Investor enlists Forterra veteran to lead newest acquisition, Artistic Paver

Two months after closing on North Carolina’s Edge Aggregates and Matthews Sand & Gravel, Charlotte investor Blue Ridge Construction Capital LLC looked down the Atlantic Coast to acquire North Miami Beach, Fla.-based Artistic Paver Manufacturing Inc. The interlocking concrete paver producer serves Southeast and Southwest markets from headquarters and satellite plants in Miami and Phoenix.  Dan Essig, who founded Artistic…

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Rinker Materials’ Texas pipe plants suit Oldcastle Infrastructure

Sources: Forterra Inc., Irving, Texas; CP staff In a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Forterra details an Asset Purchase Agreement to advance a merger with Quikrete Holdings Inc. The Agreement calls for the sale of Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio concrete pipe production assets—presently held by Quikrete subsidiary Rinker Materials—to Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc. The proposed transaction anticipates…

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