Jensen Precast acquires CalPortland’s Southwest Concrete Products business

Sources: Jensen Precast, Sparks, Nev.; CP staff Jensen Precast has strengthened its California market presence in a deal with CalPortland Co. for Southwest Concrete Products, Ontario. Jensen Precast has operated a facility in nearby Fontana since 1989, primarily providing underground electric and telecommunication utility products, septic tanks, grease interceptors, and Caltrans highway barriers. Southwest Concrete Products, founded in 1966, has…

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ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association 2023 Environmental Excellence Awards program honors nine plants. Now in its 28th year, the program offers producer members national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound environmental management practices. It salutes operators that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance requirements and demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through…

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Martin Marietta moves on from TXI assets in CRH Americas deal

Sources: Martin Marietta Materials Inc., Raleigh, N.C.; CRH Plc, Dublin; CP staff CRH Americas Materials will add more than 2 million tons and 1.5 million cubic yards of annual cement production capacity and ready mixed concrete volume under a Texas asset agreement with Martin Marietta Materials. The producers anticipate a Q1/Q2 2024 closing on the $2.1 billion deal, which spans…

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Drake Cement parent sets sights on Martin Marietta California plant

Martin Marietta Materials Inc. has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif. cement plant to Unacem Corp., Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position Unacem with 1.7 million tons of U.S. clinker capacity, about 15 percent of the volume in a cement plant fleet…

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CPC, Maschmeyer, Miles S&G pros lead Mixer Driver Championship

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff Jason Erickson, based at CPC Materials’ Arlington, Wash. plant, won the 2023 National Mixer Driver Championship, staged October 1 in Nashville as part of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association ConcreteWorks Conference. Taking the stage at a jam-packed Gaylord Opryland Resort ballroom, he praised his 101 peers in the competition,…

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California cement producers chart carbon neutrality goal progress

Thirty months out from releasing “Achieving Carbon Neutrality in the California Cement Industry,” California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA) producers report considerable progress on related public policy, material processing and market development measures toward their 2045 goal: “We are committed to continuing progress to reach net zero emissions for all cement producers in California, hopefully sooner than our projected date of…

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2023 ConcreteWorks Technical Highlights

Must-see technology-related presentations at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s annual conference. Citizens of the Industry, NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks is here! This is clearly the singular most important industry meeting of the year, and it now benefits from being co-located with the fall committee meetings of the Portland Cement Association. From September 29 through October 3, your days will be filled…

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Martin Marietta, Drake Cement parent pen California plant deal

Sources: Martin Marietta Materials Inc., Raleigh, N.C.; Unacem Corp. S.A.A., Lima Martin Marietta Materials has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif. cement plant to Unacem Corp., Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position Unacem with 1.7 million tons of U.S. clinker capacity, about…

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CalPortland v. Teamsters narrows NLRA gray area

A willingness to take a deep dive into ready mixed concrete production and revisit a tired National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) interpretation guided the highest court in the land to appropriate action in Glacier Northwest, Inc., dba CalPortland v. International Brotherhood Of Teamsters Local Union No. 174—a case we first examined here in December 2022.  In last month’s 8-1 ruling,…

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NRMCA Committees, Divisions honor annual award recipients

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association recognized 11 industry veterans at an awards ceremony during its annual convention, staged in Las Vegas as a lead in to ConExpo-Con/Agg 2023. Those honored, by AWARD: WILLIAM B. ALLENThe Business Advancement Committee presented CalPortland Co. Vice President of Strategic Planning and Internal Services Annette Tyson with an award named for longtime Memphis ready…

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