CASE SUMMARY

Company Overview

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.

Wienerberger encompasses 3 divisions, namely bricks, pipes, and real estate. It operates more than 70 companies and has about 220 plants in some 25 countries. Products include wall systems (hollow and facing brick), concrete surface paving bricks, and roofing systems (clay and concrete tiles). Other Wienerberger operations include its Pipelife plastic pipe business. The company's extensive real estate portfolio (which it is divesting) includes development, landfill, and garage investments.

Wienerberger is the world's largest producer of bricks......

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