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Lafarge North America Inc.

(LAF) is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.3B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Lafarge, together with its subsidiaries, is the largest supplier of cement and a leading ready-mixed concrete supplier in North America (U.S. and Canada). We are also one of the top four producers of construction aggregate (crushed stone, sand and gravel) and a leading manufacturer of gypsum drywall. We have more than 1,000 operations doing business in most U.S. states and throughout all provinces in Canada, where we conduct our business through our subsidiary, Lafarge Canada Inc. Our products are used in the construction of such diverse projects as roads, offices, factories, hospitals, department stores, sports stadiums, banks, museums, high-rise apartments, amusement parks, swimming pools and bridges. In 2004, we generated net sales of $3.8 billion and we shipped 136.3 million tons of aggregate, 11.3 million cubic yards of ready-mixed concrete, 14.4 million tons of cement and 2.2 billion square feet of gypsum drywall. Our geographic and product diversity, although essential to increasing and maintaining our leadership in the industry, is only part of Lafarge. The other essential part of our business is the more than 15,300 people we employ. Our employees provide customers with technical, engineering, research and customer service support to create, use and implement special types and applications of our products to meet specified structural and stringent environmental demands.

Chief Executive Officer
Philippe R. Rollier
Number of Employees 16,400
Contact Information

12950 Worldgate Dr Ste 500

Herndon, Virginia 20170

www.lafargenort...

(703) 480-3600

NAICS Code Cement Manufacturing: 327310

Recent Events

  • USG and Lafarge Enter into Agreement to Resolve Dispute

    12/04/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story

News & Analysis

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  • Quick Wins

    - 2008-07-28

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  • Lafarge North America has 39,000 tons of cement stockpiled at the

    - 2008-01-04

    Lafarge North America has roughly 39,000 tons of cement stockpiled at the Port of Milwaukee. Bruce Scott, Lafarge's senior terminal manager at the port, hopes that stockpile lasts until March. Every winter, the barges that carry cement to Milwaukee dock in a harbor and wait for...

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  • NEWS BRIEFS

    - 2006-08-01

    Lafarge North America has applied for a permit to upgrade and expand its cement plant in Joppa, IL. The $420-million upgrade would expand the plant's capacity to 2.7 Mt/a (3 million stpy). It would include two new kilns. Construction could begin in late summer and be completed in about two-and-a-half...

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  • Waste not

    - 2006-07-01

    Utilizing blast-furnace slag from iron manufacturing, NewCem hydraulic cement helps to achieve low permeability: improved workability: lower setting temperatures; and resistance to chemical reactions. Lafarge North America. 678.746.2000. www.lafargenorthamerica.com. Circle 186 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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  • Lafarge Successfully Completes Cash Tender Offer for Lafarge North America

    - 2006-05-15

    PARIS -- Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, has today announced that it has successfully completed its cash tender offer for the 46.8% minority stake in Lafarge North America (NYSE & TSX: LAF) that it did not previously own. Lafarge now holds approximately 92.37% of the shares of Lafarge...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Philippe R. Rollier Chief Executive Officer
Mahrdad Laghaeian CIO
Dominique Calabrese President, Eastern Construction Materials & Executive Vice President
James Nealis Executive Vice President, HR
Jean Lechene President, Cement & Executive Vice President
Thomas Farrell President, Western Construction Materials & Executive Vice President
Isaac Preston President, Gypsum Division & Senior Vice President
James W. Bachmann Senior Vice President
L. Philip McClendon General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary
Todd Cunningham Senior Vice President
David W. Carroll Vice President, Environ & Govt Affairs
Kevin Grant Vice President, Treasurer
Ted Pile Vice President, Corp Communications
Peggy Disney Director, Media Relations
Alain Pfaff Plant Manager
Jennifer Lewis Manager, Communications
Wendy Douglas Manager, Communications
Ivon Brenda Amor Controller
Yvon Brind'amour Senior Vice President & Controller
Bertin F. Nadeau Director
James M. Micali Director
John D. Redfern Director
Larry Tanenbaum Director
Marshall A. Cohen Director
Michel Rose Director
Robert W. Murdoch Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Bruno Lafont Chairman
Bernard Kasriel Vice Chairman
Claudine B. Malone Board Member
Gerald H. Taylor Board of Directors

