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. Our operations network produces, distributes, and markets cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and related building materials in more than 50 countries, and we maintain trade relationships with more than 100 nations.

Our company was founded in Mexico in 1906, and we have grown from a local player to one of the top global companies in our industry, with more than 50,000 employees worldwide.

CEMEX has a rich history of improving the well-being of those it serves through its efforts to pursue innovative industry solutions and efficiency advancements and to promote a sustainable future.

Worldwide presence (as of December 31, 2008)

• Presence in more than 50 countries across five continents
• Annual production capacity of close to 96 million metric tons of cement
• Annual production levels of approximately 77 million cubic meters of ready-mix concrete and more than 240 million metric tons of aggregates
• 64 cement plants, over 2,200 ready-mix concrete facilities, and a minority participation in 15 cement plants
• 493 aggregate quarries, 253 land-distribution centers, and 88 marine terminals