Sources: Chaney Enterprises, Gambrills, Md.; CP staff A new Chaney Enterprises and York Building Products partnership will strengthen the role of Wilmington-based Heritage Concrete as Delaware ready mixed concrete market leader. A sister operation of York Building Products under the Stewart Companies in York, Pa., Heritage Concrete brings four concrete plants, while Chaney Enterprises contributes three. The combination will provide…
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Superior Ready Mix: Where Innovation Lives
In an era of continual investments, divestments and mergers of large, global materials producers, it’s easy to view the “big players” as agents of change. But look closely: true innovation is second nature to regional leaders like Superior Ready Mix, a family-owned and operated producer of concrete, asphalt and aggregates based in Escondido, Calif. The company began in 1958 as…
Read MoreCRH Materials arrives in California with Northgate RM, BoDean deal
Sources: CRH Americas Materials Solutions, Atlanta; CP staff CRH Americas Materials Solutions has entered the Golden State market with the acquisition of BoDean Company Inc. and Northgate Ready Mix LLC of Santa Rosa, Calif., both known for quality output, innovation and sustainability measures. With two quarries plus one asphalt, one recycling and two concrete plants, the transaction complements the suitor’s…
Read MoreSwiss investor leads syndicate behind blockbuster CarbonCure funding round
A major investment by Blue Earth Capital of Switzerland, concurrent with a broader collaborative funding round north of $80 million, positions CarbonCure Technologies to accelerate a plant process and information technology roadmap driving carbon dioxide utilization and sequestration in concrete. The capital infusion was announced days after Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure surpassed 750 CO2 metering and dosing equipment installations at concrete…
Read MoreSRM cement division opens 50,000-ton Tennessee terminal
Source: Hollingshead Cement, Smyrna, Tenn.; CP staff Hollingshead Cement, a division of rapid growth operator SRM Concrete, has secured cement supplies for ready mixed plants throughout its headquarters region with the opening of a 50,000-ton Nashville terminal. Located on a site along the Cumberland River, the facility is equipped for barge unloading and two-lane tanker transfer. “We are looking forward…
Read MoreBrooklyn Belts
By Don Marsh New ready mixed concrete plants bordering the top two U.S. population centers’ urban cores have common threads: Remediated brownfield siting; twin alley, transit mixed design; 350-450 yd./hour, new capacity ratings absent their city limits for generations; and, proximity (< 5 miles) to new reinforced concrete buildings reaching local- or national-record heights thanks to mixes in the 10,000-plus…
Read MoreEvolution of concrete plants
by Craig Yeack
Ready-mix plants matter. The physical foundation of modern society is absolutely dependent on concrete infrastructure. More important are the resilient folks who work long, hard hours, day after day, to make it happen. Now more than ever, our people and concrete plants are faced with fundamental changes not seen in 70 years.
Read MoreEscalante takes helm of GCC, Henley to lead U.S. business
Source: Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, Mexico
The GCC Board of Directors has appointed Enrique Escalante chief executive officer, effective January 2015. He succeeds Manual Milan, who is retiring after a tenure during which the company, through U.S. market entry, grew from six to116 ready mixed concrete plants and two to six cement plants, and developed a solid distribution network that transformed it into a supplier of choice.
Read MorePHILLIPS ASSETS GROW SILVI’S N.J. PRESENCE
Eyeing integration with its Riverside cement, Sahara sand and Gibraltar crushed stone businesses in New Jersey, Silvi Group Cos. has closed Phillips Concrete Cos. asset transactions netting an East Newark masonry supply yard and Union Township block plant; Franklin Township and Hillsborough ready mixed operations; plus, fleet and plant equipment.
Read MoreMotor control centers
UL508A-certified manufacturer designs control panels for custom applications to meet UL, CSA and CE standards, removing the extra cost of local approval. Panels are deployed in all types of concrete plants across North America. Engineering staff works with producers to design motor control panels optimized for the application, and specializes in soft starters for large motors, variable speed drives, and PLC control for indoor and outdoor installation.
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