The cementing industry, one of the economic pillars of Argentina, aspires to achieve sustained development and a major role in the national context.
In Argentina, this industry has closely followed the productive upswings, as part of a bigger segment, the construction industry, that is also an important job generator for thousands of Argentineans.
Cementos Avellaneda, with over 75 years of productive activities, was and is a major actor in the cement industry and its varieties, with a dynamic and efficient profile.
 Relevant Milestones |
Cementos Avellaneda joined the International Cementing Business Group in 1980. Since then, the company has benefited both from important investments and scientific and technological contributions.
This way, Cementos Avellaneda is entering the new century with a strong presence in the production of high quality materials for the Argentinean Construction Industry.
 International Cementing Business Group, the best guarantee |
Cementos Avellaneda S.A. is a member of the International Cementing Business Group, composed by Uniland and Molins. A highly qualified group of industries, integrated as follows:
Cementos Molins / Cementos Uniland
Two of the leading European cement groups.
Cementos Avellaneda
In has two factories in our country: one in Olavarría, province of Buenos Aires, and the other one in La Calera, province of San Luis.
Uruguayan Company of Portland Cement
Based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Production capacity of the plants of the whole group reaches 6,770,000 tons/year, enough to supply cement to a country such as Argentina for over a year.
| Investments for development |
Since 1980, the International Cementing Business Group has invested over 150,000,000 dollars in Argentina and Uruguay.
This is an economic decision that conveys great confidence in current and future developments of the cement industry for those companies capable of adapting their technology to the most demanding markets.
Strict trends of industrial development, with international parameters, show the group’s aim to reach a major role in the construction material markets of the American South Cone.
| Cementos Avellaneda, a decision to grow |
Cementos Avellaneda adds between its production plants in Olavarría and San Luis a production capacity of 1,420,000 tons per year of cement and 240,000 tons per year of hydraulic and hydrated lime.
The San Jacinto plant in Olavarría is placed in one of the richest quarries of the country. This is from where the company extracts the raw material to manufacture the normal cement, extra cement, ARS cement, ARS petrol cement, and also hydraulic and hydrated lime, produced by means of an advanced milling and roller press process unique in all Latin America.
 | This plant also produces the Hidralit bricklaying cement and an Impermeable Perfect glue for ceramics, which qualities benefit from the exhaustive uniformity control of its raw materials, carried out by one of the most demanding labs of the country situated in the actual industrial plant.
El Gigante plant, in San Luis province, manufactures El Gigante cement and Hidralit bricklaying cement. This plant has recently benefited from an investment of 35,000,000 dollars to reconvert its productive process from the wet procedure to the dry procedure. This last modification duplicated its installed capacity.
Therefore, with raw materials of the highest quality, and advanced technological equipment, Cementos Avellaneda S.A. meets the innovation vocation of the International Cementing Business Group, with the strongest decision to grow.
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| Main dates in the history of Cementos Avellaneda S.A. |
| 15.03.1919 | The association was set up. | | 03.05.1919 | The company got the Government approval. | | 01.05.1919 | The company initiated its activities in the city of Avellaneda, in Arenales Street, under the name CALERA AVELLANEDA S.A., launching the hydraulic and hydrated lime. | | 1921 | Buys the limestone quarry in San Jacinto, Olavarría. | | 1934 | The company was able to face a lime production of 75,000 tones per year.
It became the leading lime factory of South America. | | 18.04.1935 | The cement factory was inaugurated with a production of 60,000 tones per year. | | 1960 | A new product entered into the market: the Extra Avellaneda Cement. | | 1968 | Our lime production reached the 240,000 tones per year. | | 1974 | Our second cement plant started its activities with a production of 1,000 tones per day.
Production capacity per year: 350,000 tones. | | 1974 -1980 | The company continued with its permanent optimization and production increases. | | 1980 | The Spanish Group composed by Molins and Uniland acquired Cementos Avellaneda S. A.
Our production capacity reached the 1,100,000 tones per year. | | 1982 | Another two products appeared in the market: A.R.S. cement and Hidralit Bricklaying cement (IRAM stamp). | | 1988 | The Impermeable Perfect glue for ceramics was launched (IRAM stamp). | | 1989 | Purchase of the factory El Gigante, in the province of San Luis.
The production capacity reached the 160,000 tones per year. | | 1991 | Purchase of the factory in Uruguay, the Uruguayan Company of Portland Cement, Artigas cement.
It had a production capacity of 260, 000 tones per year. | | 1993 | Milling of hydraulic and hydrated lime and PALLETIZADO. | | 1994 | The company started the production of the petrol cement. | | 1996 | Inauguration, extension and modernization of the process 300, 000 tones per year. | | 1997 | The FILLERIZADO cement was launched.
The company inaugurated its Minas plant (Uruguay: 500,000 tones per year) |
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