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 May offerings with the histories of two of the Association's newer Producer and Associate members - see below for their respective Web site links. This week's industry milestone: In February, 1914, the first National Concrete Road Conference was convened in Chicago. Organized as an academic conference, attendees discussed everything from expanding the use of concrete for roads to what types of aggregate should be used.

Bama Concrete Products Co. - This Producer member began in 1950 when Bama Concrete was founded by Howard and Joan Davis. The first wooden structure plant was used to fill a 1947, three yard mixer truck. Web site link. (Please note that this Web site is under construction.)

An NRMCA member since 2010.

ABC Polymer - ABC Polymer Industries has been manufacturing concrete fibers since the mid-1990s under the name Alabama Bag Company and its roots date back to 1964 in a company called Allied Flexible Products. ABC Polymer Industries continues today to be a producer of a wide range of extruded polypropylene products, as well as a distributor of bulk bags and other industrial packaging products. Read more.

An NRMCA Associate Member since 2009.