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Month: May 2008

Crh Designates Lee Successor To Chief Executive O’Mahony

May 29, 2008 Concrete News

CRH Chief Financial Officer Myles Lee will succeed Liam O’Mahony, who, as previously announced, plans to retire as chief executive at year’s end

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Past Lafarge Ceo Piecuch Named U.S. Concrete Chairman

May 29, 2008 Concrete News

Effective May 22, John Piecuch has succeeded U.S. Concrete’s Vince Foster, who has served as nonexecutive chairman since the company’s 1999 founding

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Knife River Sharpens California Presence With Amador

May 29, 2008 Concrete News

MDU has acquired Amador Transit Mix, Inc. and related companies based in Sutter Creek, Calif., about 45 miles southeast of Sacramento

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New Production Line Catapults Ncma Testing, R&D Capabilities

May 29, 2008 Concrete News

NCMA has taken a quantum leap in testing and engineering capabilities with a small-scale, commercial grade unit masonry production line, dedicated during a mid-May open house that drew upwards of 250 to the northern Virginia headquarters

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2006-09 Markets Drive Worst Post-War Cement Consumption Slide

May 16, 2008 Concrete News

A downward revision in construction activity outlined in the latest PCA forecast suggests that U.S. portland cement consumption over a four-year period will bring the worst decline, on a percentage basis, since the Great Depression

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Knife River Bolts On Yarbrough’s To Texas Platform

May 16, 2008 Concrete News

MDU has acquired Yarbrough’s Dirt Pit, Inc (dba Yarbrough’s Material & Construction), which operates a ready mixed plant and 300,000-plus-tons/year aggregate distribution yard near Sour Lake, Texas

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Lafarge Enters Jamaica Joint Venture

May 16, 2008 Concrete News

Lafarge recently signed an agreement with Jamaica Pre-Mix Ltd to create Jamaica Aggregates Ltd

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Walker Concrete Nets National Cement Atlanta Market Integration

May 7, 2008 Concrete News

National Cement Co. parent Vicat has acquired Walker Concrete and Walker Construction Products, Stockbridge, Ga., which serve primarily south-metro Atlanta through 14 ready mixed plants and four retail locations–the latter offering tools, decorative flatwork supplies and concrete landscaping units

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Environmental Specialist Rebrands Nycon, Unveils ÀgreenÌ Fiber

May 7, 2008 Concrete News

After closing on Rhode Island synthetic concrete-reinforcing fiber manufacturer Nycon Inc., Pure Earth has effected a name change to New Nycon Inc., and introduced an eco-friendly fiber derived from new commercial scrap carpet through a proprietary extraction process

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Aem Pegs Equipment Depreciation Bonus In Economic Stimulus Package

May 7, 2008 Concrete News

Beyond rebate checks destined for individual taxpayers beginning this month, businesses will benefit from a key provision in the economic stimulus package that cleared Congress and the White House in February

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