http://www.italcementi.com/ ‘Transparent cement’ for the Shanghai World Expo officially unveiled Italcementi, a leading player on the innovation stage to provide the building community with new products and solutions, is present with its i.nova project focused on searching innovative and eco-compatible materials to two important events dedicated to architecture: the MADE expo and the Green Life exhibition in Milan. Italcementi showcases three eco-compatible key products developed by its researchers: ‘transparent cement’, ‘thermal cement’ and the world-renowned ‘smog-eating’ TX Active® cement. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20100204.htm 02/04/2010 Italcementi has been included in “The Sustainability Yearbook 2010” the most comprehensive publication on corporate sustainability released yearly by SAM (Sustainable Asset Management). http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20100126.htm 01/26/2010 A strategic rethinking of the relationship between finance and industry after the recent economic and financial collapse generated by the systemic crisis is a concrete way to support the exit strategy and build prospects for a recovery in the real economy. All without losing sight of the ethical principles and core values of sustainability that characterize correct economic growth. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20091212.htm 12/12/2009 On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the General Assembly of the United Nations and in cooperation with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), Suez Cement was a sponsor of the international conference on the “Convention on the Rights of the Child and Islamic Jurisprudence” organized by the Egyptian Ministry for the Family. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20091121.htm 11/21/2009 Suez Lime, a joint venture between Suez Cement - Italcementi Group Egyptian subsidiary - and Unicalce, announced the establishment of a new plant for the production of lime in Suez Governorate. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Industrial+network/20091118.htm 11/18/2009 Lexus. The automaker has chosen ITCLab as the testimonial for the press campaign launching its new hybrid car, HS, “Hello Someday”: the possibilities of tomorrow under today’s spotlight, a “someday” that becomes “today”. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20091111.htm 11/11/2009 Jalaprathan Cement, the Italcementi Group’s Thai subsidiary, celebrated its 53rd anniversary with two ceremonies at the Cha-am and the Takli cement plants. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20090922.htm 09/22/2009 As part of Italcementi Group continuous commitment to ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes, Halyps Cement will participate in the Clean up the World programme supported by UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) and promoted locally by the NGO Clean up Greece.By means of its three areas of action - Volunteer Programmes, Research, and Public Awareness and Information -, the objective of the initiative is to change today’s lifestyle hinged on a production-consumption model. Alternatively, it promotes an attitude that not only respects the environment but considers its protection a primary duty to prevent the exhaustion and destruction of natural resources. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20090813.htm 08/13/2009 In the presence of the Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta, the CEO of Italcementi Group Carlo Pesenti and the Minister of the Environment Stefania Prestigiacomo signed a voluntary agreement between the company and the Ministry, called the "Environmental Protection Pact". http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20090706.htm 07/06/2009 ITCLab, the new Italcementi Group Research Centre under construction on the outskirts of Bergamo, won prestigious international award. The Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies presented the Green Good Design Award to the building designed by architect Richard Meier. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20090617.htm 06/17/2009 The World Expo in Shanghai, which will take place from 1 May to 31 October 2010, will attract the participation of 200 countries and international organisations and about 70 million visitors. Italcementi Group will be the official supplier of the Pavilion and will build over 6,000 panels made of “transparent cement” that will cover 70-75% of the total surface, creating inside the building a sequence of lights and shadows in constant evolution during the day. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20090521.htm 05/21/2009 The new line under construction at the Yerraguntla cement plant in Andhra Pradesh (India) is one of the strategic projects that Italcementi Group has confirmed as a priority for 2009 together with those at Ait Baha (Morocco), Martinsburg (North America) and Matera (Italy). http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Industrial+network/20090518.htm 05/18/2009 On the 5th May, Suez Cement, Egypt’s first cement company owned by Italcementi Group, celebrated the first Open Door event of the Tourah cement plant to promote among its stakeholders a better understanding of its business as well as its environmental and social initiatives. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20090505.htm 05/05/2009 Building an inexpensive house in line with a modern philosophy of environmental sustainability. That’s the concept behind the 100K€ home, a project designed by architect Mario Cucinella and promoted by Italcementi Group which is participating at the Fuorisalone at Milan Capital of Design 2009 ® (Milan, 22 – 27 April) presenting the installation entitled “A Dream House”. The eco-friendly “low cost” housing project is ambitious and innovative. Italcementi supports it creating new materials which guarantee the energy efficiency of the building and the reduction of CO2 emissions. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20090421.htm 04/21/2009 Italcementi Group was proud to introduce its new Alipre® range of high-tech, eco-compatible sulfoaluminate clinker-based products at the European Coating Show. Alipre® broadens the Group’s product portfolio with sulfoaluminate cement as an ideal base for formulating a wide range of premixed products. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20090331.htm 03/31/2009