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1889
2019

130 years of the highest quality, family working atmosphere, social and environmental responsibility

1889
2017

Obtaining the ''Reliable Manufacturing Company 2016'' label for economic health and good payment morale (only 4.1% of companies in Slovakia complied with the demanding criteria), certification of the quality management system, environmental management system and occupational health and safety management system according to the requirements of EN ISO 9001:2015, EN 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007, the second highest volumes of cement production and sales

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2016

Continuation of the construction of the clinker silo. The company is awarded the highest credibility label: AAA. At the top of the Butkov hill a chapel and the Way of the Cross are consecrated.

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2015

Implementation of deliveries for large infrastructure projects. Record performance in the cement production. Beginning of the construction of the clinker silo

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2013

The Butkov hill near Ladce represents a significant dominant on the western edge of the Strážovské vrchy mountains. Since 2013, individuals, families, even parishes, have come here to experience God's touch, to find peace and new strength for true life values. On 14 September 2013, Father Elias Vella blessed a new cross, built in the Ladce cement plant quarry

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2008

Record production of clinker and cements, exceeding the historical record milestone of 1,000,000 tonnes in the production and sale of cement per year. Further development of the concrete programme in the subsidiary Ladce Betón, s.r.o. Bratislava – new concrete plants in Nitra, Galanta and Tvrdošín (in 2009 also in Žiar nad Hronom)

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2007

Implementation of the investment task ''Cylindrical cement mill CM 2''

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2006

Record production and sale of cement, exceeding the limit of 900 thousand tonnes per year

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2005

Record production and sale of cement, exceeding the limit of 800 thousand tonnes per year. Increase of the capacity of the cement mill and packaging plant, construction of the line for combustion of solid alternative fuels. Awarded European patent "Method of production of chrome free cement" using the technology developed by the company Považská cementáreň, a.s. Ladce

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2003

Record production and sale of cement, exceeding the threshold of 700 thousand tonnes per year

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2002

Combustion of meat-and-bone meal, later application of Biotrix technology

1889
2001

Implementation of the investment task "Construction of the coal management"

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2000

Approval of the "Investment Master Plan" - extensive reconstruction and modernization of the cement plant in order to further increase its performance. Beginning of the reconstruction of the rotary kiln heat exchanger (reconstruction continued in gradual steps until 2008)

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1999

Addition of shareholding structures by Berger Holding GmbH Passau and Lafarge Betón, s.r.o. Bratislava

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1997

Start of production of concrete mixes, establishment of the subsidiary Ladce Betón, s.r.o. Bratislava

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1995

Privatization of the company, the decisive owner Portlandcement, a.s. Ladce – employee company

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1990

Separation of the Lietavská Lúčka Cement Plant, gaining of independence and separation from the CEVA production unit.

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1986

Fundamental solution of the weakest link of the production – the quarry management (road construction)

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1982

Beginning of incineration of end-of-life tyres

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1978

Separation of the Vápenka Žirany plant and connection of the Lietavská Lúčka Cement Plant

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1977

Another growth of cement production, exceeding the threshold of 600 thousand tonnes per year.

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1971

Exceeding the production threshold of 400,000 tonnes of cement per year

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1969

Commissioning of the modernized plant

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1963

Change of the construction concept from shaft furnaces to a rotary kiln

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1950

New owner Slovenské cementárne a vápenky, n.p. (Slovak cement and lime plants, national enterprise.) Cement plant Ladce (in the following years, the cement plant is a part of the Production Unit of Cement and Limestone Plants in Slovakia, which were managed from the level of the General Directorate in Trenčín. The legal forms of the company changed, since 1981 it was the form of a concern.

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1939

Significant drop in production, the Hungarian General Credit Bank becomes the new owner. This situation lasted until 1943

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1933

Beginning of the production of calcium aluminate cement under the name ''Bauxit''

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1926

Installation of new automated shaft furnaces based on the Hauenschild system

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1911

The Žilina Holding Company for the production of cement and lime "Zsolnauer Zement und Kalkfabrik –Akziengesselschaft” became the new owner

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1908

First attempts with automated production in Schneider shaft (further attempts continued in 1920)

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1895

The factory employed about 500 employees, mainly from the vicinity of Ladce. It was a job with a high portion of manual work

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1889

Beginning of the construction of the first cement plant in Slovakia for the production of Portland cement in Ladce with the trade name "Ledeczer Portland – Zement Fabrik des Adolf von Schenk –Ledecz"