At the 9th edition of the Transatlantic Award Gala Dinner, held in Milan on 1 December, the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, headed by Simone Crolla, assigned awards to the US and Italian companies that made the biggest investments in the transatlantic axis between Italy and the United States. The winners included Mapei, which won an award for the acquisition of GRT - General Resource Technology Inc., an American manufacturer of admixtures for concrete - which will help it step up its strategic presence on the US, Canadian and Mexican markets.
The award was collected by Giorgio Squinzi - President and Sole Director of Mapei Group - from John R. Phillips, United States Ambassador to Italy, in the presence of Philip T. Reeker, US Consul General in Milan, and Armando Varricchio, Diplomatic Councillor to the Italian President. On receiving the award he said: "We are delighted to have been able to welcome GRT into the Mapei family. The Mapei Group has a long history of worldwide operations in the concrete admixture business, and GRT will give us the boost we need to increase our market share in the Americas. Thanks to synergies with its own product lines, we expect to increase our market share in both the east and west of the United States, as well as in Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. By complementing the Group's portfolio with concrete admixture production directly in the Americas, we will also speed up growth in our line of systems for concrete. What's more, since our Underground Tunnelling Technology division is enjoying ongoing expansion, GRT will provide an ideal source of highly specialised products for the important market of major works worldwide. The Group operates 23 production facilities in the Americas, including GRT's two sites, and two distribution centres, plus the headquarters of Mapei Corporation and Polyglass USA in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Mapei is an environmentally aware manufacturer, as borne out by its membership of the U.S. Green Building Council since 2001 and of the Canadian Green Building Council since 2008. Mapei Americas is also an AIA/CES accredited supplier, and offers training through its dedicated training facility, the Mapei Technical Institute. The majority of Mapei facilities hold ISO 9001 Quality System certification and LEED certification. The acquisition of GRT marks another milestone in Mapei's expansion in the Americas, and the investment will make Mapei Group a significant player in the concrete admixtures market."
As well as to Mapei, 2014 Transatlantic Awards were assigned to Accenture, BlackRock, IBM, Philip Morris, Whirlpool, Brembo and Chiesi Farmaceutici. Two special prizes were also given to Cloud4WI and Friends of the USA Pavilion.
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