Breedon Aggregates (formerly Ennstone) produces aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mix concrete at facilities in England and Scotland. Its products and contracting services are used in the construction and building sectors. Breedon includes about 30 quarries, 20 asphalt plants, and another 30 concrete plants throughout the UK. The company was created in 2010 after its predecessor Ennstone emerged from administration. The global economic downturn sunk the company as demand for its products fell. Ennstone's operations were restructured and recapitalized by Breedon Holdings, which was then acquired by investment firm Marwyn Materials and then changed to Breedon Aggregates.

The buzz on BUZZI UNICEM is that it is big in the cement and concrete industry. One of Italy's largest cement and concrete groups, BUZZI UNICEM produces expanded clay, ready-mix concrete, cement, aggregates, and other building materials in about a dozen countries; the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Slovakia, and the US are its largest markets. The group operates some 40 cement plants, 530 ready-mix concrete plants, and 35 aggregate quarries in North America and Europe, as well as Algeria and Russia. BUZZI UNICEM controls Dyckerhoff, a leading cement group and construction materials company in Germany. The Buzzi family owns a majority of BUZZI UNICEM's stock.

Headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Buzzi Unicem USA is one of the leading cement manufacturing companies in the US. The company’s eight cement plants have a production capacity of approximately 8.5 million metric tons. Buzzi Unicem USA, which stems from the merger, early in 2004, of RC Cement (Buzzi Unicem SpA) and Lone Star Industries (Dyckerhoff) serves the Midwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast sections of the country. Buzzi Unicem USA Inc. operates 29 cement terminals across the US to distribute the cement into 21 states. Buzzi Unicem USA, with over 1,400 valued employees, supplies cement and masonry cement to over 3,800 ready-mix concrete, highway and airport paving firms, concrete block companies and concrete product firms. The company’s cement manufacturing locations are as follows: Cape Girardeau, MO; Chattanooga, TN; Festus, MO; Greencastle, IN; Maryneal, TX; Oglesby, IL; Pryor, OK and Stockertown, PA.

Callanan Industries is a leading supplier of paving materials and construction services in New York State, providing a complete range of high quality aggregates, asphalt paving, and readymix concrete products to state, federal, municipal, commercial, and private customers. One of the most experienced paving materials suppliers in the country, Callanan Industries was founded by Peter Callanan in 1883 in South Bethlehem, New York, as an aggregate mining company. A forward thinking farmer and entrepreneur, Callanan pioneered the concept of a state highway system, and in 1895 won the first road building contract let by New York State. Over a century later, Callanan Industries continues to be a major supplier of construction materials and services to the New York State Department of Transportation as well as a long list of other customers, both large and small. Callanan Industries was purchased by Oldcastle, Inc. in 1985. Oldcastle, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the multi-national Dublin, Ireland based CRH-PLC (ticker symbol CRH).

CalPortland Company is a major diversified building materials and construction solutions provider to the Western United States and Canada. Since 1891, we have reliably provided quality innovative and efficient solutions to your greatest construction challenges with our expertise in cement production and distribution, ready mixed concrete, construction aggregates, asphalt, construction services and other building materials. Our products provide solutions everywhere; in buildings for shelter; roads and bridges that transport and link us; systems that provide electricity, water, gas and waste treatment; and other necessary infrastructure like hospitals, schools, railways and airports. We are creating solid foundations through the use of sustainable materials and renewable technologies.

Carmeuse was founded in 1860 in Liege, Belgium. Perhaps Carmeuse could amuse you with some lime or lime derivatives? Carmeuse company, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based L.V.I. Holding, produces lime and lime-related products for industrial and commercial customers the world over. Carmeuse handles all forms of limestone and its derivatives, including quicklime (calcium oxide), slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), and dolomite (calcium and magnesium carbonate), and it delivers its products in bulk, in bags or containers, or on pallets. Carmeuse company, which primarily serves Europe and North America, has numerous production facilities with an annual output capacity of more than 13 million tons of lime.

Cementir - Cementerie del Tirreno SpA is working to build a concrete future. The company makes and sells Portland cement as well as concrete and related products, such as composite concretes made for use in blast furnaces and other applications. Founded in 1947, it sells products primarily to sister companies in the Caltagirone group, of which Cementir is a subsidiary. Its cement is used in water projects, bridges, and dams as well as in roads, tunnels, and other infrastructure. Cementir also has operations in Turkey, Denmark, China, and other international locations. Through various subsidiaries and holdings, chairman Francesco Caltagirone (also chairman of Caltagirone) controls more than 60% of Cementir - Cementerie del Tirreno S.p.A. company.

Cementos Portland Valderrivas is 67%-owned by construction firm Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas. Cementos Portland Valderrivas has built a business on a strong foundation. The company, founded in 1903, produces some 18 million tons of cement and clinker (an intermediate product used to make portland cement) annually at 15 plants in Spain, the US, South America, Africa, and Europe. Its acquisition of 64% of Corporacion Uniland cemented its position as the #1 cement producer in Spain. In the eastern US, the company makes and distributes cement, gravel, and sand through Giant Cement Holding. It also produces concrete, operates lime factories, and has transportation companies.

CEMEX de Puerto Rico makes cement in Puerto Rico. Shocking, but true. Formerly Puerto Rican Cement Company (PRCC), the company operates a cement plant and about 20 ready-mix facilities, an aggregates quarry, and two land distribution centers in Puerto Rico. CEMEX de Puerto Rico serves cement customers throughout the island, but its ready-mix operations are concentrated in the eastern part of the island; it has an installed capacity of about 1.2 million tons a year. Its parent company, Mexico-based giant CEMEX, operates primarily in North America and Europe, but has customers throughout the world.

CEMEX serves up cement with a multicultural accent. The subsidiary of Mexico-based CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. is one of the largest cement companies in the US, as well as the largest ready-mix company. In addition to cement and ready-mix, CEMEX also makes and sells concrete block and aggregates. It serves customers through nearly 15 cement plants, more than 330 ready-mix plants, about 50 cement terminals, and 95 aggregate quarries around the country. The United States accounts for about 20% of the Mexican company's revenue. The parent company operates in more than 50 countries around the world.

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