CEMEX Recognized for Environmental Excellence; CEMEX Navigation Plant in Houston Earns Prestigious National Award.HOUSTON -- CEMEX CEMEX Cementos Mexicanos Inc., the nation's largest producer of cement cement, binding material used in construction and engineering, often called hydraulic cement, typically made by heating a mixture of limestone and clay until it almost fuses and then grinding it to a fine powder. , ready-mix and concrete products, today announced that it has received a National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA NRMCA National Ready-Mixed Concrete Association ) 2006 Environmental Excellence Award for Category C facilities (more than 100,000 cubic yards annually). The CEMEX Navigation Plant in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the received Honorable Mention. This is the fourth award won by CEMEX's Houston Ready Mix facilities in the past two years. "This year's NRMCA Award is another outstanding example of our management team's commitment to raise the environmental standards at CEMEX," said Steve Wise, executive vice president of ready mix, aggregates and concrete products. "The Navigation facility is our highest production plant in Texas, and is surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. by water, which makes this award that much more significant in light of the technical challenges continuously confronted at this site. We are very proud of our team." Other CEMEX facilities in Houston that have won environmental awards are the Katy and Cutten Plants. In 2005, The Katy Plant won a First Place NRMCA Environmental Excellence Award for Category B facilities (50,000 - 100,000 cubic yards of annual production). Also in 2005, the Cutten Plant won First Place in Category C (more than 100,000 cubic yards of annual production) and First Place in the Comeback Comeback Australian breed of wool sheep, bred by crossing Merino with Corriedale, Polwarth or Zenith sheep; wool is 21 to 25 microns. It is a registered breed, but the term is more commonly used in the sense of a type of sheep produced by crossbreeding a crossbred Merino back to Merino. Kid category. The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards offer companies national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound management practice in their operations. Now in its 11th year, the program salutes companies that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance measures and demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through plant and staff investment. CEMEX Inc., is the U.S. subsidiary of CEMEX (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CX), a growing global solutions company that provides products of consistently high quality and reliable service to customers and communities in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company improves the well-being of those it serves through its relentless force on continuous improvement and efforts to promote a sustainable future. For more information, visit www.cemexusa.com. |
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