Redland plc

Redland plc was a leading British building materials business.

It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

[1] In 1954, it expanded into Germany taking a minority interest in Braas, a building materials business based in Heusenstamm.

[1] In 1959, the company purchased the Bursledon Brickworks site located in the Hampshire village of Swanwick, near Southampton.

[2] In 1969, it started operating in Australia acquiring a significant shareholding in Monier Ltd.[1] In 1990, it diversified into the manufacture of plasterboard, forming a joint venture with Lafarge for that purpose.