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Ibstock plc

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Type
  
Public limited company

Industry
  
Building materials

Headquarters
  
United Kingdom

Founded
  
1899

Operating income
  
163.6 million GBP (2015)

Traded as
  
LSE: IBST

Website
  
www.ibstockplc.com

Revenue
  
358.3 million GBP (2015)

Net income
  
101.6 million GBP (2015)

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Key people
  
Jamie Pike (Chairman) Wayne Sheppard (CEO)

Stock price
  
IBST (LON) 216.22 GBX +0.92 (+0.43%)9 Mar, 4:49 PM GMT - Disclaimer

Subsidiaries
  
Forticrete Roofing Products, Ibstock Brick Aldridge Property Limited, Ibstock Building Products Ltd

Ibstock plc is a large brick making business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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History

The company was founded in 1899 at Ibstock in Leicestershire as a coal mining business. It bought Redland's brick manufacturing business in 1996. A majority stake in the business was acquired by CRH in 1998 with the balance of the shares being bought by CRH in October 2011. The business was then acquired by Bain Capital as part of a management buyout in February 2015. It was the subject of an initial public offering in October 2015.

Operations

The company manufactures 40% of the clay bricks produced in the United Kingdom.

References

Ibstock plc Wikipedia