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The CEMEX
difference
At CEMEX, our mission is to meet the global building needs of our customers and
create value for our shareholders, employees and other important stakeholders by
becoming the world’s most efficient and profitable multinational cement company.
The fundamentals that drive the business are our:
• Management expertise;
•Core cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates base;
•Low operating costs;
•State-of-the-art management information systems and production technology;
•Aggressive yet prudent financial management and capital structure; and
•Emerging-market focus.
CEMEX Today
Founded in 1906, CEMEX is the largest cement company in the Americas and one
of the three largest cement companies in the world, with close to 51 million metric
tons of production capacity. Through its operating subsidiaries, CEMEX is engaged
in the production, distribution, marketing and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete,
aggregates and clinker. CEMEX has operations in 22 countries and, through its
extensive network of distribution centers and marine terminals, trade relations
with more than 60 countries around the globe.
CEMEX has market-leading operations in Mexico, Spain, Venezuela, Panama
and the Dominican Republic, and a significant presence in Colombia, the
Caribbean, the Philippines and the southwest United States. It is also the world’s
leading producer of white cement and the world’s largest trader of cement and
clinker, marketing more than 10 million metric tons in 1997.
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