Stefan Wolfensberger, Corporate Functional Manager Holcim Ltd and Head Commercial Services Holcim Group Support Ltd, will leave the Group on June 30, 2011.

He has long expressed the desire to take the next professional step, and use his near 25 years of international leadership and consulting experience at Holcim as an independent advisor and board member of small and medium sized industrial companies in Switzerland.

Holcim would like to thank Stefan Wolfensberger for his valuable contribution over many years.

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Holcim is one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates (crushed stone, gravel and sand) as well as further activities such as ready-mix concrete and asphalt including services. The Group holds majority and minority interests in around 70 countries on all continents.

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