Concrete

Quality &
Performance

lafarge group

The power of an
international Group

180

years of experience

65,000
employees

64

* Lafarge Group

countries

Created in 1833 in France, Lafarge is the world leader in building materials.

Lafarge is present in 3 businesses: Cement, Aggregates & Concrete.

1,570

industrial sites worldwide

No.1
worldwide

15.8

Billion Euros in sales

58
countries

Values & Priorities

At Lafarge, we believe in four core values that

help us serve our customers better every day
and build for a better future:

161
cement plants and grinding
stations
41,200
employees

Health & Safety

Quality & Performance
People Development
Innovation

10,373
Million Euro Cement Sales

We are committed to be ranked among the

worlds most effective industrial groups in
terms of employee health and safety, protection
of the environment, social responsibility and
corporate governance.

*2012 figures

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Cement

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

Aggregates & Concrete

No.2
worldwide
36
countries
1,395 production sites
21,800
employees
5,353
Million Euro Aggregates &
Concrete Sales

Lafarge Aggregates
& Concrete in Iraq
A few words about us
Lafarge has entered the Concrete business in Iraq in May 2011
by acquiring a majority stake of 77C Ready Mix business. Since,
Lafarge has upgraded the business to comply with the Group
standards; Health & Safety, Quality and laboratory, processes and
systems, new products development, etc.
Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq embeds the same values of
the Lafarge Group and uses the same systems and KPIs (Key
Performance Indicators).
We are fully committed to deliver the Lafarge quality and innovations
for the long years to come in Iraq.

Lafarge Regional Presence

Lafarge in the Region

Lafarge is strongly present in the Aggregates and Concrete in the Middle
East region; Jordan, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq,
Egypt*, Algeria* and Morocco*

30 years

of experience in the Middle East, combined with its commitment to

research and innovation worldwide, Lafarge provides unrivalled solution
in the region.

Key figures in the Middle East

23 million tons of cement production capacity annually in the
region.
Over 30 million cubic meters of ready-mix concrete were produced
in the past decade.
5 million tons of aggregates.

Largest Concrete network in Iraq

Lafarge is currently present across all Iraq with 17 main production
sites. Main cities are Erbil, Suleymani, Dohuk, Karbala, Najaf, Hilla,
Baghdad, Basra, Kirkuk, Beiji.
Development in other regions is ongoing.

10 million m3

Annual production capacity

Over 150 transit mixers and

35 concrete pumps
We consistently deliver safety, quality and innovative products to
our customers

Aggregates
Lafarge is present in Erbil and Suleymani with production capacity
of 2MTns

450 employees
Working at Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq with the sole aim to
better serve our customers.
Dohuk
Erbil

19,644 employees

Kirkuk

Suleymania

Beiji

Working at Lafarge in the Middle East region

A growing number to drive the business acceleration
*Egypt, Algeria & Morocco belong to Africa region

Lafarge in Iraq
Largest non-oil investor in Iraq
3 cement plants (8 MT capacity in 2013)
A construction chemical Joint-venture
An Aggregates, concrete and precast business with national
coverage
An Industrial Ecology, Waste Management - Turning waste
into energy
3500 employees

Baghdad
Karbala
Hilla
Najaf

Basra

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

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Health & Safely

Health & Safety is a core

value at Lafarge.

An employee with full PPEs.

Personal Protective Equipment

When talking about safety, zero injury is the only acceptable result.
To achieve this goal, Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq has implemented the Lafarge health &
safety standards, a complete and efficient system aiming at eliminating risks and improving the
working conditions for our employees, contractors and surrounding environment.

0.75

the frequency rate of

accidents with time off
work in the Group in
2012.
Less than one accident
per one million hours
worked.

