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The margin targets set per segment are to be reached in order to get a decent return on our investments:
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Cement and mineral components: 33 percent
We attach a high priority to the increased use of alternative fuels, as well as to the wider deployment of mineral components. New production capacity under construction or in the planning stage will importantly contribute to improving margins. Global resource management of cement, clinker, coal and mineral components will become increasingly important within the Group in future and will release additional synergies.
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Aggregates: 27 percent
The Aggregates Operational Review (AOR) identifies potential for improvement in this segment Group-wide. By multiplying best practices along the entire value chain, including market analyses, we aim to exploit the full potential that this segment offers.
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Other construction materials and services: 8 percent
This segment includes in particular ready-mix concrete and asphalt as well as concrete products, concrete elements and construction services. By standardizing business processes and systems, we will also make progress in this segment. Above all, in the ready-mix concrete sector we will be able to save on production costs by using the "mix master", a tool developed jointly between Holcim and the acquired Aggregate Industries specialists which optimize the concrete mix.
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