Hanson Pipe & Precast announced the purchase of the assets of Sherman Industries Inc. Prestressed Concrete Division, a Pelham, Ala.-based manufacturer of prestressed bridge girders, precast bridge components, short-span rural bridge systems and various other heavy structural precast products. Acquisition of the facility, a 40-acre complex, expands Hanson Pipe & Precast’s capacity in the Southeast by providing bridge construction products to projects throughout the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi.
“This acquisition increases our commitment to customers by expanding our product line to include prestress bridge offerings,” said Joan Blecha, Southeast regional president for Hanson. “The deal also brings us closer to one of our marketing objectives to be the industry leader of residential, highway and commercial concrete construction components in the Southeast.”
“Expanding our presence in Alabama provides us with another location to reach customers in the area’s growing communities and reinforces Hanson’s commitment to growing its current and prospective manufactured concrete products business,” Blecha said.
The Pelham Facility will be part of Hanson Pipe & Precast’s Southeast region, which is headquartered in Green Cove Springs, Fla., servicing Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. More than 30 facilities throughout the Southeast region produce several products, including those used for community and roadway development such as reinforced concrete pipe, drainage structures, modular bridges and other precast concrete product.
About Hanson Pipe & Precast North America
Founded in 1931, Hanson Pipe & Precast, a division of Hanson PLC, has become North America’s largest manufacturer of concrete pipe and precast concrete products, including residential and commercial building components, bridges, manholes and retaining walls.
Originally founded to provide manufactured concrete pipe for sewer and culvert construction, Hanson Pipe & Precast North America has grown and prospered into an organization of more than 7,800 employees and 150 plants with products available throughout the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about Hanson’s quality products, services and building technology, please visit www.hansonpipeandprecast.com.
About Hanson PLC
Hanson is one of the world's largest suppliers of heavy building materials to the construction industry, with turnover in 2005 of £3.7bn. Our products fall into two categories: "aggregates" (crushed rock, sand and gravel, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt- and cement-related products), and "building products" (concrete pipes, precast products, concrete pavers, tiles and clay bricks). We employ over 27,000 people, operating primarily in North America, the UK and Australia, with further operations in Asia Pacific and continental Europe.
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