3333 Lenox Avenue Jacksonville, Florida 32254 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Barnett has maintained its high level of success by adhering to its unique and proven marketing formula, and creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere in which its management and employees continue to thrive. We intend to pursue our strategy aggressively and we are confident that it will lead Barnett to continued success and …
1 Lakeland Park Drive Peabody, Massachusetts 01960 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The mission of Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. is to be a leading North Am erican supplier to commercial and residential roofing and exterior bu ilding contractors through a family of long-established regional supp liers and to add value to our contractor customers' businesses, to ou r employees' careers, to our investors'…
1000 Urban Center Drive, Suite 300 Birmingham, Alabama 35242-2516 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Birmingham Steel will capitalize on new mini-mill technologies ensuring its continued place in the worldwide steel markets. Whether it is through participation in new mini-mill ventures or additional improvements in our current operations, Birmingham Steel Corporation will continue to be on the leading …
84 Eccleston Square London, SW1V 1PX United Kingdom The U.K. cement industry has its roots in the early 1800s. In 1824, Joseph Aspdin, a Leeds bricklayer, patented Portland cement, although others lay claim to its invention. The early years of the U.K. cement industry were characterized by the operating of many small producers in small, regionally competitive markets. Exports represented a fair p…
Avenida Constitución 444 Poniente Apdo. Postal 392 64000 Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico Company Perspectives: Our mission is to serve the global building needs of our customers and build value for our stakeholders by becoming the world's most efficient and profitable cement company. Our strategy is to: Focus on our core cement and ready-mix concrete franchise in the international markets we serve…
Avenida Constitucion 444 Poniente P.O. Box 392 64000 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico Company Perspectives: Cemex's strategy for success can be explained by seven guidelines: professional and modern management to reorganize acquired companies and the ability to adapt to changes in circumstances; concentration on traditional business lines (cement, concrete and concrete block); and a solid and well-ca…
202 S. Third Avenue Cold Spring, Minnesota 56320 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Henry Alexander brought to Minnesota the stone skills, heritage and work ethic that has become the company culture for Cold Spring Granite Company. These skills and attitudes have been passed down from generation to generation within the company as many employees represent second, third and fourth generations of loyal a…
7800 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75247 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: CMC's history goes back more than 85 years. By all key internal measures we are an extremely successful company. But there still is much more for us to achieve. We are committed to creating long-term growth and building earnings power through continuous internal improvements, a focus on cash flows, strong regional positions an…
30 Millbank London SW1P 4WY United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Corus aims to be an innovative company with a strong customer focus, providing metal solutions to an increasingly sophisticated marketplace. The Corus strategy is targeted at creating shareholder value by achieving world class competitiveness through operating excellence and technological advance. The emphasis is on achieving leadin…
Belgard Castle Clondalkin 22 Ireland Company Perspectives: CRH has twin imperatives--to perform and to grow. Throughout the Group, businesses are required to deliver performance by achieving a targeted return on capital employed thereby earning the right to grow: key performance metrics are understood and consistently applied across the Group; financial control is exercised through a rigorous ann…
Level 24, 1 O'Connell Street Sydney New South Wales 2001 Australia CSR Limited is one of the world's largest building and construction materials companies, with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and the United States. The company is also Australia's largest manufacturer of raw and refined sugar products. Although CSR was established in 1855 to refine sugar and soon after diversified int…
155 East 21st Street Jacksonville, Florida 32206 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company's mission is to be an excellent construction materials company providing long-term growth and a superior return on investment. Through employees committed to continuous improvement, we will provide quality materials and superb service for our customers; operate safe, environmentally responsible facilities th…
Avenida Farrapos, 1811 90220-005 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Company Perspectives: Vision: To be an International and World Class Steel Company. Mission: Gerdau is an organization focused in the steel business with a mission to satisfy customers' needs, add value to shareholders, committed to fulfilling people's needs and contributing to the sustainable development of society. A fast-ri…
320-D Midland Parkway Summerville, South Carolina 29485 U.S.A. Giant Cement Holding, Inc. is a holding company that manufactures portland and masonry cements. It was the 15th largest U.S. cement producer in 1996. The company also was mining, crushing, screening, and selling stones and gravel, known as aggregates, to the construction industry and marketing cement kiln dust, plus a customized blend…
P.O. Box 537 Barre, Vermont 05641 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: For family memorials or individual memorials, trust the people who know, understand and work with granite. Retailers with an eye for the very best memorialization select Granite Industries of Vermont for the most demanding execution of detail. Based in the small town of Barre, Vermont, privately owned Granite Industries of Vermont, In…
1 Grosvenor Place London SWlX 7JH United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Hanson's aim is to grow and build value for shareholders by expanding in building materials, while recognising the importance of its other responsibilities to its customers and suppliers, to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Hanson will build on the strength of its core businesses through further acquis…
Chiyoda Building 1-2, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 Japan Established in 1956, Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (HML) is a leading manufacturer of high-grade specialty steels. While HML's steel division is its largest, other products include magnetic materials, pipe components, steel-rolling-mill rolls, and malleable iron castings. Starting in the late 1980s, HML turned its research-and-developmen…
140-142, kye-dong, Chongno-gu Seoul 110-793 South Korea Company Perspectives: Hyundai Corp. is preparing to leap over the world's top-ranking companies through the utilization of business network experience and know-how to create a new business model for the 21st digital era. The Hyundai Group spent most of its history operating as one of South Korea's largest chaebols, or conglomerates. The grou…
