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25 April 2008
Hochtief Retained its Position as the Biggest German Contractor in the Recent CE-100 of Europe's largest contractors listing and moved up the listing by one place to number three behind France's Vinci and Bouygues. Six Germany-based contractors made it into the listing with Ed Zublin moving up to fourth place following the demise and break up of Walter Bau last year, which has also made way for Heitkamp-Deilmann-Haniel to enter the top five.
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