Italcementi

Infobox_Company
company_name = Italcementi
company_
company_type = Public (ISE|IT0001465159|IT)
foundation = 1864
location = Bergamo, Italy
key_people = Carlo Pesenti (CEO),
num_employees = 23,500 (2008)
industry = Building Materials
products = Cement Ready-mix Concrete
revenue = €6,1 billion (2007)
net_income =
assets =
homepage = [http://www.italcementi.it/ www.italcementi.it]
intl = yes

Italcementi is an Italian company, quoted on the Borsa Italiana, which produces cement, ready-mix concrete and construction aggregates. It is the 5th largest cement producer in the world (After Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex and HeidelbergCement) and the biggest in the Mediterranean area.

Operating regions

Italcementi's global presence include the 22 countries of Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Gambia, Greece, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Morocco, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey and the United States.

Group's Businesses

It has a staff of more than 20,000 employees, of which 400 are engaged in technical support and research activities. Its annual sales are over 6 billion Euros.

Over 60% of its sales come from the cement sector which is combined with the production of ready-mixed concrete and aggregates. It boasts of a global network including 62 cement plants (cement + clinker 48.1 MT), 12 grinding centers, 4 terminals (one of which is also a grinding center), 570 concrete batching units (20.8 Mm³) and 152 quarries aggregate quarries (56.7 MT)

History

1864: Foundation of Italcementi in Bergamo, Italy.
In 1992 it underwent internationalisation following the acquisition of Ciments Français. Since 1998 it has further expanded through acquisitions of new cement works in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Morocco, India, Egypt and the United States.

The Italcementi Group is based in the town of Bergamo, in northern Italy.

External links

* [http://www.italcementi.it/eng Corporate website] (in english)