For over 130 years now Carrières du Hainaut have been extracting and manufacturing this iconic, unique and authentic stone. By continuously developing the expertise and know-how of their teams and by constantly perfecting their equipment, the company has become the biggest ornamental limestone quarry in Europe.
History
130 years of history

Founding of Carrières du Hainaut, a public limited company

The majority of all facades of houses signed Victor Horta, Paul Hankar, Jules Brunfaut… in Brussels, Belgium
Foundation of the Carrières du Hainaut stonecutter apprentice school

Monumental Arches at the Cinquantenaire, Brussels
Town Hall at Charleroi, Belgium
Grands Palais du Centenaire at the Heysel, Brussels
International roll-out of our commercial activities all over Europe, South America and South Africa

'Pierre Bleue du Hainaut' (Blue Limestone of Hainaut) becomes a registered trademark

The company incorporates the Etex group (Eternit)

Our production procedures receive ministerial recognition for socially responsible production and receive the ‘Social Label’
Bought by Verlinvest and Cobepa, a consortium of Belgian family investors

Jussieu Campus, Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris
National University Library, Strasbourg, France
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Musée du Quai Branly, Rose Garden in Paris (Ateliers Jean Nouvel)
Film Museum Eye – IJpromenade, Amsterdam

Carrières du Hainaut celebrates its 125th anniversary

A request was tabled to extend the extraction zone of the quarry at Soignies by 123 ha

Winkel Isabel Marant in Shanghai (Shanghai Réel / ciguë architecture)
Bevis Marks, The City, London
Biennale Interieur 2014 in Kortrijk (Fabienne Delvigne)
National Football Center at Domaine de Montjoye in Clairefontaine, called "Maison des bleus" (BMT et Associés, Atelier Thibault Terrible & Territoire Landscape Architects)
City Hall Venlo (Cradle-to-cradle – Kraaijvanger architects)
Furniture Design (Lex Pott & Jan Reek Natuursteen)
Banking Complex in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Wirtz International Landscape Architects)
Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo (AM Synergy International & L’Escaut Architectures)
Aquaviva, annex of the Brakkenstein monastery in Nijmegen (Diederendirrix)
Carrières du Hainaut celebrate their 130th anniversary!

New production movie of Carrières du Hainaut

Launch and active participation in the Life in Quarries project

Takeover by the industrial group SigmaRoc

Review of the Regional Development Plan (exansion project) adopted by the Walloon Government
Start of the preparation work for the expansion