Sherman-Dixie deal shores up Forterra Building Products’ Southeast footprint

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Forterra Building Products in Irving, Texas, has acquired one of the largest independents remaining in pipe and precast: Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries, operating eight plants in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Indiana. It is the second major deal Forterra Building Products has closed since its early-2015 spinoff from Heidelberg Cement—following by four months the acquisition of Minnesota-based Cretex Concrete Products, with 17 pipe, precast and precast/prestressed plants in the upper Midwest.

 
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