Revenues for Italian cement producer and distributor Italcementi SpA rose by 5.7 per cent year on-year to Euro 4.528bn in 2004.  The company’s net financial debt dropped to Euro 260m from Euro 1.537bn. The parent company posted a net profit of Euro 165m up by 7.4 per cent and a revenue of Euro 953m up 4.5 per cent.