21、Vitro S.A.
Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Phone: (52) 8-329-1210
Fax: (52) 8-335-7210
www.vto.com
President and CEO, Federico Sada
$2.5 billion
1998 sales (in pesos) were up 1.8% from the prior year for this maker of glass containers,
flat glass, glassware, chemicals, silicate, and fiberglass.
22、LAFARGE CORPORATION
11130 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300
P.O. Box 4600
US-RESTON, VA 20195-1415
Phone : (1) 703 264 36 00
Fax : (1) 703 264 06 34
http://www.lafargecorp.com
$24.48 billion
Chairman & CEO, John M.Piecuch
Headquartered in Paris, Lafarge is a world leader in building materials. The Group holds
leading positions in each of its core business areas: cement, concrete and aggregates,
roofing, gypsum and specialty materials.
Active in over 60 countries, Lafarge employs 64,000 people with 1997 sales of FRF $64
billion. Around the world and over the years, Lafarge has developed a technical know-how
that supports the preservation of natural resources and respects the needs of society and
the environment.
Lafarge Corporation is one of North America's leading suppliers of construction materials
such as cement, ready-mixed concrete, gypsum wallboard, aggregates, cementitious
materials, road construction and paving, and concrete products. Lafarge has three main
operating groups: cement, construction materials and gypsum.
Lafarge Corporation is part of the Lafarge Group, a world leader in building materials.
23、Ciments Francais
Add: Tour Ariane F92088 Paris la Defense Cedex
Tel: +33 1 42917500
Fax: +33 1 47761135
http://www.cimfra.fr
President and CEO, Yves Rene Nanot
$2.445 Billion
24、Nippon Sheet Glass
Tokyo, Japan
Phone: 81-35-443-9527
President, Minoru Matsumura
$2.38 billion
Nippon's flat glass, including mirrors, float glass and sheet glass for the construction
and automotive markets generated about 60% of the firm's 1998 sales. The firm is expanding
its sales of ceramic products for the electronics market. The company has a joint venture
with Nihon Cement to make glass wool and distributes U.S.-based Cardinal's low-radiation
glass in Japan.
Parent company: Nippon Sheet Glass is part of the Sumitomo Group.
25、INAX Corp.
Tokoname, Japan
Phone: 81-56-936-0226
www.inax.co.jp (in Japanese only)
Chair, Teruzo Ina
$2.3 billion*
Sanitaryware and other housing fixtures and equipment accounted for some 65% of the
company's sales, with exterior and interior tile plus other building materials accounting
for another 35%.
26、Kohler Co.
Kohler, WI
Phone: (920) 457-4441
Fax: (920) 457-1271
www.kohlerco.com
Chairman and President, Herbert V. Kohler, Jr.
$1.1 billion (ceramic products only)
Of the $2.3 billion annual sales for this privately held firm, the above $1.1 billion
figure is an estimate of its sales in vitreous and enameled plumbing and bathroom
fixtures. Other product lines include wood furniture and small engines.
27、Guardian Industries