71、Asia Cement Corp.
Add: Taiwan $4.42 million
Core business areas are Cement

72、Eljer Plumbingware
Add: Dallas, Texas
$4.06 million
Core business areas are Cement

73、The Alpine Group Inc.
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 757-3333
Chairman and CEO, Steven S. Elbaum
$404.4 million
Refractories account for 44% of Alpine's total annual sales of $919 million. The company said refractory sales declined due to steel imports, which cut demand for refractories at U.S. steel plants.
Subsidiary: Premier Refractories International Inc.

74、CalMat Co.
Add: 3200 San Fernando Rd.， Los Angeles, CA 90065
Tel: 213-258-2777
Fax: 213-258-1583
President and CEO, A. Frederick Gerstell
$399.1 million
Core business areas are building materials.

75、Semapa
Add: Portugal
$379 million
Core business areas are cement.

76、Cementos Portland, S.A.
Add: Spain
Tel: （+34）948-466-100
Fax: （+34）948-563-453
$357 million
Core business areas are cement.

77、Lone Star Industries, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters
Add: 300 First Stamford Place, PO Box 120014, Stamford, CT 06912-0014
Tel: (203) 969-8600
http://www.lonestarind.com
President and CEO, David W. Wallace
$347 million
Core business areas are cement, ready-mix concrete, and construction products.

78、Centex Construction Group
Add: Dallas, Texas
http://www.centex-construction.com
$336 million
Core business areas are cement.

79、Schott Corp.
Yonkers, NY
Phone: (914) 968-1400
Fax: (914) 968-8585
www.schottglass.com
$335 million
This company makes glass for use in architecture, cooking appliances, electronics and industry/chemistry, plus optical glass, flat glass and mirrors. 1997 sales figures above are the latest available.
Subsidiary: Schott Glass Technologies Inc.
Parent company: Schott Glasswerks

80、Hanson Bricks Europe
Bedford, UK
Phone: 44-990-258258
Fax: 44-123-4762041
http://www.hansonplc.com
CEO, Richard Manning
$331.4 million
Hanson Bricks Europe is Hanson plc抯 brick and clay block manufacturing business in the UK and Europe. Trading profits for the business rose by 2.6% in 1998, despite a 5.1% drop in housing starts and a 4.2% drop in housing completions in the U.K. market. The company plans to invest 35 million pounds (~$55 million) over the next five years in a new soft-mud factory and in two extruded brick lines at the King抯 Dyke facility.
Parent company: Hanson plc
Subsidiary: Hanson Building Materials America