CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., known as Cemex, is a Mexican multinational building materials company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Mexico.

It manufactures and distributes cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates in more than 50 countries. It is the second largest building materials company worldwide, only after LafargeHolcim.

Lorenzo Zambrano was the chairman and chief executive officer until his death on May 21, 2014. About one-third of the company’s sales come from its Mexico operations, a quarter from its plants in the U.S., 15% from Spain, and smaller percentages from its plants around the world.

Cemex ready-mix truck departing jobsite after dispensing concrete for a multi-storey residential project. The location is Villahermosa, Mexico.

CEMEX currently operates on four continents, with 66 cement plants, 2,000 ready-mix-concrete facilities, 400 quarries, 260 distribution centers and 80 marine terminals. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Cemex was ranked as the 1327th -largest public company in the world.

The company’s world headquarters are in San Pedro Garza García, a city that is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León.

Considering both their scope 1 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, Cemex has been one of the most climate damaging public companies.

Traded as:           BMV: CEMEX; NYSE: CX; BVC: CLH; PSE: CHP

Industry:              Building materials

Founded:             1906; 115 years ago

Founder:              Lorenzo Zambrano Gutierrez

Headquarters:    Monterrey, Mexico

Products:             Cement, ready-mix concrete, and construction aggregates

Website:              www.cemex.com