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‘We’re as dumb or as smart as anybody else’ – how CRH broke America

The materials giant is now bigger than the behemoths it competes with and is set for further expansion following its launch on the US stock exchange

Albert Manifold, group chief executive of CRH rings The Opening Bell on the New York Stock Exchange. CRH signalled in April that it was planning to float in the US, and that as part of this move it would de-list from Euronext Dublin. Picture: NYSE