Aggregate Industries Plans New Asphalt Plant in Michigan

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Aggregate Industries (LSE:323826)Aggregate Industries (Leicestershire, U.K.) has chosen a permanent location in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the construction of a $4 million, 55,000 square foot asphalt plant. The plant will have a capacity of 400 ton per hour and the company plans to hire about fourteen employees.

Astec Industries (Chattanooga, Tennessee) is the turn-key contractor that will perform construction services.

Aggregate Industries is a leading supplier of aggregates, construction, and building materials to the construction industry. The company has more than four billion tons of aggregate reserves. Its products include crushed limestone and granite, sand, gravel, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and precast concrete products (blocks for construction and landscaping). In the U.K., it is the fourth-largest aggregates producer, the second-largest asphalt producer, the fourth-largest ready-mixed concrete producer, a leading manufacturer of pre-cast concrete products, and a major surfacing contractor. The U.S. operation now accounts for about 40% of its sales and operates primarily in the Eastern and Midwestern states.

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