http://www.italcementi.com/ This year, for the second consecutive year, Helwan Cement, a subsidiary of Suez Cement joined Cairo governorate and the Municipality of 15 May to sponsor the “YES to sport, NO to tobacco” marathon organized in Helwan on March 6. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Cultural+sponsorship/20080306.htm 03/06/2008 With a view to contributing to the excellence of Italian culture around the world, the Italcementi Group is sponsoring Milan’s Piccolo Teatro at the debut season of Beijing’s new National Center for the Performing Arts, where the Italian theater company is performing Carlo Goldoni’s “Harlequin, A Servant to Two Masters” from March 6 to 8. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Cultural+sponsorship/20080305.htm 03/05/2008 On February 20, 2008, at an official ceremony at the Ministry of the Environment and Water, Devnya Cement received a complex IPPC permit (integrated pollution prevention and control) in support of its investment project for the reconstruction and modernization of its clinker and cement production installations. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080220.htm 02/20/2008 FyM has reached an agreement with the University of Malaga to create a new department, the “Department of Innovation in Construction Materials”. The agreement was signed by Fabrizio Pedetta, General Director and Managing Director of FyM, and Adelaida de la Calle, Chancellor of the University of Malaga. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Cultural+sponsorship/20080218.htm 02/18/2008 Italcementi cement bags now bear information vignettes explaining correct workplace procedures, accompanied by the caption “Safety First” printed in Italian, Romanian, Albanian and Arabic. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080213.htm 02/13/2008 Italcementi Group has received major recognition in Morocco for its environmental protection efforts. The Oulad Abbou quarry run by Betomar, a company controlled by the Group subsidiary Ciments du Maroc, has achieved accreditation to ISO 14001 becoming the first aggregates quarry in Morocco to be certified. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080114.htm 01/14/2008 Our brand was launched 10 years ago in 1997. It was a milestone in our history as it marked the completion of a sweeping transformation of the group’s structure and organisation. Our aim was to show both our people and the world that we could become one team worldwide: a global Group with world class skills and local understanding. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20080101.htm 01/01/2008 The New York Times recently praised the innovative value of TX Active®. In a scoreboard published by the magazine of the US daily, TX Active® is named as one of the 70 most innovative ideas of 2007 and is the only product made in Italy to be included. “This year,” says the magazine, “A new weapon against smog was introduced in the United States: cement. Called TX Active®, the product can literally “kill” pollution.” http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20071217.htm 12/17/2007 A hypothetical bridge providing a direct link to enable theindustrialized and emerging nations to examine global growth issues along a single path toward sustainability. This was the guideline for the fourth annual congress of the Fondazione Italcementi Cav. Lav. Carlo Pesenti held at the Bergamo Conference Center, which this year examined the theme “Sustainable Development: a single path for the mature nations and the emerging economies”. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20071201.htm 12/01/2007 The italian minister of Economic Development, at the opening day of SAIE, the international exhibition of building industry, visited the Italcementi’s stand where he had the opportunity of admiring the model of ITCLab. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20071024.htm 10/24/2007 The use of TX Aria® in a south Paris street has won Ciment Calcia the “Les Rocs d’or” award at the 12th Fimbacte Festival, an event that promotes innovation and sustainable development in construction materials for the “Projects and Realizations” sector. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20071022.htm 10/22/2007 As part of its activities for the local community, the Egyptian subsidiary Helwan Cement has signed an agreement with the El Minya Education Department, to make a contribution of 400,000 EGP for seven primary schools in the Samalout district. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Cultural+sponsorship/20071022.htm 10/22/2007 "The masters of art meet the masters of building" is called the new joint project between Devnya Cement and Sofia Municipality, which main aim is the renovation of the Sofia City Art Gallery. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Cultural+sponsorship/20071012.htm 10/12/2007 In September, in Saudi Arabia, the Italcementi Group formed the Arabian Ready Mix Company, an equally owned joint venture with the Arabian Cement Company in ready mixed concrete. The venture’s first plant will be built near the city of Jeddah, where it will benefit from high demand relating to construction of King Abdullah City, one of the six new cities planned by the State as part of an urban development program to foster new economic growth in Saudi Arabia. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Industrial+network/20071005.htm 10/05/2007 Italcementi has won the 2006/07 Targa d’Oro Award – Public Relations Section, for its “TX Active® Costruiamo aria pulita” (building clean air) environmental communication campaign, developed with the Seci PR agency. http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20071002.htm 10/02/2007