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Revision as of 19:23, 26 July 2005 by Mervyn (talk | contribs) (cats CAC 400)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Lafarge NYSE: LF is a major French industrial company specializing in five major products: Cement, construction aggregates, concrete, gypsum wallboard, and roofing tile.
Lafarge was founded in 1833 by Léon Pavin as an industrial lime producing operation, from which it quickly expanded into France's largest cement company, signing its first international contract for the delivery of 110,000 tonnes of lime to the Suez Canal construction project in 1864.
Currently, Lafarge is the largest cement manufacturing company in the world, employing over 77,000 workers, and is located in seventy-five countries. Lafarge's concrete business also includes specialty products such as concrete that is translucent to light, and tensile concrete known as Ductal that does not require steel reinforcements.
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