Tag: Aggregates USA

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Newly established company buys Fred Weber assets

July 19, 2021 By

New Frontier Materials formed last year, with former Vulcan Materials chairman and CEO Don James now serving as chairman of the new company’s board of directors.

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Making sense of the aggregate market

September 12, 2018 By , and

While the market trembles, FMI’s George Reddin and Scott Duncan write that the fundamentals remain very positive for the construction materials sector.

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Antitrust settlement forces Vulcan to sell Tennessee quarries

February 20, 2018 By

A Justice Department lawsuit leads to the sale of multiple Vulcan Materials sites in Tennessee to Blue Water Industries, another aggregate producer in the region.

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Vulcan divesting Aggregates USA assets

December 28, 2017 By

Blue Water Industries will acquire Vulcan’s divestitures in Tennessee and Abingdon, Virginia, for $290 million.

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Analysis: What CRH’s purchase of Ash Grove means

September 25, 2017 By

George Reddin, managing director at FMI Capital Advisors, offers some perspective on CRH’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Ash Grove Cement, as well as what’s ahead in the M&A market beyond this deal.

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Analysis: What Vulcan’s purchase of Aggregates USA means

May 26, 2017 By

George Reddin, managing director at FMI Capital Advisors, offers some perspective on Vulcan’s $900 million acquisition of Aggregates USA.

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Vulcan purchasing Aggregates USA in mega deal

May 25, 2017 By

The company’s $900 million acquisition includes 31 facilities across five Southeastern states.

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Producer reduces downtime with double-deck screens

February 8, 2017 By

A Tennessee producer replaces triple-deck heated screens with double-deck non-heated units, reducing downtime and labor costs.

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Aggregates USA names CEO

December 9, 2013 By

The board of directors at Alabama-based Aggregates USA LLC unanimously elected Bill Niketas as the company’s CEO earlier […]

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