Since May 2011, over 1 million US$ has been spent in order to:
1. Upgrade the operations & Improve the plants & equipments safety conditions
2. Training & continuous development of employees competency and behavior
3. Develop & increase ownership & commitment
4. Implement Lafarge rules & standards (Working at height & Energy isolation procedures,
mobile equipment advisory, housekeeping and contractor management)
5. Fully integrate health & safety within our processes

We believe that an organization with worldclass safety records will also have best-inclass operational performance. Every day we
are working hard to ensure that we improve
our safety practices with the objective of zero
accidents.
We operate in accordance with world class
health and safety standards. Our value systems
on Safety are an integral part of our employees
values in plants, jobsites, offices and homes,
because we believe in peoples right to live and
work safely.
We have clearly defined standards to reduce
risks when hazardous tasks are performed.
Training in Visible Felt Leadership
encourages employees to get involved in the
concept of safety in the field and strengthen
their commitment to safety. Over the years,
we have been able to lay the foundations of a
strong safety culture in our organization.

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Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

Quality & Performance

Quality Concrete
The biggest concrete
Lab in Iraq

Established in 2013 on 550m2, the

laboratory is equipped with state of the
arts equipment from Europe. Qualified and
trained staff work on testing & analyzing
the samples, applying the Iraqi and the
international standards.

40

laboratories tests are used to certify the

raw materials and the concrete in its
different phases.

Central Lab

The lab tests cover different aspects from

the raw material to hardened concrete
including fresh concrete and durability
tests.

80,000

Meeting
Customers
Expectations
At Lafarge, we aim to meet the increasingly
complex requirements of architects, engineers,
contractors, designers and builders, enabling
the creation of lighter, more aesthetic and ever
more sophisticated forms.
We are constantly working on improving the
quality of our products and services. We have
established a systematic approach of listening
to our customers and intensifying our efforts
to create new solutions and services to meet
the demands of greater mechanical, functional
and aesthetic performance in buildings and
civil work.
Quality raw materials are carefully selected to
ensure optimum performance of our products
in your jobsites.

cubes tested in 2013 & over 40,000

cubes tested in 2012.
On daily basis, we measure the standard
deviation, the coefficient of variation, one
sigma and two sigma limits and several
other KPIs and measures.

Our objective is zero failure.

We are committed to quality,
consistency & performance.

Testing Cubes

Automated production
system. No manual
intervention

Foam Concrete - Suleymania

Our plants are equipped with the same

production system that equips Lafarge
RMX plants worldwide.
We produce concrete in fully automated,
state of the art batching systems.
The recipes are built by the quality
department and produced with no human
intervention.

BCMix, a full automation system

Testing water penetration

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

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Creating and Developing Solutions

Individual House, France

Artevia Print

Lafarge Iraq delivers Value Added Products (VAPs). We provide a full range of
concrete products to meet our customers needs and requests.

25%
of Lafarge
production
worldwide is
Value Added
Products

High Performance & Innovative Products to Improve Customer Satisfaction:

High & Ultra Performing Concrete Products; 40 Mpa
and above
Early Strength 24, 48, 72 hours; 20 Mpa and above
Screed (max 12mm); 5 and above Mpa
Micro Crete (max 5mm); Range from 15 to 40 Mpa
Low Permeability Water Tight; 25 Mpa and above
Flow Concrete; 10Mpa and above
High Density; Range from 20 to 40 MPa
Light Weight /Low Density
*Non Structural: 20 Mpa and below
*Foam: 1- 4 Mpa
Shotcrete; 25-40 MPa
Injection Grout;15 Mpa and below
Injection Mortar; 30 Mpa and below
Mpa = N/mm2
Lafarge works also in PSI (Pound/square inch) & in Kg/cm2
(equivalent to 9.8Mpa)

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Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

