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INDUSTRY NEWS Cherry Crushed Concrete Opens New Stabilized Material Plant in Fort Bend County T he Stabilized Material Division of Cherry Crushed Concrete has opened its fourth stabilized materials plant in the greater Houston area. Cherry’s newest stabilized material plant is located on a 56-acre site in Fort Bend County. At this location, the new state-ofthe-art stabilized material plant is geographically situated to service Fort Bend, Harris and Brazoria counties. The new stabilized material plant began operations in mid-February and processes crushed concrete and limestone. The resulting stabilized road base material is targeted to local heavy highway contractors, such as the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) and county municipality road work. The new plant is located adjacent to one of Cherry’s concrete crushing facilities, which processes concrete hauled from Cherry’s demolition sites. The resulting crushed concrete is then processed into the stabilized material at the new facility. “Locating the new stabilized material plant adjacent to Cherry’s crushing facility eliminates the transportation costs of double handling the crushed concrete,” says John Conyer, Division Manager Stabilized Material of Cherry Crushed Concrete, Inc. “With zero transportation costs, we can be more price competitive which in turn will save our clients money.” “We also are able to service a wider market in the tri-county area from this new plant location,” Conyer adds. “Cherry is one of the top aggregate specialists in the greater Houston area when it comes to volume of concrete recycling and produced stabilized material. What’s more, our management staff has more than 40 years of combined experience in this industry.” Cherry, one of Texas’ largest recyclers, trucks concrete from its demolition jobs to any of its three area crushing yards where large jaw crushers process the concrete for use in a variety of industrial and road construction applications. Cherry’s Fort Bend County crushing yard is equipped to crush up to approximately 1.3 million tons of concrete annually, bringing the combined annual crushing capacity of Cherry’s three area yards to approximately 2.5 million tons of concrete. Its two other yards are located in Houston, one at Loop 610 and Cullen and another in northwest Harris County. “There’s not another plant in Fort Bend County like our newest concrete crushing yard, which began operations last November,” says Jim Mooney, Divisional Manager, Stationary Crushed Division of Cherry Crushed Concrete. “After a demolition, we separate the concrete from the steel and process it—with 100 percent of the concrete and steel becoming recycled for other uses. This means that a signiﬁcant amount of material is not being sent to landﬁlls.” Rich Fiber Expected to Improve Quality of Finished Concrete C ontinental Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and its concrete mixer manufacturer, CBMW Mixers, are proud to announce their execution of an agreement to be the sole distributor in North and South America of a new concrete additive, Rich Fiber, manufactured by Owens Corning. This advanced material is added directly to the ready mix and disperses evenly throughout for uniform product enhancement. It is distinguished from other fiber additives in that Rich Fiber is a specially formulated glass material offering superior specific gravity, durability, strength, and overall performance to competing polymer fibers. Rich Fiber will be distributed by Rich Fiber and Systems, LLC, headed by Chairman Rich Walia of Dallas. Mr. Walia explained the versatility of this exciting new additive, “Rich Fiber is a highly advanced product which we expect to improve the quality of finished concrete by increasing strength and reducing cracking. It comes in different grades for varying applications. Our management sees a bright future for Rich Fiber, believing it will enhance concrete construction wherever specified by the design engineers.” Russell W. Collins of Austin will head the organization as General Manager, North America. Russ Collins has thirty years experience in the concrete and cement industry, with the last fourteen spent involved specifically with concrete fiberreinforcement. Continental Manufacturing Co. has facilities in Houston and Dallas, TX; La Vergne, TN; McLeansville, NC; Fontana, CA; Davie, FL; and San Juan, PR. To learn more about Rich Fiber, go to www.CBMWmixers.com and click on the Rich Fiber link. Company representatives are ready to explain the advantages of this advancement in the ready mix industry. TACA Conveyor • Summer 2008 25 http://www.CBMWmixers.com

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