Multiquip has opened a new distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas. The Fort Worth location will improve product delivery and availability for customers in the Southwest. It stocks Multiquip compaction and power generation equipment, concrete and masonry products, light towers and dewatering pumps. Several lines of STOW Construction Equipment products […]

Grace AB, a Swedish subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co. and a leading manufacturer of concrete admixtures, has acquired the concrete admixture business of Perstop Peramin AB. Perstop’s concrete admixtures are sold to ready-mix and precast concrete producers and civil contractors in Sweden and other Northern European countries. The deal […]

Cemstone, a leading ready-mixed concrete and aggregate company in the upper Midwest, has named Mike Brekken safety director. Brekken will oversee all facets of the company’s safety programs, including safety training for Cemstone truck drivers and plant and office personnel. He will also be responsible for compliance with state and […]

A revised ASTM International standard covers gelled acid, patented by Surface Gel Tek, for the first time. The standard was revised to acknowledge that hydrochloric acid is now available in both liquid and gelled form. ASTM International Committee D33 has approved the revision to standard D4260, which has been retitled […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named California Portland Cement Co. as a 2005 Energy Star Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The company was honored in the category of “Leadership in Energy Management.” CPC, an Energy Star partner since 1996, was praised […]

An eighth manufacturing facility has started making Reward Wall Systems insulating concrete forms (ICFs). DiversiFoam Products, based in Rockford, Minn., has been authorized to manufacture Reward’s 13-inch straight and 90-degree corner forms. The move increases Reward’s production capacity in Minnesota, the nation’s largest market for ICF construction. To learn more […]

Degussa Admixtures Inc. has hired three professionals into its Technology Innovation and Sustainability Group. Dr. Van Bui has joined the company as Senior Scientist, responsible for overall support of engineering-related projects and expansion of technical innovation in new application technologies such as SCC and pervious concrete. Dr. Prakash Surali was […]

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) announced that Jack B. Parson Cos. is the winner of two Environmental Excellence Awards for two ready-mixed concrete plants, in West Haven, Utah, and Salt Lake City. The awards were presented at NRMCA’s annual convention, held in conjunction with the CONEXPO-CON/AGG exposition. The […]