Article: Concrete strategy: Colombia's largest business gets ready to compete in global markets.(Grupo Empresarial Antioqueno )(Company overview)

It doesn't have a Web site, but it's Colombia's largest conglomerate. It doesn't even exist as a legal entity, nor does it have a president or board of directors, but its managers' decisions affect the economy of an entire country. Grupo Empresarial Antioqueno (GEA) doesn't trade as a stock, yet the companies it controls are among the largest on the Colombia Stock Exchange. Subsidiaries of Colombia's biggest company lead in the financial, food and construction industries, all of which spent the last year consolidating at home while expanding abroad. The company's most recent takeover is a clear sign of GEA'S international ambitions: Cementos Argos, the conglomerate's ...

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