Forterra Building Products – Concrete Products

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

March 7, 2016 Concrete News

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.

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

February 2, 2016 Concrete News

Sources: Forterra Building Products, Irving, Texas; CP staff

Forterra Building Products 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 prestressed plants across the upper Midwest.

Forterra branding decouples Hanson Building Products, HeidelbergCement

October 19, 2015 Concrete News

Sources: CP staff; Forterra Building Products Ltd., Irving, Texas

Officials characterize Hanson Building Products’ new name, derived from “giving form” (For-) and “the earth” (terra), as capturing the company’s essence and purpose. The Forterra brand spans the 130-plus facilities under the producer’s five U.S. and Canadian divisions—Brick, Pipe & Precast, Pressure Pipe, Roof Tile and Structural Precast—plus the masonry- and precast-driven United Kingdom Building Products division.