61、Vesuvius Companies
Beaver Falls, PA
Phone: (724) 843-8300
Fax: (724) 843-5644
www.ceramics.com/vesuvius
President and CEO, G.C. Cozzani
$686 million
Makes technical ceramics and refractories used by the steel, glass and other industries.
Subsidiaries: Vesuvius McDanel, Vesuvius Neomelt, Vesuvius Hi-Tech Ceramics, Flogates Ltd.
and KSR International Ltd.
Parent company: Cookson Group plc
Source: http://www.cooksongroup.co.uk/
62、Falcon Building Products, Inc.
Add: 2N. Riverside Plaza, Ste.1100, Chicago, IL 60606
President and CEO, William K.Hall
$633.2 million
Maker of building product.
63、Apsco SA
Add: Mexico
$6.32 million
Core business areas are Cement
64、Keramik Holding AG Laufen
Laufen, Basil, Switzerland
www.laufen.com
President, Dr. Thomas Gerster
$624.8 million
Ceramic wall/floor tile provided 44% of the firm's sales in 1997; sanitaryware provided
43%, with roof tile and bricks accounting for most of the rest. A product breakdown for
1998 was unavailable. The company sold its porcelain tableware division to management.
Subsidiary: Laufen Ceramics Inc.
65、Anchor Hocking Corp.
Freeport, IL
Phone: (815) 235-4171
www.anchorhocking.com
President and Chief Operating Officer, Thomas A. Ferguson
$610.9 million
Manufactures glass and plastic drinkware, ovenware and dinnerware, and plastic, metal and
glass containers.
Parent company: Newell Co.
66、Titan Cement Company
Add: Greece
http://www.titan.gr
$571 million
Core business areas are Cement, Building Materials
67、Florida Rock
Add: America
$492 Million
Core business areas are Cement
68、Taiwan Cement
Add: Taiwan
$4.81 Million
Core business areas are Cement
69、Shinagawa Refractories
Tokyo Japan
Phone: 81-33-273-4517
Fax: 81-33-270-6505
www.shinagawa.co.jp
President, Haruhisa Suzuki
$453.7 million
The company is one of Japan's largest producers of refractories for the steel industry,
and also makes fine ceramics.
70、Cementos Argos
Add: Colombia
$4.44 million
Core business areas are Cement