Companies in Monterrey

CEMEX was a regional Mexican cement company when, in the 1990s, it did something no emerging-market industrial firm had dared: it went on a global acquisition spree, buying cement plants in Spain, Egypt, the Philippines, and the Americas in a few years. The Monterrey-based company became a case study in emerging-market globalization — and one of the world's three largest building materials companies. The business is concrete in every sense: cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates (sand and gravel), sold to construction firms building highways, dams, airports, and housing. CEMEX pioneered the digitalization of the industry with its 'Concrete-as-a-Service' model — dispatching ready-mix trucks by GPS and analyzing delivery data decades before most rivals, and its patented low-carbon concrete products (Vertua) are marketed as construction's green option. With about 45,000 employees and annual revenue near US$15 billion, CEMEX operates in 50+ countries and has survived near-bankruptcy (the 2008 crisis hit it hard) to emerge leaner and more profitable. For infrastructure contractors, CEMEX's global footprint and logistics technology make it the builder's supplier of choice across Latin America, the US, and beyond.

FEMSA is one of the world's largest beverage companies and the largest Coca-Cola bottler globally, headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. Through its Coca-Cola FEMSA subsidiary, the company produces and distributes Coca-Cola brand beverages across Mexico, Central America, South America and the Philippines, serving more than 260 million consumers. Beyond beverages, FEMSA operates the OXXO convenience store chain, the largest in Latin America with more than 22,000 stores, along with logistics, digital commerce and fuel retail businesses. The company also holds a significant stake in Heineken and operates a growing portfolio of health and digital platforms. For B2B buyers, FEMSA offers beverage production and distribution partnerships, retail supply chain services and logistics solutions across Latin America. Its scale in bottling, retail and distribution makes it a key partner for brands seeking access to Latin American consumer markets.