Leicester Road Leicestershire LE67 6HS England Company Perspectives: The Ibstock Values describe the way we will work in Ibstock and the way we will behave towards our customers and colleagues. They are central to the type of culture we want to develop and are therefore essential to the achievement of our goals. They are: Promoting an environment of trust--a place where ideas are shared and contr…
Level 7, 65 York Street Sydney 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: Our aim is to create value for customers and shareholders. We will do this by aggressively growing our fibre cement businesses in markets where we can establish a differentiated competitive position using the skills of our people and our unique technology. Australia-based, Netherlands-registered James Hardie Industries N.V. is on…
2821 West Seventh Street P.O. Box 425 Fort Worth, Texas 76101 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Justin Industries is a unique combination of businesses, a combination that provides stability, flexibility, and unusual opportunities to serve not only one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, but also growing markets nationally and throughout the world. With emphasis on the quality of our people…
84 Eccleston Square London SW1V 1PX United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We are committed to continuous innovation, seeking breakthroughs across all our operations. Lafarge Cement UK, formerly Blue Circle Industries PLC, became in 2001 the U.K. cement division of French construction materials firm Lafarge S.A. Lafarge Cement is the exclusive manufacturer and marketer of Blue Circle cement, an int…
11130 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300 Reston, Virginia 20191-4329 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Lafarge combines the vast resources of a large company with the responsiveness of a small local supplier, offering the best of both worlds. Lafarge Corporation, a U.S. holding company, is the largest construction materials company in North America. With more than 500 facilities in 44 states and all prov…
7660 Imperial Way Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Working Together to Build Our Communities. We are committed to being the industry leader in providing outstanding value to our customers, a safe and stimulating work environment for our employees and superior returns for our stockholders. Lehigh Portland Cement Company produces cements, concrete and concrete products, li…
111 Southwest Fifth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are creating a new Louisiana-Pacific: customer-driven, with a strong technology base, staffed by skilled and well-trained people whose capabilities and efforts are aimed at building the best, most cost-efficient manufacturer and marketer of building products in North America. A leading manufacturer and marketer of b…
2001 Rexford Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 U.S.A. The National Gypsum Company, the second largest producer and supplier of gypsum wallboard and related products in the United States, emerged from bankruptcy and legal difficulties in 1993 as a leaner and financially stronger company. With eight mines and quarries, 24 manufacturing and processing plants, and a network of chartered rail, sea,…
772 Graniteville Road Graniteville, Vermont 05654 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Company will prosper by providing our customers with the superior value, personal service and honest dealing that they have come to expect and deserve from all of us in the Rock of Ages Family Rock of Ages Corporation is an integrated quarrier, manufacturer, distributer, and retailer of granite and products manufac…
Hillsborough Works, Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2LW United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Company Strategy SIG is a supplier of specialist materials to the building and construction industry and focuses its activities into three main business areas of Insulation, Commercial Interiors and Roofing. These business areas have individual growth drivers and each requires specialist infrastructure, skills…
449 1200 Street Humboldt, Kansas 66748 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Monarch Cement Company has produced the highest quality cement for customers in the Midwest for over nine decades. Based in Humboldt, Kansas, The Monarch Cement Company manufactures two products: Portland Cement, which is used in the production of ready-mixed concrete for the construction of buildings, highways, and bridges, …
Crown House Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2DT United Kingdom The Rugby Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of cement and related products, such as lime and fuel ash. After an extensive late 1990s restructuring effort, Rugby has stripped back to these core products, shedding its joinery (windows, sashes, doors, and stairs) division and U.S.-based building products distribution bus…
101 Prospect Avenue, Northwest Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1075 U.S.A. The Sherwin-Williams Company, "America's Paint Company," is the largest producer of paints, varnishes, and specialty coatings in the United States. It also produces related home improvement items, motor vehicle finishes, and refinish products, as well as industrial finishes for original equipment manufacturers of metal, plastic, and…
22A Halkidos and Doxara Str Athens GR-111 43 Greece Company Perspectives: GOVERNING OBJECTIVE We aim to be an independent multinational vertically integrated cement producer, combining entrepreneurial spirit and operating excellence with respect for people, society and the environment. Titan Cement Company S.A. is Greece's leading cement producer--the 100-year-old company is also that country's o…
Tongyang Security Building, 23-8 Ye Seoul South Korea Tong Yang Cement Corporation is one of South Korea's two leading cement producers and is among the world's largest specialized cement manufacturers, with a total production capacity of close to 14 million tons per year. The company's primary production facility is in Samchok, which churns out more than ten million tons of cement per year. With…
125 South Franklin Street Chicago Illinois 60606-4678 U.S.A. Company Perspectives With leading brand names, leading market shares, and industry-leading production and distribution operations, we can look ahead with confidence. Toward the end of 2005, the housing market began to show signs of cooling, but we expect it to remain strong by historical standards. We are ready, with a plan for all seas…
rue de Brie, BP 84 Brie Comte Robert F-77253 Cedex France Company Perspectives: Our mission is to maintain leadership by exceeding our customer's expectations in service excellence and product quality. We stand for: high quality materials and solutions, combining aesthetics, comfort and technical performances, improved through constant innovation; complementary services to satisfy all specific ne…
525 Lincoln Ave. SE St. Cloud, Minnesota, 56304 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The passing of time in the wood industry brings with it not only an increased wisdom and passion of our trade, but a further appreciation of our world's greatest natural resource--trees. Producing the broadest line of fine hardwoods and laminated componentry in the industry, Woodcraft Industries is committed to providing…