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Merger control
Case reference
Ccent/2026/79 - Pragosa*Cimpor / Ibera
Acquiring
CIMPOR PORTUGAL, SGPS, S.A.
Description
It is an operational holding company of the Cimpor Group, headquartered in Portugal, which aggregates and coordinates the main holdings of the Cimpor Group in Portugal and Cape Verde. Its main activities are the production and marketing of cement and cement products; ready-mix concrete; mortars, tile adhesives and joint sealants; aggregates of granite, limestone, dolomite and gypsum; and paper bags for the cement and mortar industry. The Cimpor Group is controlled by the parent company TCC Group Holdings (“TCC”), based in Taiwan, through an international control chain that passes through TCC Dutch Holdings, B.V. and TCC Europe Holdings, B.V., and which materializes in Portugal through Cimpor Portugal Holdings, SGPS, S.A.. TCC operates in the energy, battery manufacturing, and cement and cement product production and derivative products.
Acquired
Ibera – Indústria de Betão, S.A.
Description
It is a company focused on the production and marketing of ready-mix concrete. Currently, Ibera operates in the Alentejo region, more specifically in the locations where it has active production centers: Évora, Borba, Sines, Beja and Reguengos de Monsaraz.
Acquiring
Pragosa Betão, S.A.
Description
It is a company belonging to the Pragosa Group, dedicated to the manufacture and sale of ready-mix concrete. The Pragosa Group has diversified activities in the sectors of civil construction and public works, transport, extractive industry, environment, non-metallic mineral products, bituminous mixtures, aggregates and ready-mix concrete. In Portugal, the Pragosa Group operates nine concrete plants and five quarries.
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Notification thresholds
Type of merger
Cooperation with sector regulators
Status
Ongoing
Type of Investigation
AdC’s decision
Case description

The merger operation consists of the acquisition of joint control by Pragosa Betão, S.A. (“Pragosa”) and Cimpor Portugal Cabo Verde Operations, SGPS, S.A. (“Cimpor” or “Cimpor Notifier”) over Ibera – Indústria de Concreto, S.A. (“Ibera”), a company over which Cimpor held exclusive control at the time.

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