Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in all of its businesses: Cement, Aggregates & Concrete and Gypsum.  With 90,000 employees in 76 countries, Lafarge posted sales of 17.6 billion Euros and net income of 1.9 billion Euros in 2007.  Lafarge North America, Inc., a Lafarge Group company, is the largest diversified supplier of contruction materials in the United States and Canada.  Its materials are used for residential, commerical, institutional and public works construction.

Lafarge is the only company in the construction materials sector to be listed in the 2008 '100 Global Most Sustainable Corporations in the World'.  Lafarge has been committed to sutainable development for many years, pursuing a strategy that combines industrial know-how with performance, value creation, respect for employees and local cultures, envionmental protection and the conservation of natural resources and energy. To make advances in building materials, Lafarge places the customer at the heart of its concerns.  It offers the construction industry and the general public innovative solutions bringing greater safety, comfort and quality to their everyday surroundings.

For more information about Lafarge in North America, go to www.lafarge-na.com.