# Who does CRH plc pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/crh · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-11T21:31:43.474278+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: CRH plc's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Caterpillar Inc. plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 2 dated sources, 0 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-11).

### Eco Material Technologies (high)
- metric: Contract value $2.1B · transaction completed 2025-09-15 · Consideration for the Eco Material Technologies acquisition, net of cash acquired
- note: CRH acquired Eco Material Technologies in September 2025 to secure a North American supply platform for supplementary cementitious materials. The SEC filing reports $2.066 billion of consideration net of cash acquired, versus the announced headline consideration of $2.1 billion.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-18) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000162828026009043/crh-20251231.htm: "for a total consideration, net of cash acquired, of $2,066 million"
- [confirms] Investing.com Korea (KO, news, published 2025-07-29) https://kr.investing.com/news/company-news/article-93CH-1568166: "CRH signed an agreement to acquire Eco Material Technologies for $2.1 billion."
- [confirms] Davy Research (EN, research, published 2025-07-29) https://www.davy.ie/research/public/article.htm?id=ST2_78366_1.xml.htm: "significant additional cementitious capacity and self-supply opportunities"
- [confirms] CRH plc (EN, ir, published 2025-07-29) https://www.crh.com/media/press-releases/2025/crh-to-acquire-eco-material-technologies-for-2-1b/: "acquire Eco Material Technologies ... for a total consideration of $2.1 billion"

### Caterpillar (high)  → /caterpillar.md
- note: Caterpillar is an equipment partner deploying 70-to-100-ton battery-electric off-highway trucks and charging solutions at a CRH site in North America. CRH is Caterpillar's first aggregates-industry customer under the program, and payments were not disclosed.
- [confirms] Caterpillar Inc. (EN, ir, published 2024-01-08) https://www.caterpillar.com/en/news/corporate-press-releases/h/caterpillar-crh-agreement.html: "CRH, as our first aggregates industry customer"

### Volvo Group (high)
- note: CRH is a long-standing key customer of several Volvo Group companies and has deployed electric trucks and construction equipment. Volvo CE delivered an A30G articulated hauler to CRH subsidiary Pennsy Supply, but the transaction value was not disclosed.
- [confirms] Volvo Group (EN, ir, published 2023-11-14) https://www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-media/news/2023/nov/volvo-group-and-crh-agree-partnership-to-accelerate-decarbonization.html?sc_cid=soco-VxKOqQEg: "a long-standing key customer of many Volvo Group companies"

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