NRMCA Celebrates 100 Years of Ready Mixed Concrete in the U.S.

NRMCA's celebration of the 100th anniversary of ready mixed concrete in the U.S. concludes its April offerings with the histories of another Producer and Associate member. See below for the two companies we've selected for this week, along with a link to those companies respective Web sites for more information. This week's industry milestone: In 1927, the Erie Steel Construction Company of Erie, PA, developed the Aggremeter hopper which weighed and measured concrete ingredients by volume.

Salina Concrete Products – This Producer member was organized in 1913 by H.H. Allison and known as Salina Silo. The business operated solely as a turnkey operation producing silo staves and then constructing concrete silos. This continued until 1975 when the company then known as Salina Concrete Products (SCP) eliminated silo production and construction due to the farming community moving to trench silos. In 1936, Salina Silo was purchased by the Wyatt Manufacturing Company. In 1938, SCP added ready mixed concrete and concrete block to its product mix. Now a subsidiary of The Monarch Cement Company, SCP still runs eight ready mix trucks and is routinely seen on residential and commercial projects throughout Saline County. Read more. 

 

An NRMCA producer member since 2003.

GivenHansco - In 1969 Robert Hanson formed Hansco Data Processing, Inc., developing business applications for IBM mainframes. In 2002, the company now known as Hansco Information Technologies, Inc. merges with the Given Company to become GivenHansco, Inc. More than 30 years after its founding, GivenHansco is still developing ready mix-specific software, offering products and services for materials producers. Read more.

An NRMCA Associate member since 2001.