Italcementi Group is the fifth largest producer of cement in the world and one of the ten largest industrial enterprises in Italy.

As part of the plan to further enhance its presence in the Mediterranean area, in 2005 the Group boosted its investments in Egypt, becoming the leader in the cement sector with a market share of more than 30 per cent. In 2006, the Italcementi Group acquired full control of Zuari Cement (its joint venture in India) to strengthen its presence in India. At the end of 2006, it signed an agreement with two local partners in Kazakhstan, to develop two new cement facilities that integrated with the existing one.This is expected to create a leading cement producer in Central Asia.

Today the Italcementi Group, with a production capacity of approximately 70 million tonnes of cement annually, is the fifth largest cement producer in the world and has a leadership position in the Mediterranean area.The company, one of the ten largest Italian industrial companies, is listed on the S&P/MIB Index of Italian Stock Exchange. Its core business is cement, accounting for over 60 per cent of sales, while ready mixed concrete and aggregates account for the rest. Italcementi Group, with 2006 annual sales amounting in excess of Euro 5.8 billion, combines the expertise, technical know-how and cultures of 19 countries across the globe.With over 22,300 employees, it has an impressive industrial network of 62 cement plants, 14 grinding centres, 4 standalone terminals (one of which is also a grinding centre), 147 aggregates quarries and 575 concrete batching units.