Heidelberg Materials plans to close Ranville cement plant
- Location
- Ranville · 🇫🇷 France
- Company
- Heidelberg Materials France (Zementwerk Ranville, ehemals Calcia)
- Sector
- Building materials
- Status
- announced
- Affected staff
- 87
Heidelberg Materials France announced on 16 September 2026 that it intends to close the Ranville cement plant near Caen (formerly Calcia, opened in 1964), affecting 87 employees. The group blames falling cement volumes in France amid a persistently weak construction market and the streamlining of its European production network. Employee representatives point to a shutdown around spring 2028; unions went on strike on 22 September 2026, and the CGT describes it as the fifth kiln extinguished in six years (ici, 16.09.2026).
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