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Real Estate and Construction
HOLCIM ECUADOR
Mauricio Rada
General Manager
Av. Barcelona, Edificio El Caimán, piso 2 Guayaquil
– Ecuador
Tel: +593 4 2871900
Fax: +593 4 2873482
www.holcim.com.ec
Activity: cement
Employees: 1000
Turnover: 400 M usd
HOLCIM Ecuador forms part of the Swiss group Hol-
cim, one of the largest cement companies in the world.
They produce cement, aggregates and concrete.
HOLCIM Ecuador operates 2 cement plants, 7 con-
crete plants and offers technical assistance through 15
regional sales offices in the country. Their administrative
offices are located in the city of Guayaquil.
HOLCIM Ecuador is considered to be the center of best
practices within the HOLCIM Group. In the last three
years they have invested more than USD$3 million in
training of their personnel, which corresponds to more
than 96,000 hours of training. They have also invested
an average of USD$ 2 million in the Corporate Social
Responsibility.
In 2009, 480 000 tons of cement were shipped. They
have 2 cement plants, one in Guayaquil and one in
Latacunga.
The cement plant in Guayaquil got the HOLCIM Award
as the second best cement plant from over 70 compa-
nies that form part of the HOLCIM Group worldwide.
HOLCIM Ecuador has 7 concrete plants located in
Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Montecristi, Machala and
Ambato with a total sales volume of 730 thousand
cubic meters in 2009.
They have 3 plants of aggregates, located in the cit-
ies of Montecristi, Portoviejo and Quito. In 2009, the
total sales volume of aggregates was 1 million 784
thousand tons.
HOLCIM Ecuador offers customized technical assis-
tance to its clients through the Concrete Technical
Center (HTC) located in the city of Guayaquil.
HOLCIM Ecuador is highly committed to the commu-
nity. To this end, at the end of 2005, Ecuador Holcim
Foundation was created as an entity responsible for
corporate social investment, which established the
Community Development Program consisting of five
areas:
• Education.
• Health.
• Water and environmental management.
• Training and social organization.
• Production and employment initiatives.
IIASA – Importadora Industrial Agricola S.A.
Luis F. Gómez
President
Ave. J. Tanca Marengo Km. 3, Guayaquil– Ecuador
Tel: +593 42237000
cedeno_roberto@iiasacat.com
www.iiasacat.com
cedeno_roberto@iiasacat.com
Activity: commerce
Date of creation: 1924
Employees: 451
Turnover: 148 M usd (2009)
Importadora Industrial Agrícola S.A. IIASA was born on
September 24, 1924 in the city of Guayaquil, thanks to
the vision of Mr. Benjamin Rosales Pareja, being the
oldest Caterpillar dealer in Latin America and Canada.
The company is dedicated to sales of road, industrial
and agricultural equipment in the country, being an
important element of the global network of distributors
of CATERPILLAR machinery, a world’s leading manu-
facturer of construction and mining equipment, clean
diesel engines as well as natural gas and industrial gas
turbines.
Parts & Services:
It was able to successfully manage highway pro-
jects of several levels of technological complexity.
Part of the success of HIDALGO e HIDALGO SA
is attributed to its human capital, an excellent
team of technicians and operators and a profes-
sional management team.
An example of their work are the main ways in
the Metropolitan area of Quito, like the North and
South Pan-American highway as well and streets
and avenues in different cities of the country that
add up to 200Km (125 miles). They have build, re-
habilitated and improved pavements, using mod-
ern technologies and recyclable materials.