Tags: Holcim
Residential is up, but highways are status quo (at best)
By George H. Reddin
The first quarter of 2013 closed with slow, but steady, deal activity — the same pattern we’ve seen in recent years. The demand from buyers is as healthy as we have seen in years, and there remains ... Read More...
Aggregate Industries US facilities win Safety Achievement Awards
The Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals has given Safety Achievement Awards to three Aggregate Industries US (AIUS) facilities.
The award recognizes the facilities for accomplishing a Zero Lost Time Accident Rate in 2012, which is based on a company’s lost ... Read More...
Mobile Apps (Information Library)
Holcim’s enhanced global version weatherAPP offers a GPS location feature that provides a four-day forecast and favorability conditions for placing concrete.
Holcim (US) Inc. | holcim.us
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens offers an app that gives users easy access to its social ... Read More...
Cemex results were a bright spot as units shipped decreased in 2012
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By George H. Reddin
The fourth quarter of 2012 brought mixed results from the construction materials sector, with companies like Granite and Vulcan ... Read More...
Holcim’s Ada, Okla., plant receives business partner award
Holcim (US) Inc. (www.holcim.us) that its Ada plant, located in Ada, Okla., has been awarded the Outstanding Business Partner Award by East Central University of Ada, Okla.
This award recognizes and highlights institutions that have cultivated partnerships within their communities. The ... Read More...
Holcim US names Filiberto Ruiz as president and CEO
Holcim US has named Filiberto Ruiz as the company's president and chief executive officer, according to CemNet.com. Ruiz will also serve as president and chief executive officer of Aggregate Industries US, a Holcim Group Company.Additionally, Bernard Terver, currently a member ... Read More...
2012 Closes with a Burst of M&A Activity
By George H. Reddin
As expected, 2012 ended with a flurry of merger and acquisition activity. The outlook for deal activity in 2013 is good; however, there remains some concern and uncertainty about how Congress and the White House will deal ... Read More...
Holcim’s Holly Hill cement plant garners recognition
Holcim US Inc.'s Holly Hill cement plant is in the final four among the small manufacturers category of the 2013 Silver Crescent Awards for Manufacturing Excellence, the Times and Democrat reports.
The Silver Crescent Award is touted as the most prestigious ... Read More...
No paths are available for smooth transactions
By George H. Reddin
As the push toward year-end begins and buyers and sellers work diligently to close deals by Dec. 31, I am reminded how due diligence has become a full-contact sport. Never has the due diligence process been so ... Read More...
Steady, but modest, growth is the trend
By George H. Reddin
Slow progress in the return of the residential market, modest enthusiasm for the passage of MAP-21, and the continued steady, albeit modest, pace of acquisitions are starting to give some optimism that the worst is behind us ... Read More...
Elections and a ‘fiscal cliff’ loom ahead, but residential recovery continues
By George H. Reddin
Uncertainty continues to characterize the near-term economic outlook and inhibit stronger growth and job creation. This has been a common theme for this article during the last few years and has been a major reason for the ... Read More...
Lattimore Materials marks safety milestone
Aggregate Industries US (AIUS), a Holcim Group Co., announced that Lattimore Materials Corp. (LMC), an Aggregate Industries US company, surpassed the 2 million hour mark without a lost-time injury. LMC is a leading provider of ready mix concrete and aggregate ... Read More...
