Sources: MiddleGround Capital, Lexington, Ky.; CP staff A private equity firm targeting middle market, business-to-business industrial companies, MiddleGround Capital has acquired Canal Fulton, Ohio-based Lindsay Precast. With a payroll of 350, the producer operates two plants each in Ohio, Colorado and the Carolinas, plus Florida and Washington satellites, and serves water supply, wastewater, utility, solar, transportation, and public works markets.
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Distributor Core & Main enters precast through Catalone Pipe deal
Sources: Core & Main Inc., St. Louis; CP staff Core & Main, a New York Stock Exchange-traded distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, plus related services, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Catalone Pipe & Supply Co. Based in Penfield, Pa., the latter company specializes in waterworks products and services, plus custom…
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Eager to open a new chapter bearing on one of the most advanced and robust precast operations in North America, Tindall Corp. Utility Division completed a midyear move from legacy Spartanburg, S.C. headquarters to a 42-acre parcel about a mile away. At the former site, it shared batch plant capacity, traffic lanes, and property constraints no less than eastbound Interstate…
Read MoreMissouri KC, N. Arizona, Lehigh teams top PCI Big Beam Competition
Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff University of Missouri Kansas City, Team 2 took the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute 2021 Engineering Student Design Competition, also known as the Big Beam Competition. Students Jose Luis Ramirez and Juan Carlos Plasencia Chinchay prevailed with guidance from Civil Engineering Professor Thiagarajan Ganesh and Terry Fleck of Coreslab Structures (Kansas).
Read MoreTindall Utility Division dedicates expedited flagship plant
Sources: Tindall Corp., Spartanburg, S.C.; CP staff With the help of internal production and engineering teams, general contractor Roebuck Buildings Co., plus a host of equipment suppliers, led by Afinitas and Advanced Concrete Technologies, Tindall Corp. made a 16-month schedule for a new Utility Division flagship plant. The operation is located a mile from the producer’s longtime headquarters abutting Interstate…
Read MoreSIS Group ramps up production of precast turbine, tower foundations
Sources: SIS Group LLC, Durham, N.C.; CP staff North Carolina specialty precast producer SIS has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Anker Foundations GmbH, a leading international engineer that develops certified resource-saving precast foundations for a broad spectrum of tower structures. The agreement creates Anker USA LLC, a fifth wholly owned SIS subsidiary, and envisions annual production of up…
Read MoreBMC adds Stewart Concrete, Stewart-Morrison RM operations
Sources: BMC Enterprises Inc., St. Louis; CP staff St. Louis aggregates and concrete top gun BMC Enterprises has entered precast concrete, acquiring Stewart Concrete Products of Halfway, Mo., and announced a strategic partnership with Stewart-Morrison Redi-Mix, Inc. of West Plains, Mo. Both will operate as portfolio companies under BMC. Acquired assets include five concrete products locations, eight ready mixed plants…
Read MorePrecast tunnel rings connect to LV Convention Center visitors
Sources: The Boring Co., Los Angeles; Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; CP staff Precast concrete tunnel segments’ engineering simplicity and efficacy are on full display between the two sweeping entrances to the new Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall, dedicated June 8 concurrent with the World of Concrete 2021 opening. A full scale, 12-ft. inside diameter tunnel segment model…
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Read MoreNCMA, ICPI align with NPCA, PCI for The Precast Show 2022
Source: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind. The National Concrete Masonry Association and the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute will join the National Precast Concrete Association and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute at The Precast Show 2022, March 3-5 in Kansas City, Mo. With more than 100,000 square feet of exhibitor space and attendance of 5,000, The Precast Show is the largest precast-specific…
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