http://www.italcementi.com/ More than 1.200 people attended the series of lectures given by Odile Decq, Zhang Ke, Mario Cucinella and Daniel Libeskind. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20120420.htm 04/20/2012 i.lab, Italcementi’s new Research and Innovation Centre designed by the US Architect Richard Meier, was inaugurated today in the presence of the Italian Minister for the Environment Corrado Clini. The Minister cut the ribbon in front of a large audience including Giampiero Pesenti, Italcementi Chairman, Carlo Pesenti, the company’s CEO, and the Group top management. Also attending were representatives and journalists from 18 countries where Italcementi Group operates. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20120416.htm 04/16/2012 On the occasion of the i.lab opening ceremony, the new Italcementi Group’s Innovation and Research Center designed by Richard Meier, and in conjunction with Milano Design Week - Interni Legacy’s exhibition (16-22 of April) Italcementi Group will host a series of lectures under the title “Architectures: building a sustainable heritage”. The lectures will be held at the i.lab by the Internationally famous architects Odile Decq, Daniel Libeskind, Zhang Ke and Mario Cucinella. http://www.italcementigroup.com/NR/exeres/9F270FA7-3A20-47A1-BBF7-5DAAF683CEFF.htm 04/16/2012 Italcementi Group is consolidating and publishing its performance since 2002. During these ten years, quality and materiality are growing, in line with the Global Reporting Initiative requirements. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20120402.htm 04/02/2012 Italcementi has been reconfirmed in “The Sustainability Yearbook 2012” the most comprehensive publication on corporate sustainability released yearly by SAM (Sustainable Asset Management). This year Italcementi is listed in the 2012 Yearbook with the SAM Bronze Class rating. The Sustainability Yearbook provides insights into the 58 sectors examined by the 13th SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, which determines the Companies that are included in this reference guide of the world’s sustainability leaders. The leading companies in the 58 sectors are classified into three categories: SAM Gold Class, SAM Silver Class, SAM Bronze Class. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20120213.htm 02/13/2012 The new issue of arcVision provides insights into the issue of work and work environment focusing on the labor market conditions and modern architectural solutions for high-quality and sustainable workplaces. arcVision explores the issue with André-Yves Portnoff, Director of the Observatoire de l’Intelligence at Futuribles International; Claus Schnabel, Professor of Economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Pietro Ichino, Professor of Labor Law at Milan’s State University; Samuel Bentolila, Full Professor at CEMFI in Madrid; Richard B. Freeman, Chair of Economics at Harvard University; Tito Boeri, Full Professor of Economy of Employment at the Bocconi University in Milan. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20120121.htm 01/21/2012 Essroc has recently begun a Highway Research Project in St. Louis, Missouri. The research is intended to analyze the benefits from concrete paving materials formulated with TX Active® cement to reduce environmental pollutants from vehicle exhausts. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20120113.htm 01/13/2012 Italcementi Group has signed an agreement with Sika that will acquire the global concrete admixtures and cement grinding aids businesses of the Group which are on the market under the brand Axim. Axim has approximately 150 employees and through six legal entities operates several production units and sales organizations in Italy, France, USA, Canada, Morocco and Spain. In 2010 Axim generated sales of around 61 million euro This deal will allow the Group to capitalize the value of this business. Moreover this will further extend the relationship between Italcementi and Sika enhancing the reputation of both companies as innovator in the field of concrete and cement. In fact the agreement will proceed through a Strategic Partnership Agreement in the S&D sector as well as in the Commercial sector and securing a continuous supply of additives to the Group http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Industrial+network/20111213.htm 12/13/2011 On Friday 21 October, Italcementi Group inaugurated the wind park in Laayoune in the presence of the Secretary General to the Morocco’s Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Mr. Mohammed Yahya Zniber, the CEO of Italcementi, Mr. Carlo Pesenti and the General Manager of Ciments du Maroc, Mr.Mohamed Chaibi. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20111025.htm 10/25/2011 Italcementi took part with its new products and solutions in the MADE Expo 2011 and the Greenbuild 2011 in Toronto. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20111017.htm 10/17/2011 In the framework of the “Ville-Port” project promoted by the municipality of Saint-Nazaire to make the submarine base a part of the town, Ciments Calcia has partnered with the construction company Savoie Frères to build a new theatre in a 4.000 square meters facility where was located the old railway station of Saint-Nazaire. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20110916.htm 09/16/2011 An insight on the Mediterranean and its surrounding countries in the wake of the recent North Africa uprisings, which may have profound effects not only in the region but also in the international geopolitical arena. arcVision explores the issue with Sergio Romano, political commentator and former top level diplomat, professor Dominique Moïsi, a special advisor to the IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales), Carlo Bastasin, political and economic analyst for the Brookings Institution in Washington, and Mario Calvo-Platero, in charge of the American editorial offices of the Italian financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20110908.htm 09/08/2011 The Museum Cementos Rezola of Añorga has inaugurated an artistic exhibition by the photographer and journalist, Asier Gogortza, in which war bunker architecture plays the leading role. The exhibition will be on display until the end of September 2011. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20110804.htm 08/04/2011 From June 30th to July 4th 2011, 7,500 Special Olympics athletes from 185 nations and with all levels of intellectual disabilitiy competed in Athens. Halyps Cement supported this International event through the NGO Therapeutic Riding Association. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20110719.htm 07/19/2011 Ribbon-cutting ceremony at the revamped Italcementi cement plant in Matera, fully renovated and made more efficient from an industrial and environmental viewpoint. The new plant has been inaugurated at the presence of the Italcementi Chiarman Giampiero Pesenti, the Chief Executive Officer Carlo Pesenti, local authorities and the stakeholders representing the community http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Industrial+network/20110701.htm 07/01/2011