Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Co. and ExxonMobil Chemical Co. have together joined NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials as a Gold Supporting Member. They will have a hands-on role in carrying out core NEx functions: Standards, Specifications and Professional Development; Technical Committee Acceleration; Plant Audit/Certification; Research and…
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Cummins President Rumsey named CEO Linebarger successor
Sources: Cummins Inc., Columbus, Ind. Cummins President and Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Rumsey will succeed CEO Tom Linebarger on August 1, becoming the first woman and seventh individual to hold the title since the engine manufacturer’s 1919 founding. A 30-year Cummins veteran, Linebarger will continue to serve as chairman of the board and in an executive chairman role, working with…
Read MoreTitan Group eyes cement kiln potential in heat battery technology stake
Sources: Rondo Energy Inc., Oakland, Calif.; CP staff Titan Cement Company S.A., Athens, has joined a venture capital funding round for Rondo Energy, whose heat battery technology holds promise for decarbonizing cement production and power generation. The modular Rondo Heat Battery uses established methods to transform renewable electricity into heat at 98 percent efficiency, and has potential for high scalability…
Read MoreNatural gas-powered mixers, tractors roll into Cemex California fleet
Sources: Cemex USA, Houston; CP staff In one of the latest moves to achieve carbon neutrality in cement, aggregate and concrete production and delivery by 2050, Cemex USA has added 30 mixer trucks and eight tractors, all running on compressed natural gas or renewable natural gas. The vehicles are earmarked for the Lytle Creek operation in Rialto, Calif., where work…
Read MoreLehigh Cement transitions top mill, Union Bridge, to EcoCemPLC
Sources: Lehigh Hanson Inc., Irving, Texas; CP staff The Lehigh Cement plant in Union Bridge, Md. will see primary output shift from ordinary portland cement to the branded EcoCem Portland-Limestone Cement—clinker + up to 10 percent finely graded limestone—by no later than January 2023. Union Bridge is presently the producer’s largest plant in North America; the switch to the branded…
Read MoreHolcim brings Lattimore, sister Texas brands under corporate banner
Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CP staff Holcim US will unite its Texas brands—Lattimore Materials, Tarrant Concrete, Colorado River Concrete—under the Holcim banner, alongside the producer’s Midlothian cement plant south of the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. The regional rebrand will advance “big ideas and innovations to build progress for people in the Lone Star State,” yet maintain the existing teams and products…
Read MoreOutdoor Living Supply adds Pennsylvania’s Norristown Brick
Sources: Outdoor Living Supply, Rochester, Minn. Outdoor Living Supply has strengthened its mid-Atlantic market presence with the acquisition of Norristown Brick, an independent masonry, landscape, and hardscape materials supplier serving commercial and residential accounts in the Montgomery County, Pa. area. The company was founded in 1986 with the goal of providing a comprehensive selection of quality hardscaping and masonry materials.…
Read MoreShaping the future, sharpening the carbon focus
BY JOSEPHINE PATTERSON Within a year of the California Nevada Cement Association’s release of an industry-wide roadmap to attain net zero carbon operation by 2045, a rare alignment of state government, industry stakeholder and environmental group initiatives is validating some of the lowest hanging fruit in the action plan. CNCA envisions three major pathways for the industry to attain the…
Read MoreInvestors commit nearly $50M to SCM, Blended-CM developer Terra CO2
Sources: Terra CO2 Technology, Golden, Colo.; CP staff A just-closed $46 million Series A funding round will support commercial scale production and further market development of Terra CO2 Technology’s OPUS SCM (Supplementary Cementitious Material) and BCM (Blended-Cementitious Material) brands, which offer alternatives to Class F fly ash (10-40 percent dosage rate), as regional market conditions warrant, and low-carbon substitutes (≤…
Read MoreOldcastle APG: Home to Barrette Outdoor Living
Sources: Oldcastle APG, Atlanta; CP staff Oldcastle APG has acquired Ohio-based Barrette Outdoor Living, consummating an agreement that CRH Plc announced last month, but prior to the Dublin parent company formally designating where the fencing, railing and accent business would reside in the North American management structure. Barrette Outdoor Living operates 10 manufacturing facilities and four distribution sites across the…
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