Ash Grove Cement Company
Ash Grove Cement Company is a cement manufacturer based in Overland Park, Kansas, United States. It is the sixth largest cement manufacturer in North America, and the largest US-owned cement company.
The company was established in 1882 at Ash Grove, Missouri, as the Ash Grove White Lime Association. It commenced cement manufacture in 1908, with a plant at Chanute, Kansas. It now has an annual cement manufacturing capacity of nearly 9 million tons, from 9 plants:
- Chanute, Kansas 37°41′53″N 95°27′36″W / 37.69806°N 95.46000°W
- Durkee, Oregon 44°32′31″N 117°25′16″W / 44.54194°N 117.42111°W
- Foreman, Arkansas 33°41′45″N 94°25′17″W / 33.69583°N 94.42139°W
- Inkom, Idaho 42°47′29″N 112°15′03″W / 42.79139°N 112.25083°W
- Leamington, Utah 39°33′49″N 112°11′49″W / 39.56361°N 112.19694°W
- Louisville, Nebraska 41°00′18″N 96°09′14″W / 41.00500°N 96.15389°W
- Midlothian, Texas 32°31′14″N 97°00′20″W / 32.52056°N 97.00556°W
- Montana City, Montana 46°32′38″N 111°55′17″W / 46.54389°N 111.92139°W
- Seattle, Washington 47°34′05″N 122°20′35″W / 47.56806°N 122.34306°W
The company makes Portland cements, flyash cements, masonry cements, oilwell cements and soil stabilizers. It also operates a lime plant in Oregon, many ready-mix concrete plants in the Midwest, and a limestone quarry at Blubber Bay, Texada Island, British Columbia.
Recent news
On 20 October 2017, Ash Grove announced[1] that its stockholders had approved a plan for the company to be acquired by CRH plc, a global building materials business headquartered in Ireland.