Light Weight, Thermal Insulation; 45 Mpa and below

Artevia (decorative concrete)
*Printed; 25-40 MPa
*Exposed; 25-40 MPa
*Sand; 25 Mpa and below
BC Tranche ( Trench & void fill )
*Standard (manual Excavation); 0.7 Mpa and below
*Standard (Mechanical excavation); Range from
0.7 to 2.0 MPa
*Fine (3mm max); Up to 3 MPa
Stabilised Mortar
*MorPlast (plastering mortar)
*MorBricks (mortar for brick and blocks laying)
Workability: 1236 hours upon request.
Hydraumedia; 25 Mpa and below
Fibre (Steel Fibre, Polypropylene); all strengths

Research & Innovation

Innovation at the Group:

A Step Ahead
Daily, we are committed to
deliver the quality of the
Lafarge Group throughout
Iraq.
We constantly strive to help
customers generate value in their
businesses through innovation.

LCR, France

Over 1,000 people worldwide work for Lafarge in Research & Development with the sole aim of
inventing to build better in the future, by proposing new solutions which generate value for the
entire building profession and reduce environmental impact.
Current research into concrete is focusing on the development of a new range of concrete products
to better meet customer challenges in terms of cracking, setting and hardening, site productivity,
robustness, resistance, durability & esthetic appearance.

Lafarge Center for Research (LCR):

The largest building materials laboratory in the world (Isle dAbeau, Lyon - France).
An international (R&D) Research & Developing team.
State of art equipment.
Partnerships with the most prestigious universities & research institutes in Europe, USA,
Asia and MEA.

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

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Tiles and Paving materials

Lafarge Iraq offers a wide

range of products

Concrete Tiles, Paving materials, Curbstone,....

A long life paving system making a contribution to the beauty of our living environment

Paved Road with interlock and curbstone on a housing project - Suleymania

Quality &
Performance
Advantages
Durability, Strength
Easy to install
Frost resistant
Rich in color

Application Areas
Streets, Roads, Sidewalks
Parks and Gardens
Auto Parks
Industrial Areas
Airports, sea ports
Freight handling areas
Lafarges Plant producing curbstone

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Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

Projects

Concrete batching plants

on Projects
Lafarge has currently several concrete batching plants setup and running on customers
projects
1. Housing projects in Dohuk, Erbil and Hilla
2. Industrial Projects in Beiji and Najaf

Power Plant Project - Contractor Orascom - Beiji

Lafarge accompanies your projects

development in Iraq and adapts its offer to
your projects needs
1. Number of plants and mobile equipment
2. Quality Laboratory
3. Mix design specifications
4. Pouring schedule and number of shifts
5. Value added products; decorative
concrete for roads and gardens, Mortar,
Foam and screed, etc.
We are sure, together, we can find the right
solution for your projects in Iraq (see contacts
on last page).

Housing Project - Erbil

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

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Reference Projects

American University - Suleymania

Hilton Project - Erbil

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Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

Cement plant Project - Contractor Beta - Najaf

Projects

Rizgary Interchange - Erbil

Khoshnaw Tower - Erbil

Erbil Media City - Erbil

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Iraq

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ERBIL
Adala, Rega, Kesnezan
+964 750 445 2820
ERBIL
EMC, Shaqlawa
+964 750 204 7791
ERBIL
Adala
+964 751 010 1816
ERBIL
Erbil Media City
+964 750 460 7529
ERBIL
Rega
+964 751 010 1817
ERBIL
Kesnezan
+964 751 010 808
ERBIL
Shaqlawa
+964 750 373 34 98
DUHOK
+964 750 193 6262
SULEYMANIA
Tanjero
+964 770 425 0338
SULEYMANIA
Bazian & Paving
+964 770 192 9418
KERKUK
Kirkuk
+964 771 752 0242
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
+964 770 434 7669
BASRA
Basra
+964 780 141 3377
HOLY CITIES
Karbala, Najaf, Hilla
+964 770 632 6644

Lafarge Aggregates &

Concrete Iraq
Mam Street, Al-Adala District,
Southern Industrial Zone
Erbil - Iraq
Kr & Ar: +964 750 334 5810
Tr & Eng: +964 750 231 8463
www.lafarge-iraq.com