In 2005 Vulcan sold its chemical business, Vulcan Chemicals, to Occidental Chemical Corporation. The sale included chloralkali plants in Kansas, Louisiana, and Wisconsin.
The company expanded its stone and cement production business when it acquired Florida Rock Industries in 2007 in a $4.7 billion deal.
Today Vulcan Materials Company is one of the largest American producers of construction aggregates including crushed stone, gravel, sand, asphalt mix, and ready-mix concrete. The company has 340 manufacturing facilities in 20 states, Mexico, and the Bahamas. Aggregates are used primarily for the construction of highways, bridges, railways, and bridges.
Vulcan Materials Company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol VMC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #773 in the Fortune 1000, and had $2.99 billion in revenue in 2014.
Vulcan Materials CompanyIn 2005 Vulcan sold its chemical business, Vulcan Chemicals, to Occidental Chemical Corporation. The sale included chloralkali plants in Kansas, Louisiana, and Wisconsin.
The company expanded its stone and cement production business when it acquired Florida Rock Industries in 2007 in a $4.7 billion deal.
Today Vulcan Materials Company is one of the largest American producers of construction aggregates including crushed stone, gravel, sand, asphalt mix, and ready-mix concrete. The company has 340 manufacturing facilities in 20 states, Mexico, and the Bahamas. Aggregates are used primarily for the construction of highways, bridges, railways, and bridges.
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Vulcan Materials Company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol VMC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #773 in the Fortune 1000, and had $2.99 billion in revenue in 2014.