Spain’s Cementos Esfera (LafargeHolcim) has relocated its base of operations from Salou, Catalonia, to Madrid. LafargeHolcim has decided to convert the Salou unit into a distribution centre that will serve the group’s facilities in Montcada and Sagunto.

The news follows its parent company also moving to the capital at the beginning of 2018. Cementos Esfera stopped its 0.5Mta cement milling operations in 2013 following a 75 per cent drop in sales across the sector, according to Cronica Global.