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Lafarge North America Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Lafarge S.A. Current
Lafarge North America Inc. Director Current
Lafarge North America Inc. President Former

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Lafarge North America Inc. CIO Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. President, Eastern Construction Materials & Executive Vice President Current
Lafarge Materials Executive Vice President Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Executive Vice President, HR Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. President, Cement & Executive Vice President Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. President, Western Construction Materials & Executive Vice President Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. President, Gypsum Division & Senior Vice President Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Senior Vice President Current
Lafarge North America Inc. Controller Former

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Lafarge North America Inc. General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Senior Vice President Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Vice President, Environ & Govt Affairs Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Vice President, Treasurer Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Vice President, Corp Communications Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Director, Media Relations Current

Alain Pfaff is presently serving as Chairman of the Board and is on the Budget Committee of LL&W. He is the plant manager of Lafarge North America, a cement manufacturing plant in Buffalo, Iowa. He and his family moved to the Quad-Cities from Montreal, Canada, in 1999. He has worked in the cement industry since his graduation from the engineering school, Arts & Metiers, Paris, France, in 1976. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of the Quad Cities.

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Lafarge North America Inc. Plant Manager Current
Living Lands and Waters Chairman of the Board Current
JA Worldwide Board of Directors Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Manager, Communications Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Manager, Communications Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Controller Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Senior Vice President & Controller Current

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge, Bruno Lafont (born in 1956) is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales leading business chool (HEC 1977, Paris) and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA 1982, Paris). He started his career at Lafarge in 1983. Up until 1994, he held various positions in Finance and international development. In particular, he spent 4 years in Turkey, managing Lafarge's operations in Turkey and leading the Group's expansion in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean region. He joined the Group's Executive Committee in 1994, and was appointed Group Executive Vice-President, Finance. In 1998, he became President of the Gypsum division and successfully orchestrated its international expansion in Asia, Europe and North America. In May 2003, Bruno Lafont was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Group, with joint responsibility for the Cement division and supervising the Aggregates & Concrete division and the North America region. He accelerated the Group's Cement development in Asia, in particular through the joint-venture with Shui On in China, and identified innovation as a key factor of market differentiation and added value in concrete products. Under his leadership, Lafarge set about redefining the Group's vision and reformulating its principles of action by rallying all its employees around the same priorities. Bruno Lafont was appointed as a Member of the Group's Board of Directors on May 25, 2005. On January 1, 2006, he became Chief Executive Officer, subsequently launching the "Excellence 2008" strategic plan in June 2006, to make the Group the best in its sector. 2006 saw 2 major strategic operations: the buyout of minority interests in Lafarge North America and the sale of the Roofing business. In May 2007, Bruno Lafont was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Group. In December 2008, he announced the acquisition of Orascom Cement, the leading cement player in the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, marking a decisive acceleration of the Group's development in fast growing emerging markets. Bruno Lafont is co-chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative, which brings together major Cement companies from around the world. He also co-chairs the Energy Efficiency in Buildings initiative launched with United Technologies under the aegis of the WBCSD. He is special adviser to the mayor of Chongqing, a Chinese city with 32 million inhabitants. He is a member of the Board of EDF (France).

Organization Position Status
Lafarge S.A. CEO Current
Lafarge S.A. Chairman Current
Lafarge North America Inc. Chairman Current
Lafarge S.A. Board of Directors Current
Lafarge North America Inc. Board of Directors Current

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Lafarge Platres International Managing Director Current
Lafarge North America Inc. Vice Chairman Current
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Lafarge North America Inc. Director Current

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Lafarge North America Inc. Director Current

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Lafarge S.A. Group COO Current
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University of British Columbia Bachelor of Arts degree Former
University of Toronto Bachelor of Arts degree Former

Executive News

  • New capacity key to Lafarge India plans

    Aggregate Research Industries - 7/16/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE: INTERVIEW: Lafarge CEO Remains "Very Cautious" On Outlook

    Morningstar.com - 7/04/09 - View Story

  • INTERVIEW: Lafarge CEO Remains "Very Cautious" On Outlook

    Morningstar.com - 7/04/09 - View Story

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