Displaying items by tag: readymix concrete

Israel: Cemex has supplied concrete for the construction of the residential W Tower in Tel Aviv, including 3800m³ of ready-mix concrete in the building’s foundations. Noticias Financieras News has reported that Cemex developed a special concrete mix for use in the 156m-high building, and replaced conventional pumps and cranes with a third-floor fixed pump during construction.

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: 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.

UK: Breedon Group has acquired County Durham-based Micromix (Northern). InsiderMedia News has reported that Micromix (Northern)’s 25-ready-mix concrete truck fleet supplies small-batch deliveries to private and commercial customers in the North of England and parts of Scotland.

Bahamas: Del Zotto Group subsidiary Gold Rock Corporation plans to shut down two units – a precast concrete plant and a ready-mix concrete plant – in Grand Bahama. The Tribune newspaper has reported that the closure follows a refusal by the Grand Bahama Port Authority to renew a five-year contract for the supply of aggregates to the plants.

Türkiye: Market Insights Research has forecast a composite annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1% for the Turkish ready-mix concrete market up to 2029. This would increase it from US$5.53bn in 2024 to US$7.08bn in 2029.

India: Ready-mix concrete producers suspended operations at 17 different batching plants in Mira-Bhayander and neighbouring Vasai, Maharashtra, during the second half of 2024. The closures resulted from closure notices from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. The Times of India newspaper has reported that all plants subsequently complied with pollution restrictions and have since reopened.

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: 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.

Singapore: Jurong Port (JP) has officially launched its Ready-Mixed Concrete (RMC) Ecosystem, a complex of five ready-mix concrete plants. The RMC Ecosystem integrates 11 aggregates plots and a neighbouring cement terminal at the port. JP is now one step closer to realising its vision of developing Singapore’s first Integrated Construction Park (ICP), where construction companies can carry out off-site production in one central location. The ICP will feature the efficient discharge of construction inputs directly into a cluster of downstream construction-related activities, thereby improving productivity, reducing carbon emissions and optimising land use.