Cemtech Florida - 3-6 December 2006 | Grand Floridian Resort complex

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Cemtech’s first American conference, held in early December 2006 at Disney’s prestigious Grand Floridian Resort, Orlando, Florida, got off to a great start when over 150 cement professionals gathered to take part in the three-day meeting organised by International Cement Review.

Presentations included an appraisal of current worldwide cement markets with some pertinent insights into the major cement players and their strategies. A tightly focussed report on US cement industry trends was complimented with a report on the melting pot of Florida’s cement and building materials industries with its recent massive increases in cement consumption, new capacity being built, cement imports flooding in and takeovers and acquisitions.

A detailed review of the recent US-Mexico settlement in respect of the long-running Mexican cement dumping claims and counter-claims also formed part of the programme, as did a timely insight of how analysts expect Cemex’s US$13bn bid for Rinker Materials to pan out.

Speeches continued with a look at Cuba and the Caribbean, US white cement markets, the Lafarge Tula plant in Mexico, emission controls and environmental performance, large capacity terminals, refractory systems, fuel and power requirements, improving plant performance, US slag markets, maintenance issues, and much more – a wealth of information for all participants over the two days.

An exhibition area housing 20 of some of the cement industries leading suppliers provided an additional platform for delegates to create new alliances. The levels of hospitality offered to all delegates, including dinners, trips to the Adventurers Club and the big finale in the American Pavilion followed by an unbelievable fireworks display on the lake at Epcot are to a large degree down to the exhibitors involvement at Cemtech events.

The final day of the event included a visit to Suwannee Cement, located in Branford, 120 miles north of Orlando where an informative presentation and tour of the state-of-the-art facility provided a fitting end to proceedings.

We hope you enjoy some of the photographic memories of Cemtech Florida 2006, shown below:

Conference Videos

Subscribers to CemNet.com can watch the following full length videos from Cemtech Floirda 2006:

Bob Coleman - Florida Cement and Construction sectors.

Malcolm Brown - Global Cement Outlook - An Overview of the Global Cement Market and Leading Industry Players.