Successful acquirers plan PMI prior to closing, conducting due diligence on the many elements that must be combined, adopted, changed or eliminated as part of the post-merger value-capture activities. Integration due diligence includes strategy, architecture, plumbing-and-wiring, and culture....

Holcim and Lafarge merged on 7th April 2014, to form a cement giant which dominated the cement industry worldwide with its presence in 90 countries owning 168 plants and having 386 million tons per annum of cement producing capacity. The deal was struck by swapping 9 Holcim shares for 10 Lafarge...