Producers – June 2025

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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Titan America meets initial public offering target in Wall Street debut

Titan Cement International SA exceeded a $16 per share target for an initial public offering of its newly designated subsidiary Titan America SA, now listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Proceeds from a 24 million-share pool netted about $228 million for Brussels-based Titan Cement and $136 million for Titan America, where the capital can fund technology or growth investments…

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Knife River pens $454M deal for North Dakota neighbor Strata Corp.

Knife River Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Strata Corp., a Grand Forks, N.D. independent with 28 ready mixed concrete and three asphalt plants, plus 75 aggregates sites, extensive reserves and related rail assets. Valued at $454 million and projected to close by mid-year, the transaction will mark Knife River’s largest since a June 2022 spin off…

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Holcim gauges cement, aggregate asset traction on Wall Street

Sources: CP staff; Holcim Ltd., Zug, Switzerland The Holcim Ltd. announcement of a plan to spin off its U.S. and Canadian operations into a separate, publicly traded entity coincides with investor interest in construction materials  production assets at its highest level in generations. A business encompassing Holcim North America holdings is poised to emerge on the heels of record or near-record valuations…

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Knife River marks MDU split with ringing of NYSE Opening Bell

Sources: Knife River Corp., Bismarck, N.D.; CP staff Knife River Corp. has successfully completed a spinoff from longtime parent company, MDU Resources Group Inc., and announced a new name to replace an interim identity, Knife River Holding Co., adopted for a 10-month separation process. Against a backdrop of signature orange and KNF trading symbol, Knife River officials assembled above the…

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U.S. Concrete’s Sandbrook resurfaces as Knife River director candidate

Sources: MDU Resources Group Inc., Bismarck, N.D.; CP staff MDU Resources continues to unveil key appointments and related management details for its Knife River Corp. construction materials subsidiary, a spinoff of which is scheduled by June 30. Knife River Holding Co. will become a separate business, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the KNF symbol.    Knife River’s post-separation…

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MDU elevates Knife River NW Region chief, 29-year veteran Gray

Source: MDU Resources Group, Bismarck, N.D. The MDU Resources Board has named Brian Gray as president of construction materials subsidiary Knife River Corp., where 36-year veteran David Barney remains chief executive officer. With a Knife River tenure just shy of 30 years, Gray has headed the producer’s Northwest Region for a decade and overseen seven bolt-on acquisitions since 2018, most…

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MDU Resources Board sets 2023 Knife River Corp. spin off

Sources: MDU Resources Group, Bismarck, N.D.; CP staff MDU Directors have unanimously approved a plan to separate the Knife River Corp. construction materials business from the namesake power utility and related construction services flagship, both maintaining North Dakota headquarters. Knife River has 1 billion-plus tons of aggregate reserves, 110 ready mixed concrete and 50 asphalt plants, plus 410,000 tons of…

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