Constitution of the Society CEMENTOS TURIA, S.A. Its founder was Sebastián Carpi Vilar, with a degree of Industrial Engineering, with a great industrial and business vocation.
The cement activity started with the acquisition of a small factory located in Burjasot (Valencia).
A completely new factory was brought on the same grounds and the first vertical kiln was brought into operation.
Incorporation of the second generation of the family with the appointment of Sebastián Carpi Cañellas as General Manager.
Expansion of the factory with the installation of 3 more kilns, until reaching a production capacity of 450,000 tons / year.
25th Anniversary of the CEMENTO factory in Burjasot (Valencia).
Founding of the newsletter with news and interviews about the company and the construction sector.
A new concrete Business Line was created through the subsidiary company HORMIGONES LEVANTE, S.A. (HORLESA).
Acquisition of 2 new cement factories, in Benagéber (Valencia) with a capacity of 100,000 tons/year and in Contreras (Cuenca) with a capacity of 150,000 tons/year.
Through the subsidiary HISPANO SUIZA DE CEMENTOS, S.A. a new cement factory was built in Meco (Madrid) with a production capacity of 500,000 tons/year. The factory was in operation for a few years until it was sold at the end of the seventies.
CEMENTOS TURIA, S.A. sold its cement assets to ASLAND, S.A. (Group Lafarge) changing its name to CORPORACIÓN F. TURIA, S.A.
Incorporation of the third generation of the family to the management of the company.
The concrete and mortar Business Lines were strengthened by investing in new production centers (19 plants).
Start-up (after 2 years of construction) of a clinker mill in Sagunto (Valencia), with a cement production capacity of up to 1,000,000 tons/year, entirely designed by our technical team made up of senior engineers with extensive experience in the construction and operation of cement factories.
Unification of the cement, concrete and mortar Business Lines into a new subsidiary of CORPORACIÓN F. TURIA, S.A., under the name CEMENTVAL MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCIÓN, S.L., with HOLCIM ESPAÑA, S.A. joining as a minority partner (now LAFARGEHOLCIM ESPAÑA, S.A.), then a subsidiary of the Swiss multinational HOLCIM, world leader in terms of market capitalization in the cement and derivatives sector.