0 ▁quar ries , ▁ 2 6 0 ▁distribution ▁cent ers ▁and ▁ 8 0 ▁marine ▁terminal s . ▁The ▁company ' s ▁world ▁headquarters ▁are ▁in ▁San ▁Pedro ▁Gar za ▁García , ▁a ▁city ▁that ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Mon ter rey ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁in ▁the ▁n ort he astern ▁Mexican ▁state ▁of ▁Nue vo ▁León . ▁ ▁History ▁CE ME X ▁was ▁founded ▁with ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁C ement os ▁H idal go , ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 . ▁Meanwhile , ▁C ement os ▁Port land ▁Mon ter rey ▁began ▁operations ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁the ▁two ▁companies ▁merged , ▁becoming ▁C ement os ▁Mexican os , ▁now ▁CE ME X . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁CE ME X ▁grew ▁significantly ▁when ▁it ▁acquired ▁several ▁more ▁plants ▁throughout ▁Mexico . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁the ▁company ▁went ▁public ▁on ▁the ▁Mexican ▁stock ▁exchange , ▁and ▁that ▁same ▁year , ▁became ▁the ▁largest ▁c ement ▁producer ▁in ▁Mexico ▁with ▁the ▁purchase ▁of ▁three ▁plants ▁from ▁C ement os ▁Gu adal aj ara . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁the ▁company ▁made ▁significant ▁progress ▁in ▁over se as ▁mark ets , ▁dou bling ▁its ▁exports . ▁Further ▁ac quis itions ▁of ▁Mexican ▁c ement ▁companies ▁were ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁making ▁CE ME X ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ten ▁largest