalen Portland Cemetfabrikk (founded in 1916) and
Nordland Portland Cementfabrikk (founded in 1918).
Norcem grew into a conglomerate of companies, especially in the building material sector, but also in the booming offshore sector. In 1987 Norcem merged with
Aker mekaniske Verksted and created Aker Norcem, though it changed its name to Aker in 1988. The cement division of Aker merged with
Euroc owned by
Skanska
Skanska AB () is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the fifth-largest construction company in the world according to ''Construction Global'' magazine. Notable Skanska projects include renovation of t ...
of Sweden to form
Scancem in 1995. In 1999 Scancem was sold to the German
HeidelbergCement
HeidelbergCement is a German multinational building materials company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. It is a DAX corporation and is one of the largest building materials companies in the world. On 1 July 2016, HeidelbergCement AG complete ...
.
Today, Norcem operates two cement plants, and 35 cement terminals along the Norwegian coast. The plant in Kjøpsvik is the northernmost cement plant in the world.
Manufacturing companies based in Oslo
Cement companies of Norway
Manufacturing companies established in 1968
1968 establishments in Norway
{{norway-company-stub