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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JW Ready Mix brings SRM Concrete into northern Indiana
Sources: SRM Concrete, Smyrna, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has acquired JW Ready Mix, with batch plants in Atwood and Osceola, Ind. The deal ushers SRM Concrete into northern Indiana and raises its Hoosier State ready mixed production footprint to 18plants. CEO Jeff Hollingshead credits the JW team with building a great reputation, adding “This move helps us enter this…
Read MoreProducers – May 2025
Tennessee-based ready mixed and aggregate producer SRM Concrete has added three general managers to oversee operations across its home base and Kentucky. Ben Blankenship will lead the South-Central Kentucky region consisting of seven locations in the area. Kenton Holt will be responsible for the western Kentucky market, covering six plants. Mitchell Mabry will be responsible for the western middle Tennessee…
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 MoreSRM Concrete adds Ohio’s Rockport Ready Mix
Sources: SRM Concrete, Smyrna, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has extended its northeast Ohio footprint, acquiring Rockport Ready Mix in Cleveland. The producer entered the market last year with the acquisition of HGE Concrete Supply, also of Cleveland. That led to deals for the ready mixed production and aggregate distribution assets of R.W. Sidley Inc., Painesville, plus Liberty Redi Mix,…
Read MoreFairmount RM guides SRM Concrete into Land of Lincoln
Sources: SRM Concrete, Smyrna, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has acquired Fairmount Redi-Mix, a single-plant operator in Fairmount, Ill. “We look forward to batching concrete with our new team members, building on the strong foundation they have established and serving the Fairmount community with excellence,” says SRM Concrete CEO Jeff Hollingshead. Fairmount Redi-Mix is the producer’s first site in Illinois,…
Read MoreSRM Concrete banks R.W. Sidley assets, Cheboygan Cement and Tri-County Stone
Tennessee-based SRM Concrete wrapped up another banner year of growth in 2023 with a significant extension of its Ohio market footprint, acquiring one block and 11 ready mixed plants, plus two aggregate docks, from R.W. Sidley Inc., based in Painesville. Concurrently, SRM announced an Elyria Concrete Inc. asset deal netting a ready mixed plant in Castalia, Ohio. The transactions position…
Read MoreSecond Vulcan Materials deal nets SRM Concrete 93 Texas operations
Tennessee-based SRM Concrete LLC has become the Lone Star State’s largest ready mixed producer after closing on 82 plants and 11 volumetric mixer loading sites from Vulcan Materials Co., which inherited the bulk of the properties in its 2021 U.S. Concrete Inc. takeover. Last month’s transaction is the parties’ second of the year, which opened with SRM relieving Vulcan of…
Read MoreMartin Marietta assets perfect CRH Americas’ Texas integration model
CRH Americas Materials will add more than 2 million tons of cement production capacity and 1.5 million yd. of ready mixed concrete volume annually under a Texas asset agreement with Martin Marietta Materials Inc. The producers anticipate a Q1/Q2 2024 closing on the $2.1 billion deal, which spans Martin Marietta’s Hunter cement plant in New Braunfels, Gulf Coast terminals, and…
Read MoreSRM adds R.W. Sidley RM assets, Cheboygan Cement, Tri-County Stone
Sources: SRM Concrete, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has significantly extended its Ohio market footprint with a deal involving one block and 11 ready mixed plants, plus two aggregate docks, from R.W. Sidley Inc., based in Painesville. Concurrently, SRM announced an Elyria Concrete Inc. asset deal netting a ready mixed plant in Castalia, Ohio. The transactions position the producer…
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