Jade Pinley is a new Wisconsin distributor for Architectural Enhancements Inc. Her position includes involvement with a training facility near Eau Claire, Wis. Architectural Enhancements Inc. is also looking to sign up additional trainers and suppliers for its overlayment and decorative concrete products. The company is talking to potential distributors […]

Cemstone has named David Pace vice president of strategic accounts. Pace will be responsible for the oversight and development of Cemstone’s strategic accounts and will supervise all aspects of the customer relationship, including operations, engineering, product delivery and quality control. To learn more about Cemstone, visit www.cemstone.com or call (800) […]

Axim Concrete Technologies Inc. recently promoted co-found Don Lane, to the position of General Manager. Don Lane has a long record of innovative product solutions in concrete admixture technology for Axim. These innovative products include the only patented air-entraining agent for concrete, Catexol A.E. 260. About Axim Concrete Technologies Founded […]

Gilberto Perez, president of CEMEX in the United States, delivered a check for nearly $570,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund on behalf of CEMEX Inc., a leading producer of cement, concrete and concrete products. As part of the plan to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, CEMEX matched, two-to-one, all […]

Gilberto Perez, president of CEMEX in the United States, delivered a check for nearly $570,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund on behalf of CEMEX Inc., a leading producer of cement, concrete and concrete products. As part of the plan to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, CEMEX matched, two-to-one, all […]

Two Minnesota firms, Bulach Construction Inc. and Custom Rock, have merged to form Bulach Custom Rock. With more than 40 years of experience, Bulach Construction is well-schooled in architectural concrete, including colored, stamped, stained and textured concrete and overlays. Projects range from commercial exteriors to retail spaces to residential walkways […]

Lafarge North America Inc. is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Paris-based Ciments Lafarge entered the North American cement market in 1956 with the opening of a cement plant in Richmond, B.C., forming Lafarge Cement North America (LCNA). The company entered the United States market in 1973 in a joint […]

Advance registration is open for CONEXPO Asia 2006, which will be held May 15 through May 18, 2006, at the China National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing, China. Similar to CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the show will be the China-Asia Pacific region’s construction industry showplace in 2006, featuring equipment, product and technology exhibits, […]

The United States and Mexico announced in January that a duty on Mexican cement shipped to the U.S. will likely be dramatically lowered and, in three years, eliminated. Under the agreement, imports from Mexico would be capped at 3 million metric tons per year and be subject to a duty […]

Microsoft Corp. and Stargate Mobile have teamed with Ford Motor Co. on a mobile office system for Ford’s “General Contractor” F-250 Super Duty Truck. The Ford mobile office system is a small, lightweight computer that can be docked inside the vehicle and used away from the traditional office or taken […]