Sources: Gainey’s Concrete Products, Holden, La.; CP staff An urgent LaBella Associates North Carolina office inquiry prompted Gainey’s Concrete Products to shift its fall production schedule to expedite delivery of a six precast elements three states east. The elements were central to restoring a sewer pump station serving Lake Lure, one of the Tarheel State’s harder hit areas from Hurricane…
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Holcim North America spin-off projected by mid-2025
Sources: Holcim Group, Zug, Switzerland; CP staff The parent company of Holcim US and Lafarge Canada Inc. cites progress on a full capital market separation plan, or spin-off, that will net a Holcim North America listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Subject to shareholder approval at the Holcim Annual General Meeting in May, the spin-off is planned as a…
Read MorePeterbilt, Con-Tech prep mixer donation for CIM Auction
Source: Concrete Industry Management Auction Committee A Peterbilt Model 567 with Con-Tech Manufacturing Extreme Duty drum is the latest major donation to the 2025 Concrete Industry Management Auction, scheduled Wednesday, January 22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center amid World of Concrete day two. Auction proceeds will benefit CIM undergraduate and graduate degree programs at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro;…
Read MoreDoka moves first on Science Based Targets initiative commitment
Sources: Doka USA, Kenilworth, N.J.; CP staff Through a sustainability strategy dubbed “Net Zero 2040,” key concrete formwork and scaffolding provider Doka has aligned its carbon dioxide emissions reduction goals with the Science Based Targets initiative terms. London-based SBTi provides producers, suppliers or manufacturers with auditing services and guidance aimed at limiting CO2 emissions volumes sufficient to cap the rise of…
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