James Hardie Industries

June 16, 2025 - James Hardie Industries plc is an American-Irish global building materials company and the largest global manufacturer of fibre cement products. Headquartered in Ireland, it is cross-listed on the Australian and New York Stock Exchanges. Its management team currently sits in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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James Hardie retired in 1911 and sold his half of the business to Andrew Reid, whose family led the expanding business from 1911 until 1995, when his grandson John B. Reid retired. A publicly-owned company, James Hardie Industries Ltd, was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1951.

After the successful venture into fibro-cement production, the next step for the company was to set up its own asbestos mining operations. This decision was partly driven by the substantially increased demand for material following World War II. In 1944, James Hardie formed the Asbestos Mines Pty Ltd.

James Hardie retired in 1911 and sold his half of the business to Andrew Reid, whose family led the expanding business from 1911 until 1995, when his grandson John B Reid retired. A publicly-owned company, later known as James Hardie Industries Ltd (JHIL), James Hardie was listed on the Australian ...

Australia-based, Netherlands-registered James Hardie Industries N.V. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fiber-based cement products and technologies for the construction industry. The company is especially strong in the United States, where it is market leader and where it generates more than 85 percent of its total revenues.

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James Hardie Industries plc (James Hardie) is a provider of exterior home and outdoor living solutions. The company specializes in the production of fiber cement, fiber gypsum, and composite and PVC decking and railing products. Its product includes siding, planks and flat panels, and cladding and cement board.

James Hardie is a manufacturer of fiber cement-based building products, selling primarily to the residential construction industry. North America is the primary geography, generating about 80% of group earnings. Here, it is the largest manufacturer of fiber cement, which is mainly used for exterior siding on houses.

James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE: JHX; ASX: JHX) is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, with a portfolio that includes fiber cement, fiber gypsum, and composite and PVC decking and railing products.

November 25, 2019 - James Hardie Industries listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1951, trading in a diverse portfolio of building and industrial wares. It pioneered fibre-cement products, and became a world specialist in these materials. All looked rosy, except for one thing.

James Hardie Industries plc is a manufacturer of fiber cement products and systems for internal and external building construction

James Hardie Irrigation Group is owned by The Toro Co.. It was acquired in 1996. Acquired by The Toro Co.

January 25, 2025 - James Hardie Industries (NYSE: JHX) is owned by 1.95% institutional shareholders, 0.00% James Hardie Industries insiders, and 98.05% retail investors. Morgan Stanley is the largest individual James Hardie Industries shareholder, owning 2.07M shares representing 0.48% of the company.

Much of what the James Hardie Company became has to do with his business partner, Andrew Reid. Reid was also Scottish and kept in touch with Hardie after he left for Melbourne before he eventually went to Australia himself in 1892, according to the James Hardie website.

Established in 1937, James Hardie and Co Pty Ltd manufactured fibre cement building products and asbestos cement pipes. The company went on to be one of Australia's biggest producers of asbestos. The company changed its name to James Hardie Asbestos Limited and then James Hardie Industries.

SYDNEY & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE / ASX: JHX) (“James Hardie” or the “Company”), a leader in high-performance, low-maintenance building product solutions, successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of The AZEK® Company (“AZEK”) in a cash-and-stock transaction for $26.45 in cash and 1.0340 ordinary shares of James Hardie for each share of AZEK common stock held for a total of $54.18 per share, based on the closing stock price of AU$40.77 per share based on James Hardie’s CHESS Depositary Interest (CDI) listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and an exchange rate of 0.6579.

Understand the main operating divisions of James Hardie Industries Public Limited Company, including Revenue and Assets under each Segment, Industries and Geographic Locations James Hardie Industries Public Limited Company operates in.

The table below sets forth our significant subsidiaries as of 31 March 2012, all of which are 100% owned by James Hardie Industries SE, either directly or indirectly.