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US: Four former owners of Cajun Ready Mix Concrete have launched HRM Concrete, a new ready-mix concrete company in Baton Rouge. The company aims to become a Gulf Coast regional operator. Business Report News has reported that HRM Concrete currently operates three batching plants and 30 mixer trucks.

At the time of its acquisition by Switzerland-based Holcim in 2022, Cajun Ready Mix controlled eight plants and 51 trucks.

US: The board of supervisors of the Pennsylvania township of Salem has approved Daniels Concrete’s construction of its Salem ready-mix concrete batching plant. This is despite a 5m encroachment onto allotted road setback space under transport rules. Under normal permitting processes, proprietors would need to prove special ‘hardship’ in order to be exempted from the restriction. Local press has reported that planning commissioners referred the matter to the board of supervisors given that the plant has operated ‘for years’ without permits.

US: Precast concrete products specialist Del Zotto Concrete Products has announced its acquisition of Florida-based Gulf Coast Ready-Mix. Cision News has reported that Gulf Coast Ready Mix produces ready-mix concrete and concrete blocks for the Citrus County market and surrounding areas.

US: Taiheiyo Cement USA has acquired California-based building materials producer Grimes Rock’s ready-mixed concrete and aggregates assets. Reuters has reported that the acquisition also includes some ‘affiliated’ assets.

US: Concrete and aggregates company Poeppelman Materials & Pepcon has acquired precast concrete producer Coate Concrete Products, local press has reported. Coate Concrete Products is based in West Milton, Ohio. Poeppelman Materials & Pepcon currently supplies its products to markets in Ohio and Indiana.

US: Eagle Materials has entered into an agreement to acquire aggregates producer Bullskin Stone & Lime for US$153m. Bullskin Stone & Lime serves the Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania market. Eagle Materials expects to close the deal in the first quarter of 2025.

Eagle Materials president and CEO Michael Haack said the deal "complements and extends our network of aggregates quarries and cement plants and terminals in the region."

US: Construction firm ST Wooten has acquired Pennsylvania-based Capital Ready Mix Concrete. The Courier-Tribune newspaper has reported that the producer operates four ready-mix concrete batching plants in Pittsburgh.

US: Precast concrete group Alcrete has acquired South Carolina-based Benton Precast. Benton Precast occupies a 6.9-hectare precast concrete production site near Conway, South Carolina.

Alcrete says that the move represents its third acquisition in 2024 to date. The group already operates precast plants in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky and North Carolina.

US: Vulcan Materials has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based Superior Ready Mix Concrete. Superior Ready Mix Concrete’ operates 13 ready-mix concrete plants and six aggregates sites, with another 50 years’ combined reserves. Vulcan expects to close the deal by the end of December 2024.

US: Finland-based Elematic has won a contract to provide precast concrete element plant design and construction services to Texas-based property developer S.H.A.R.E. Community Development Corp (SCDC). SCDC specialises in turnkey multi-family residential developments. The companies have a five-year plan to expand their partnership across the US.

Elematic supplies fully-integrated plants, production lines, standalone machines and services in over 100 countries. It holds a Concrete Construction Innovation Award and a Finnish Quality Award.