Originally, the company was established as LafargeHolcim by the merger on 10 July 2015 of Holcim and Lafarge, which had combined sales of CHF 26.7 billion in 2019.

[7] In June 2016, Le Monde reported that Lafarge paid taxes to ISIS middlemen in 2013 to 2014 to keep using their factory in Jalabiya, Northeastern Syria.

[8][9][10] On 2 March 2017, the Board of Directors of LafargeHolcim issued a statement[11] indicating that the measures required to continue operations at the plant were unacceptable.

[13] In an interview with the French newspapers LeFigaro, Beat Hess, chairman of the board said: "Unacceptable errors were made that the Group regrets and condemns.

In September 2021, Holcim reached an agreement to sell its Brazilian cement business to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional at an enterprise value of US$1.025 billion.

It also announced Miljan Gutovic, the current head of Europe at Holcim, would replace Jan Jenisch as CEO beginning May 1, 2024.

[31] Holcim Group operates in around seventy countries, and focuses on cement, aggregates, ready mix and solutions[buzzword] & products.

[32] The group's central functions had been divided between Zurich and Paris until the end of 2018, but are currently being transferred to the Swiss cities of Holderbank and Zug.

Headquartered in Switzerland and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, Holcim Group holds leading positions in all regions across the globe.