Customer access Find us Contact us Spain Press room Share To print E-mail home Press room Press releases CEMEX celebrates 25 years in Spain Press room Press releases 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Pictures and videos Reports and documents Press and social media contact CEMEX celebrates 25 years in Spain The Mexican multinational entered the Spanish market in 1992 with the acquisition of the two main cement manufacturing companies: Valenciana de Cementos and La Auxiliar de la Construcción (LACSA) Madrid, September 11, 2017.- The cement company CEMEX celebrates this year the 25th anniversary of its entry into Spain, which occurred with the purchase, first of Valenciana from Cementos Portland, and immediately after with the Construction Assistant ( LACSA). At the time, they were the two largest cement groups in Spain. In these 25 years, CEMEX has consolidated in our country with new acquisitions and the construction and updating of facilities and plants to become the main producer and marketer of cement, concrete and aggregates in the country. It currently has 7 comprehensive cement factories -with a capacity to produce 10.4 million tons of cement per year- 44 concrete plants, 6 active aggregate quarries, 9 maritime terminals, 10 land distribution centers and a plant of mortar. In 2016 it achieved sales of 319 million euros with a workforce of 1,000 employees, which allows it to distribute its products throughout 80% of the national territory. The arrival of CEMEX to Spain in 1992 was a great event in the national business world and of course in the cement industry. The entry of the Mexican cement company became a shock to a sector stagnant in traditional work procedures. CEMEX brought with it modern and innovative business management and homogeneous production processes in all its facilities, which were also technologically much more advanced than the local ones. CEMEX's business incorporated into its strategy issues as remote from the national cement sector as sustainability throughout the business chain or a relationship and customer service based on knowledge of their needs and on an offer aimed at anticipating their needs at all times. expectations. At the time, the arrival of CEMEX, through the purchase of Valenciana de Cementos, represented the largest business purchase operation in Spanish history, which amounted to 150,000 million pesetas. From this first acquisition, other assets were added to form a business group with a presence in practically the entire national territory. Subsequently, CEMEX Spain carried out the internationalization of the company towards European, American, Asian, Middle Eastern and North African markets. During this quarter of a century, CEMEX's business and corporate and industrial structure has been shaping up to become the first national cement manufacturer, highlighting as main qualities of the business innovation, technology, quality, sustainability, relationship with the client, efficiency and safety, authentic hallmarks of the company. Today, CEMEX manufactures and markets in our country the most innovative construction materials and constructive solutions, the result of its undeniable commitment to R & D & I that is oriented not only to the achievement of the products that best adapt to the client's needs. and of society as the last user, but rather those that are more sustainable, efficient and respectful of the environment. The arrival of CEMEX in Spain also meant incorporating occupational health and safety into all processes in an organized and systematic way and a firm commitment to training in this area. Over the years, safety has become the undisputed priority in the company worldwide, reaching high safety ratios, achieved thanks to the participation, effort and commitment of all workers and management together to achieve the Zero objective. Accidents In these 25 years, CEMEX products have been present in the main infrastructure works in our country, participating in the growth and development of Spain in the years of take-off and consolidation of our economy in the environment of the most developed countries in Europe. CEMEX's presence in all corners of Spain with innovative products, services and construction solutions runs throughout the national geography from north to south. Some of these examples can be seen in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, the Torre de Hércules in Cádiz, a large part of the buildings built for the Universal Exposition of Zaragoza, the extensions of the international airports of Mallorca, Barcelona, Madrid, Alicante, Valencia, etc. CEMEX has also supplied its materials for the construction and commissioning of the modern network of roads, ports or water infrastructures that Spain now has, as well as a multitude of unique public or private buildings. All of this constitutes an example of the role that CEMEX has played in Spain in this last quarter of a century, in which our country has taken a giant step in its economic and social development, aligning itself with the most advanced countries in the world and in the European environment. . CEMEX is a global solutions company for the construction industry, offering high-quality products and trusted service in more than 50 countries around the world. It has a production capacity of 96 million tons of cement per year, 51 million cubic meters of concrete and 158 million tons of aggregates. CEMEX's building materials technology development and application projects are part of the global R&D collaborative network, spearheaded by the Switzerland-based CEMEX Research Center. 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