scope…….
CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. We produce, distribute, and sell cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and related building materials in more than 50 countries, and we maintain trade relationships in close to 100 nations.
CEMEX’s U.S. network includes 11 cement plants, more than 50 strategically located distribution terminals, 50 aggregate quarries and nearly 270 ready-mix concrete plants. CEMEX USA was named the EPA Energy Star Partner of the Year for 2009 and 2010.
history…….
1906
CEMEX is founded
With the opening of the Cementos Hidalgo plant in northern Mexico.
1948
CEMEX’s annual production
Capacity reaches 124,000 tons, a nearly fourfold increase from 1906.
1976
CEMEX lists on the Mexican stock exchange and becomes Mexico’s market leader with the acquisition of Cementos Guadalajara.
1985
For the first timeCEMEX’s annual sales exceed 6.7 million tons of cement and clinker, and the annual sales of three cement plants–Monterrey, Guadalajara and Torréon–each surpass 1 million tons.
1986
Through co-investmentswith North American cement companies, CEMEX consolidates its export program.
1994
CEMEX expands its operations by acquiring Balcones, a cement plant in the USA.
1994
CEMEX launchesits alternative fuels strategy and begins converting its plants to enable them to use petroleum coke.
1994
CEMEX formally establishes
its ecoefficiency program, the cornerstone of its sustainable development strategy.
1999
CEMEX listson the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CX”.
2000
CEMEX becomesNorth Americas largest cement producer with the acquisition of the US-based Southdown.
2000
The company launchesits CEMEX Way initiative to identify, incorporate and execute standardized best practices throughout the organization.
2000
Standard & Poor’s upgrades
CEMEX’s credit rating to investment grade.
2005
CEMEX doublesits size with the acquisition of RMC, adding 20 mainly European markets.
2007
CEMEX initiatesthe integration of Rinker.
so, its still in operation but hasnt done ANYTHING in 11 years? hmmmm…….