Ash Grove Cement Company is a cement manufacturer based in Overland Park, Kansas. It was the largest US-owned cement company until it was acquired in 2018 by CRH plc, a global building materials business headquartered in Ireland.[1]
The company was established in 1882 at Ash Grove, Missouri, as the Ash Grove White Lime Association. It commenced cement manufacture in 1908, with a plant at Chanute, Kansas. It now has cement manufacturing capacity from 12 plants:
The company makes Portland cements, fly ash cements, masonry cements, oilwell cements and soil stabilizers. It also operates a lime plant in Oregon, many ready-mix concrete plants in the Midwest, and a limestone quarry at Blubber Bay, Texada Island, British Columbia.
- Chanute, Kansas 37.69806°N, -95.46°W
- Durkee, Oregon 44.54194°N, -117.42111°W
- Foreman, Arkansas 33.69583°N, -94.42139°W
- Leamington, Utah 39.56361°N, -112.19694°W
- Louisville, Nebraska 41.005°N, -96.15389°W
- Midlothian, Texas 32.52056°N, -97.00556°W
- Montana City, Montana 46.54389°N, -111.92139°W
- Seattle, Washington 47.56806°N, -122.34306°W
- Branford, Florida
- Sumterville, Florida
- Mississauga, Ontario
- New Braunfels, Texas
Recent news
On October 20, 2017, Ash Grove announced[2] that its stockholders had approved a plan for the company to be acquired by CRH plc, a global building materials business headquartered in Ireland.
On June 15, 2018, CRH plc announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission had issued its consent order for this transaction,[3] thus completing the acquisition.
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References
- Our Company Ash Grove, retrieved 2022-02-24^
- Ash Grove Cement Company Announces Stockholder Approval of Pending Acquisition by CRH plc ASH GROVE^
- CRH announces completion of Ash Grove acquisition