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. continues this month with two more histories of Producer and Associate members - see below for their respective Web site links. This week's industry milestone: In 1986, lunar soil gathered by the crew of Apollo 16 was tested to determine its suitability as an aggregate for making concrete for lunar base construction.

S.T. Wooten Corporation - Seth Tyson Wooten, Sr., founded the business in 1952 in a small building beside his home in Stantonsburg, NC. He spent long hours working on farm equipment, building small trailers and eventually digging irrigation ponds for local farmers. The company was incorporated in 1956. By the late 1950s, the business had broadened into grading and paving throughout the Southeast. In the 1960s, Mr. Wooten, Sr., purchased his first asphalt plant. Throughout the next decade, Mr. Wooten, Sr.’s son – Seth Tyson Jr. – led the construction of several interstate projects. He worked to build the asphalt business and added a ready mixed concrete plant. Read more.

An NRMCA producer member since 1978 

WAM Corp. - In 1990 WAM Corp., based in Gainesville, FL, moved to Atlanta. Five years later, the company set up an assembly line for round dust collectors with components coming in from Italy. In 1996, WAM signed a licence agreement for the production of tubular screw conveyors and feeders with a local screw conveyor manufacturer. It is now also a member of the Concrete Plant Manufacturers Bureau. Read more.

An NRMCA Associate Member since 2001