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Government of Tabasco Honors Holcim Apasco with its “José Narciso Rovirosa” Environmental Achievement Award
External Communication, June 18, 2009
| • State Minister of Government Humberto Mayans Canabal presented the award to Holcim Apasco in the category of “Corporate Environmental Responsibility.”
• Holcim Apasco is the first company in the State of Tabasco to open its doors to the voluntary ecology audits promoted by the Federal Environmental Protection Enforcement Agency. | |
Waste tire chipping plant initiates operations
External Communication, June 10, 2009
| • In a joint ceremony, the State Governor of Morelos, Dr. Marco Antonio Adame, the Mayor of Cuautla, Sergio Rodrigo Valdespín Pérez, municipal representatives from the eastern region of Morelos, and the Ecoltec company, a subsidiary of cement maker Holcim Apasco, officially launched the project for the environmentally-safe elimination of waste tires in the Municipality of Cuautla.
• Expected to chip more than 100,000 tires, amounting to nearly 3,000 tons. | |
Principales proyectos de construcción sustentable galardonados con los premios Holcim Awards Global
Comunicación Externa, May 08, 2009
| Principales proyectos de construcción sustentable galardonados con los premios Holcim Awards Global
• Reconocimiento para proyectos que mejoran las vidas, reducen el impacto medioambiental y lideran el camino hacia un futuro más sustentable. | |
Media Release on 1st quarter results 2009
May 06, 2009
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- Economic crisis deepened and spread to more countries
- Group regions Latin America and Asia Pacific posted organic growth; remarkable progress especially in India
- The severe and prolonged winter adversely affected Group results in Europe and North America
- Group-wide cost-cutting program and plant closures in all segments had a positive impact on Group results
- Strong balance sheet of the Group and solid liquidity; since the beginning of the year, CHF 2.5 billion have been refinanced
- Holcim continues to cut costs and rapidly adjusts capacities to prevailing market conditions
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Holcim Apasco cuts energy consumption more than 23%
External Communication, March 04, 2009
| | • Cement group has saved 510,000 tons of fossil fuels and reduced by 19% its CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. | |
Media Release Business Year 2008
March 04, 2009
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- In the fourth quarter of 2008, the contracting construction industry worsened rapidly in a number of markets
- Higher costs for energy and other inputs as well as unfavorable currency effects impacted the income statement negatively
- Swift capacity adjustments based on demand development; two additional plants mothballed in the US
- Decisive cutback of fixed costs at Group and Group company level
- Balance sheet remains strong with a high level of liquidity
- Payout ratio remains unchanged; dividend will be distributed in shares which are entitled to a dividend for the full year 2009
- Stimulus programs will support the construction industry and the sector will particularly benefit from an economic upswing
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Holcim Apasco acknowledged for ninth consecutive time
External Communication, February 16, 2009
| • Holcim Apasco is the only cement group saluted by CEMEFI for nine years in a row.
• In 2008, the company invested around 80 million pesos in projects related to social responsibility. | |
Holcim Apasco’s program supporting Small Businesses
External Communication, February 03, 2009
| • The DesarrollaT program has helped preserve around 10,000 jobs.
• The cement group has invested over 37 million pesos in this program over the last five years. | |
Holcim Apasco continues investments in Hermosillo, Sonora
External Communication, January 21, 2009
| • The total investment is 400 million USD, of which 200 million will be disbursed this year
• Construction phase to create over 1200 temporary jobs in the State | |
Holcim Apasco recibe reconocimientos de parte de la Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social, delegación Coahuila
Comunicación Externa, November 20, 2008
| | • Cero accidentes durante el 2007 en su planta de Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila | |
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