(Fortune) -- CRH (Charts) ranks no. 361 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $18.0 billion in revenues, up 17.6% from the previous year. The Dublin, Ireland-based company was ranked no. 398 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $1.2 billion, up 30.8% from a year earlier.

2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies. It took $13.7 billion in revenue just to make this year's list - up from $12.4 billion last year. And profits for the 500 companies jumped 30%. Total revenues for the Global 500 in 2006 add up to $18.9 trillion, a third of the world's GDP. In the Building Materials, Glass industry, profits were up 28.5% from the previous year.

The world's biggest companies in the sector are: Saint-Gobain, ranked no. 123 on the Global 500 with $43.6 billion in revenues; and Lafarge S.A. (Charts), ranked no. 325 on the Global 500 with $19.8 billion in revenues; and CRH (Charts), ranked no. 361 on the Global 500 with $18 billion in revenues; and Cemex (Charts), ranked no. 451 on the Global 500 with $14.9 billion in revenues; and Holcim (Charts), ranked no. 458 on the Global 500 with $14.8 billion in revenues.

The Global 500 list is an annual ranking of the world's largest corporations by revenues.

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