Sources: SRM Concrete LLC, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has emerged as Texas’ largest ready mixed producer after a deal for 82 plants and 11 volumetric mixer loading sites from Vulcan Materials Co., which inherited the bulk of the properties in its 2021 U.S. Concrete Inc. takeover. The transaction is the parties’ second of the year, which opened with…
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Lafarge Canada backs maturity, curing device specialist Exact Technology
Sources: Lafarge Canada Inc., Toronto; CP staff Lafarge Canada has announced an investment in Exact Technology Corp., a developer of digital concrete quality control solutions based in Toronto with Orlando, Fla. satellite office. Exact Technology offers Monitor, Match, Cure and Track hardware and software for cast-in-place or manufactured concrete, along with Sure Cure, an electric curing system suiting precast, prestressed…
Read MoreSika extends budget for higher polycarboxylate admixture output
Sources: Sika AG, Baar, Switzerland; CP staff The parent company of New Jersey-based Sika Corp. has announced further investment in polymer production capacity at its Sealy, Texas plant, the second such outlay in five years. The move will yield higher volumes of the chemical building blocks underpinning the ViscoCrete family of admixtures for self-consolidating, high slump and cement-optimized concrete mixes. …
Read MorePavement materials specialist Crafco adds Poreshield concrete coating
Sources: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; CP staff Crafco Inc., Arizona-based packaged pavement preservation solutions provider, has acquired PoreShield, a patented, soy-based protectant that extends concrete service life. The agent was created through a research collaboration among Purdue University, the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) and Indiana Department of Transportation, funded by soybean checkoff dollars. PoreShield’s key ingredient is soy methyl…
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