Hanson

More About Our Hanson Products

Hanson is a leading supplier of sustainable building materials to the construction industry. Hanson is part of Heidelberg Materials which is one of the largest building materials in the world and a global market leader in aggregates.

Dedicated to ensuring the efficient and practical movement of goods, Hanson operates with a range of goods transfer solutions including air, rail and sea to ensure that their materials are accessible where local materials are not and where the greatest demand occurs.

History of Hanson

Hanson was created out of the former Wiles Group in 1964 by James Hanson and Gordon White. By the 1980’s Hanson had grown to become a multi-national firm and by 2000 Hanson as we know it today, the sustainable building materials business was developed.

Raw Materials

Ready-mixed concrete is produced using cement which is mixed with gravel, sand and limestone. Asphalt is produced by mixing bitumen with sand and crushed rock. All Hanson cements and aggregates are packaged for convenience is easy to manage bag sizes to be sold in DIY stores and builders merchants.

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