TRADE FAIRS 2014 Mapei will be present this autumn too at several trade fairs. Come and visit us! CERSAIE 22-26 September, Bologna (Italy) MARMOMACC 24-26 September, Verona (Italy) SAIE 22-25 October, Bologna (Italy) SAIE 22-25 October, Bologna (Italy) EXPOTUNNEL 23-25 October, Bologna (Italy) Valentina Algeri per Cersaie 2014 Civica Scuola Arte & Messaggio Milano - Corso di Visual Design www.youtube.com/MapeiSpa www.facebook.com/MapeiSpa For further information see www.mapei.com

SPECIAL FEATURE AMERICAS MARKET The American construction market TEAMWORK Mapei’s strategy for the Americas Mapei plants in the Americas Supersizing a plant PROJECTS A luxury apartment in Yaletown Metro Bank in Douglasville RSC recycling plant in Montréal TRADE FAIRS World of Concrete Surfaces Coverings NEWS Salone del Mobile Milano Design Week Music amidst the skyscrapers, waiting for the Expo The 36th ICMA Conference PROJECTS LAYING CERAMICS AND APPLYING WALL COATINGS A room in the garden CONCRETE REPAIR Sfalassà viaduct LAYING TEXTILE AND RESILIENT MATERIALS Palace of Justice in Halle LAYING...

SPECIAL FEATURE AMERICAS MARKET The AMERICAN construction market The real estate market is growing all over the continent The real estate market is growing all over the continent, albeit with a different impact depending on which area is taken into consideration. Let’s take a more detailed look. United States The USA economy, in spite of the difcult rst quarter of 2014, should pick up in the rest of the year and most analysts forecast a GDP growth rate around 3% for the 20142015 period. In particular, the real estate sector is enjoying a strong recovery, which can be seen by the growth in average...

Canada The macro-economic climate in Canada is also positive and, according to a survey carried out by the Bank of Canada, most companies now have a more positive outlook as far as the coming months are concerned, they are planning to take on new employees and they have said that there was an increase in sales and orders last year. 42,900 new jobs were created in March, bringing the level of unemployment down from 7% to 6.9%. The real estate sector is also in full growth and the forecast increase in house prices is 2.2% in 2014 and 1% in 2015. Consumption of tiles reached 38.6 million m2 in 2013,...

SPECIAL FEATURE AMERICAS MARKET Sao Paulo Stadium in Brasil. Brasil’s construction market is the most promising one in South America. countries had an increase in GDP of between 4% and 5%). Venezuela did not do as well as the others, with GDP increasing by just 1%. The South American construction market overall recorded a growth rate of almost 4%, continuing and improving on the previous year’s positive trend (+2.5%). Positive growth is also forecast for the two-year period 2014-2015. Brazil took the lion’s share in this area with around 170 billion Euros invested in the building sector, thanks...

SPECIAL FEATURE AMERICAS TEAMWORK Mapei’s strategy for the Americas A growing market described by Luigi di Geso, President and CEO of Mapei Americas Because cold weather across the U.S. put the brakes on economic growth during the rst quarter of 2014, Mapei Corp. (the Group’s US subsidiary) sales – as well as industry sales across the board - were growing at a lower rate than budgeted; but the company’s revenues are still above last year. Going forward, the outlook is strong. There is pent-up business that will open up in the second quarter of the year. Our customer, both contractors and distributors,...

SPECIAL FEATURE AMERICAS TEAMWORK UNITED STATES CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO PUERTO RICO PANAMA Mapei first landed in the Americas (in Quebec, Canada) in 1976, the year when it supplied products for constructing and restructuring facilities designed to host the Montréal Olympic Games. Shortly afterwards, in 1978, the Group opened its first manufacturing plant in Canada in the city of Laval, as a first step in a process of internationalising the company that has never stopped since then. Mapei Corporation was established in 1983, the US subsidiary in charge of the Group’s operations on the American...

LAVAL (QUEBEC) MASKINONGÉ (QUEBEC) BRIEF HISTORY 1978: opening of the plant 1999: additional reactor in the polymer plant 2005: most recent expansion took place in the warehouse and shipping area BRIEF HISTORY 1995: opening of the plant 1985: addition of a spray-dryer plant Plant size: 743 m2 Plant size: 13,657 m2 The plant in Laval is Mapei’s Canadian head ofce with R&D, Human Resources, Finance, Technical Services, Sales (Quebec), Customer Service and Marketing located there DELTA (BRITISH COLUMBIA) BRAMPTON (ONTARIO) BRIEF HISTORY 1988: plant start-up in New Westminster 2001: plant moved to...

SPECIAL FEATURE AMERICAS TEAMWORK TEMPE (ARIZONA) BRIEF HISTORY: • First Mapei plant in the United States • Mapei was Eagle Manufacturing Award winner in 2011 • Member of OSHA's Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP). Only 21 companies in the state of Arizona have been admitted to date and Mapei is the only company in the program that is involved in industrial manufacturing GARLAND (TEXAS) BRIEF HISTORY • 1994: plant opened with production of powders for Tile & Stone Installation Systems • 1994-1988: housed Mapei Americas headquarters • 1999: added production of adhesives for...

FORT LAUDERDALE (FLORIDA) BRIEF HISTORY • 1999-2001: the headquarters for Mapei Corporation were located in the Fort Lauderdale plant • 2008: plastic packaging equipment was installed • 2012: plant won the Florida Manufacturers Association's "Manufacturer of the Year Award." FREDERICKSBURG (VIRGINIA) BRIEF HISTORY • 2008: installed plastic packaging unit in December, with the first bag coming off the line January 8,2009 • 2013: began operating 24 hours a day. BRIEF HISTORY • 2004: Mapei became a corporate citizen in San Bernardino with opening ceremonies that included dignitaries from local and...