Also, the company’s operational profit (EBITDA) was estimated at EUR 246 million, a 2 percent increase compared with 2011.
The company run a strong restructuring campaign in 2012, targeting EUR 50 million saved costs until 2014. Analysing the group’s evolution by division, the European division for bricks and tiles registered diminished volumes and earnings in 2012, within the overall decreasing construction market in Europe. The residential market has been therefore estimated under the level of 2009 in several countries as Netherlands, Belgium, France and Poland.
Wienerberger is the world's largest producer of bricks and No. 1 on the clay roof tiles market in Europe with 226 plants in 30 countries. We also hold leading positions in concrete pavers in CEE. Founded in 1819 in Vienna and traded since 1869 on the Vienna Stock Exchange, Wienerberger can look back on a great tradition. Only in 1986 the company started its dynamic expansion, which has focused on building materials since the introduction of Value Management in 1997. This transformed Wienerberger from a local Austrian brick-maker into the world’s largest producer of bricks within a few years. During this time the number of production facilities rose to a level of groupwide 226 plants in 30 countries including 31 production sites for the pipe systems.
