Spirit 43 - Volvo Construction Equipment

Take Cemex, for instance. The company was born asa small local concern in 1906 in northern Mexico.Three years later, it had doubled its production.Today, it is a multi-national organization, the world’sleading supplier of ready-mix concrete and a prominentcement and aggregates producer... with annual salestopping $15 billion.Somehow, though, the company survived theturmoil, to the point that today Cemex is a multi-nationalorganization, the world’s leading supplier of ready-mix concreteand a prominent cement and aggregates producer. RegionCentral West Sales Director Michael Ksionzek would arguethat Volvo Financial Services belongs to the same category ofideas too good to be ignored. “The Volvo Group first movedinto financing around 25 years ago,” says Ksionzek. “It beganwith the truck business – that’s when it was founded. It’s beensupporting Volvo Construction Equipment for more than 10years now. Why? Simple - people wanted it. People needed it.”and it finances the growth and renewal of its fleet through VolvoFinancial Services.“From both the Volvo Construction Equipment andVolvo Financial Services perspective, Cemex represents one ofour biggest customers,” says Ksionzek, who is responsible for anarea covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “But it’s morethan that - Cemex also takes advantage of our whole portfolioof machines and services. In all, they acquire hundreds of Volvomachines each year all over the world, either through purchasing,leasing or renting, depending on their needs.”Volvo Financial Services and Cemex make a good fit.Cemex operates in 50 countries across the globe, whether in theAmericas, Europe, Africa or Asia, while Volvo Financial Services,with its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, has moreTOTAL SOLUTIONSCemex is a perfect example of a company whichhas bought into Volvo’s vision of offering a ‘total solution’ toits customers made up of products and services. Across theworld, Cemex buys Volvo trucks and Volvo ConstructionEquipment. It has them serviced by expert Volvo technicians,SPIRIT14