Cimpor
The Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SGPS or, S. A. is a Portuguese company, which was established in 1976 in Lisbon. With its subsidiaries, it is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cement. Company is based in Lisbon. Cimpor is now the market leader in Portugal, Tunisia and Mozambique, a regional market leader in Spain, Morocco and Egypt, as well as the third largest producer in Brazil.
The cement plants are located in the Cimpor Portugal in Coimbra ( Souselas ), Vila Franca de Xira ( Alhambra), Loulé and Figueira da Foz (Cabo Mondego ).
Today, the company produces concrete and aggregates, concrete and dry mortar and aggregate materials. Cimpor is an international cement group, which operates in 13 countries. With a production capacity of 33.5 million tons, the company occupies the 10th place worldwide.
The Cimpor is organized as a holding company and is comprised of three sub-holdings and some operational areas that support the management of the group. The sub-holdings are divided into three main regions: the Iberian Peninsula ( CIMPOR Portugal, SGPS, SA ), Mediterranean ( CIMPOR Internacional, SGPS, SA ) and Latin America and Southern Africa ( CIMPOR Investimentos, SGPS, SA ).
The holding company is responsible for strategic development, especially with regard to the international activities of the company, and the management of the business units in terms of the financial, technical and human resources, responsible. The divisions play an important role in defining the strategic guidelines.
Cimpor will continue to grow internationally and retain particularly the independence of other producers. The focus of the company is to remain in Portugal. The strategic objectives of the company are: to increase market share in existing markets; new acquisitions with a focus on the energy markets; Improve the cost structure; increased productivity and investment in research and development.
The company's shares are listed on the stock exchange since 1991 in Lisbon and are in PSI 20 listed.
Ownership structures
The shares of Cimpor has on the Portuguese Stock Index 20 a weighting of 4.34 %.