Number of employees 200 Founder John Horam Type Privately held company | Website crugroup.com Founded 1968 | |
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CRU Group is a privately owned business intelligence company. The Group focuses on the global mining, metals and fertilizers markets. It provides consultancy, business analysis, news, data and conferences services. The company’s main aim is to help its clients make profitable business decisions.
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Global Coverage
CRU's headquarters are in central London. The company also has regional offices in:
CRU employs over 200 people: economists, management consultants, engineers, metallurgists, geologists, chemists and journalists.
History
CRU was founded in 1968 by Chairman Robert Perlman, and his colleague John Horam.
The company was originally named Commodities Research Unit. It was changed to CRU as the company expanded their offering to include more than just research products.
Over the years CRU have made a number of acquisitions including:
Commodities
CRU specializes in producing short-, medium-, and long-term analysis for major commodities including:
They also produce global conferences and offer consulting services.
CRU also studies the relationships between commodities, seeing the whole industry and not simply individual segments, which form a vital part of them helping their clients make profitable business decisions.
Conferences
CRU's events team produce annual international conferences on core industries and sectors that provide high-level networking opportunities. They attract executive level speakers which guarantee that delegates are well informed on the global changes affecting their industries.