Mr. Oscar Almeida Chabre passed away January 1, 2013.It is with great sorrow that I give you the bad news of the passing of our Honorary Chairman of the Board of Interceramic North America.
Not a good way to start 2013 with this kind of news and just a few weeks away of the passing of Filippo Marazzi.These two persons were exemplary ceramic businessmen.

  Mr. Oscar Almeida was born in 1926 and passed at the age of 86 years.

  Instead of focusing on this bad news I would like to focus more on all the positive things this man did for our company, community, city and country.

  Mr. Oscars life was exemplary, the following is a statement that was written for his 80th Birthday:

   “Your simplicity and humility are bigger than praises and recognition. Your attitude is that of someone who has not done anything extraordinary, but that goes thru life doing simply what is needed.

   Your generosity, that virtue that excels in you, not only has benefited your family, your employees and your business partners but it also touches the groups, institutions and programs that in turn benefit hundreds of community members.”
Mr. Oscar Almeida was the father of our current President of the Board and CEO of Interceramic and founder of our company.

  When I joined Interceramic Mr. Oscar Almeida was the President of the board and Interceramic was only a company manufacturing 300,000 m2 a month in two kilns in Mexico.
Now we have 9 manufacturing facilities in Mexico and USA producing 3,200,000 m2 per month, over 230 stores in Mexico, 14 in USA, 3 in Central America nearly 40 in China and more than 4,000 employees.

  I really want to thank him for the opportunity to join his company and excel as an employee, manager and executive.
Rest in Peace

    很抱歉给你们带来一个悲伤的消息，北美Interceramic 的董事会荣誉主席去世了。Oscar Almeida Chabre先生于2013年1月1日逝世 ，用这样的消息开始2013年并不好，特别是离Filippo Marazzi先生（前马拉奇集团主席）的去世才几个礼拜。这两位都是陶瓷企业家的典范。

    Oscar Almeida先生出生于1926年，享年86岁。与其关注这个悲伤的消息，我更愿意去关注这个人给我们的公司、社区、城市以及国家所带来的积极影响。

    Oscars 先生的一生堪称典范，下面是为他80岁生日所作的纪念辞：

    “你的质朴与谦逊比人们赞扬和认知的还要多，你的态度，就像一个没有做过什么轰轰烈烈的事情，但整个生命都在做该做的事情的人。

    你慷慨大方的美德，不仅仅造福了你的家庭、你的员工和你的商业伙伴，同样影响了各种团体和机构，这些最终惠及了数以百计的社区成员。”

    Oscar Almeida先生是现任Interceramic 董事会主席和CEO的父亲，是Interceramic公司的创始人。

    当我加入Intercermic的时候， Oscar Almeida 是董事会的主席，当时Interceramic只是一个在墨西哥拥有两条窑炉、月生产量30万方的公司。

    现在我们在墨西哥和美国拥有了9个生产基地，月生产量达到了320万平方， 在墨西哥有超过230个专卖店， 美国有14个，中美洲有3个，在中国有将近40个，拥有超过4000名员工。

    我真的很想感谢他，谢谢他给了我机会加入到他的公司，成为一名优秀的员工、经理人和总经理。

    愿他安息

    致以崇高的敬意

    （翻译 耿海波）