Gagne & Son, Belgrade, Maine concrete, masonry and hardscape producer serving the northern New England market, has appointed Conor Cooper as chief executive officer. As a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, he is no stranger to the state, arriving at Gagne & Son with more than two decades of building materials industry executive and market development experience. He…
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NRMCA committees and divisions honor annual award recipients
Six National Ready Mixed Concrete Association committees or divisions recognized two NRMCA State Affiliates and seven producer members at an awards ceremony during the group’s annual convention earlier this year in Arizona. Those honored, by AWARD: WILLIAM B. ALLENThe Business Advancement Committee presented John Carew, president of Wisconsin-based Carew Concrete and Supply Co., with the 2025 William B. Allen Award.…
Read MoreNew Keystone parent emerges as Heidelberg Materials closes on Giant Cement
Sources: Keystone Cement Holding Inc., Bath, Pa.; Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CP staff The Fortaleza Materiales Group has created a new parent company, Keystone Cement Holding Inc., over three namesake Cement, Aggregates (formerly Kapco) and Resource Recovery divisions. The move follows Fortaleza Materiales’ early-April sale of its main U.S. cement production and distribution business, South Carolina-based Giant Cement…
Read MoreSEFA ash business sports Heidelberg Materials banner
South Carolina-based SEFA Group, the fly ash processing technology and marketing subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials North America, will operate with parent company branding effective this year. While the SEFA name continues to be associated with coal combustion residual beneficiation intellectual property, administrative, distribution and processing operations throughout Southeast and Mid-Atlantic markets will bear the Heidelberg Materials banner. “Two years ago,…
Read MoreProducers – January 2025
Vulcan Materials Co. has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Superior Ready Mix Concrete L.P. of Escondido, Calif. The transaction spans 13 ready mixed and two asphalt plants, plus six aggregates operations adding more than 50 years of quality reserves to Vulcan’s California franchise. “Since its beginnings in 1958, Superior has had an unwavering commitment to excellence and a long…
Read MoreHeidelberg Materials to add Giant Cement Holding
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CP staff Heidelberg Materials North America has strengthened its Southeast and New England market prospects, entering a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Giant Cement Holding Inc. (GCHI) plus subsidiaries Giant Cement Co., Dragon Products Co. and Giant Resource Recovery, from the Fortaleza, Uniland and Trituradora groups. The $600 million asset transaction includes Giant…
Read MoreProducers – September 2024
Mack Industries of Valley City, Ohio has acquired Bluffton Precast Concrete Co., a Bluffton, Ohio business under the Akin family for 55 years. The deal marks an eighth precast operation for Mack Industries, joining home state, Michigan, North Carolina and Florida plants, along with four Ohio ready mixed concrete sites. “We are honored to work with the team at Bluffton…
Read MoreHeidelberg Materials SCM hub brings slag cement farther inland
Heidelberg Materials North America has completed conversion of its Speed, Ind. cement plant to a slag grinding facility, specialty cementitious materials distribution hub, and terminal for Type IL powder from its Mitchell, Ind. plant. Shortly after the mid-2023 dedication of the 2.4 million metric ton/year capacity Mitchell upgrade, the producer outlined a new slag granule sourcing and Speed site evolution…
Read MoreTexas Lehigh ramps up 500K tpy capacity slag cement mill
Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CP staff Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP, the 50/50 joint venture of Heidelberg Materials North America and Dallas-based Eagle Materials Inc., plans a summer start for a slag cement grinding and finishing operation in Houston. In tandem with a Buda, Texas flagship plant, the new mill strengthens Texas Lehigh’s footprint in a fast-growing…
Read MoreManufacturers – February 2024
Heidelberg Materials North America cement plants in Edmonton, Alberta, and Delta, British Columbia, have earned Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Star for Industry Certification, which signifies that the facility performs in the top quartile of similar operations in Canada and the United States for energy efficiency. That metric is one of many aspects that Heidelberg Materials targets to protect the climate,…
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