October 3, 2017 – Concrete Products

Eastern Concrete, Cemex, Maschmeyer pros top Mixer Driver Championship

October 3, 2017 Concrete News

Sources: CP staff; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.

Eastern Concrete Materials veteran Ed Rieper took the 2017 National Mixer Driver Championship, staged October 1-2 in Grapevine, Texas, during the NRMCA ConcreteWorks Conference. The first place finish earned the Saddle Brook, N.J., driver a $2,500 check from the NRMCA Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau, and adds to his 2016 National Mixer Driver Championship fifth-place and 2015 NRMCA Driver of the Year honors.

U.S. Concrete enters Philadelphia market through Action Supply

October 3, 2017 Concrete News

Sources: U.S. Concrete, Inc.; CP staff U.S. Concrete has arrived in one of the few major U.S. cities lacking a ready mixed producer from the industry’s upper ranks, acquiring the assets of Philadelphia’s Action Supply Co. A primary source of high-performance concrete for commercial and public works projects, the producer offers vertical integration potential with Corbett Aggregates Companies, a Quinton,…