Gents – i can’t qualify as speaking for the whole CEMEX management team and nor am i a commercial/sales spokes-man …
from an operations point of view, all i can say is that the company is definitely going for volume this year – obviously at the right price … which i know we aren’t always the cheapest, but it’s based on quality of material and what else we can offer … when i hear how low some of our competitors are going on price for tenders i really don’t know how they manage to make money … ?! … i think we have perhaps realised now that we were a bit too aggressive on pricing in certain areas and services in recent years – and thus, are trying our best at making some amends for that …
Paul – hearing that plants like newcastle and sunderland etc. are quiet is a real shame as i’m from the north-east and love to hear when my old plant middlesbrough is firing – i hope it picks up for you and knowing the lads up there (who are all a great top bunch of lads) im sure they will be doing their best to get the numbers up … just might mean a few more away days for you down south in the mean-time … i hear that teesside is quite busy at the moment so hopefully you are getting some of that work? …
what i can say for sure is that it is in all of our (CEMEX’s) interests to see all of you guys busy and hitting productivity … speaking for cluster 15 (home counties) we are seeing that (in most cases – but not all) … we had a great january which was surprising as traditionally it’s quiet and i can only hope that has translated to our IHC’s earnings also …
we all wear the same badge on our chest and we all play for the same team – and i really hope the quieter areas can pick some volume up soon, because i know the commercial teams are trying to do the best they can for all of us … and if you’re quiet come to cluster 15 on a busy day as we always need trucks!!!!!
