• Holcim Philippines - Lugait
• APO Cement Corporation
• Continental Operating Corporation
• Republic - Batangas
• Republic - Teresa
• Taiheiyo Cement Philippines
• Iligan Cement Corporation
  

• Lloyds Richfield Industrial Corporation
• Mindanao Portland Cement Corporation
• Northern Cement
• Pacific Cement Philippines, Inc.
• Republic - Bulacan
• Solid Cement Corporation
• Holcim Philippines, Inc.

The Company currently operates two dry process lines in Northern Mindanao, giving the Company a combined rated clinker capacity of 1.8 million tons per year. Of these two, the larger 1.2 million MTPY line was successfully commissioned in 1998 and started commercial operation in January 1999.

The Company is also engaged in the production of aggregates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Calamba Aggregates Company, Inc. (CACI). CACI operates a 1.6 million MTPY aggregates plant in Laguna.

Compliance to environmental laws is of utmost importance to the Company. Mining, operating and distribution activities have been implemented with consideration of its impact to the environment. As a result of these efforts, the Company has not had problems securing environment permits throughout its operating history. To make sure that efforts to protect the environment moves forward, the Company embarked on an Environment Management System (EMS) program, and received certification for ISO 14001 last September 26, 2001. back to top

Ownership and control of the plant moved from one group to another, until in 1995, JG Summit Holdings acquired the ownership and management of the plant. By July 1998, rehabilitation and conversion of the wet process line was started. Apo’s total rated capacity for clinker production is 2,700 MT a day.

On February 16, 1999, management and control of the plant was transferred to Triple Dime Holdings. Today, APo Cement Corporation is a member of Philippine Affiliates of CEMEX S.A. de C.V. (CEMEX Philippines). back to top

Today the plant is equipped to produce 1,520,000 MTY clinker. In October 1998, CCC spun off the cement plant assets to Continental Operating Corporation, the shares of which were acquired by Lafarge Cement Philippines, Inc. back to top

The company has a present workforce of 347 employees with its plant personnel working in three shifts of eight hours per shift.

The present rated capacity of the plant is 1.8 million MT of clinker annually. back to top

In 1997, Southeast Asia Cement Holding, Inc. (SEACEM), FRCC’s holding company went into public listing, to boost its financial strength. Likewise, Tong Yang Cement Corporation, the second largest cement group in South Korea became a partner, intensifying its technical capabilities. Today, FR Cement’s facilities have the capacity to produce 1,520,000. MTY Clinker.

In 1998, Lafarge Cement Philippines, Inc., then the second largest cement manufacturer in the world acquired a major stake at Seacem Inc., making FR Cement a part of Lafarge’s network of world class cement manufacturers. back to top

Construction of its plant commenced in 1991, and started commercial operations during the last quarter of 1993 with a capacity to produce 1.1 Million MT of cement per annum.

The Taiheiyo Cement plant facility is located in the town of San Fernando, Cebu, 30 Kilometers south of Cebu City. The facility sits on a limestone deposit estimated to last at least 100 years. back to top

In 1978, ICC forged partnership with Holderbank Management & Consulting, Ltd. Plant capacity increased from 1,000 tpd to 1,200 tpd. In 1989, the plant was rehabilitated resulting in increase in cement production to 450,000 MT. Later in 1994, Phase II of plant rehabilitation had increased plant capacity to 501,400 MT cement.

Blue Circle Philippines, Inc. (BCPI) entered the picture in July 1999 as a strategic investor and technical adviser. Since then, ICC as a corporation has strongly upheld and promoted the need for continuous product improvement. back to top

LRIC undertook thorough rehabilitation of the cement plant’s three production lines bringing them back to operational status. The two identical lines, with a rated capacity of 425 tons of clinker per day each, and a third line with a rated capacity of 1,300 tons of clinker per day. With the three lines in operation, the plant can produce 2,150 tons of clinker per day, or about 64,500 bags of cement per day.

On February 1, 1996, LRIC was acquired by the publicly-listed company, Southeast Asia Cement Holdings Inc (SEACEM). back to top

Since its founding, the Company has gone through several changes in management, from the Floro Group to Zeus Holdings, Inc. (Zeus) in 1995. In July 1998, Blue Circle Philippines, Inc. (BCPI) became a strategic investor in Zeus, the parent company controlling MPCC.
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In 1994, the company started a rehabilitation program then an upgrade program involving the conversion from wet to dry process. The conversion achieved an increase of clinker production from 600 to 900 TPD. back to top

The company began operations at an average of 10,000 bags per day. The continuous and increasing demand for local cement coupled with the confidence on the industry’s future spurred the increase in its production to a total of 50,000 bags a day.

On October 15, 1986, RCC inaugurated the actual commercial production of Portland-Pozzolan cement (Type P). back to top

During the last quarter of 1997, an alliance was forged between the Madrigal Family and CEMEX S.A. de C.V. (CEMEX), thereby paving the way for the latter’s investments into the Rizal Cement Group of Companies. Since January 1998, CEMEX has been actively involved in the cement manufacturing operations of the Rizal Cement Group of Companies including Solid Cement Corporation. back to top

Union has a total clinker capacity of 5.4 million metric tons per year in four plants located around the country.

Seventy percent (70%) of its shares is owned by Union Cement Holdings Corporation (UCHC), a joint venture between the PHINMA-controlled Bacnotan Consolidated Industries Inc. (BCII) and the Swiss company Holcim, one of the world’s largest cement companies.
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