Holcim Costa Rica acquires AMCO concrete units
The transaction integrates the operations located in Guanacaste and San Joaquín de Heredia, which will operate under the Holcim brand as two new concrete plants. Thanks to this ...
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Cementos Progreso appoints new country director
Cementos Progreso SA has appointed Andrés Bolaños Amerling as its country director. Mr Bolaños Amerling holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBS from INCAE. ...
Holcim Costa Rica requests Coprocom authorisation to purchase AMCO plants
Holcim Costa Rica and América Construcciones SA (AMCO) filed a request before the country’s Commission to Promote Competition (Coprocom) for the sale by AMCO of a ready-mix conc...
Cementos Progreso opens new concrete plant in Costa Rica
Cementos Progreso has launched operations at its West Plant in El Coyol de Alajuela, Costa Rica, following a US$1m investment. The facility, which created 12 new jobs, will prod...
Cementos Progreso emerges as a true regional player
While Cemex has divested its Caribbean assets in the Dominican Republic, one company has jumped on the opportunity to expand its presence in the region. Guatemala-based Cementos...
CEMEX closes the sale of its Costa Rican operations
Through certain subsidiaries, CEMEX has successfully closed the previously informed sale of its operations in Costa Rica and El Salvador to Cementos Progreso Holdings SL , for a...
Plycem invests US$3m in microconcrete sheet production
Plycem ( Elementia Group ) has announced the investment of US$3m in its manufacturing plant located in Cartago. With this, it seeks the automation of a new production line for ‘...
Cemex and Cementos Progreso see growth scenarios
At the end of last year, Cemex agreed to the sale of its Costa Rica and El Salvador operations to Guatemala's Cementos Progreso for US$335m. ICR discusses the ongoing Cemex stra...
Cemex to sell Costa Rica and El Salvador operations to Cementos Progreso
Mexico-based Cemex has signed an agreement for the sale of its operations in Costa Rica and El Salvador with Guatemala’s Cementos Progeso Holdings, for the amount of US$335m, to...
Holcim buys 51% stake in Costa Rican RMC producer
Holcim Costa Rica has announced its acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in ready-mix concrete producer Concretera Nacional, Costa Rica. The step will make Holcim one of the large...