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The Holcim Alpena plant (formerly Lafarge) in Michigan is celebrating the opening of its new whole-tire, co-processing facility – a $7.4 million, state-supported initiative that will safely and cleanly convert 22,000 tons of tires per year into energy to help fuel one of the largest cement plants in the United States.

Holcim US continues to strengthen its position in Colorado with its third acquisition in recent months in the rapidly growing state. Today the company announced the acquisition of Tezak Heavy Equipment (“Tezak”), a family-held aggregates producer and specialty civil construction business with deep roots in the Colorado Springs market.

Holcim has signed an agreement to acquire Duro-Last, a US leader in commercial roofing systems, with pro forma net sales of USD 540 million. Duro-Last has a track record of double-digit growth in North America’s highly profitable USD >40 billion roofing market, driven by leading brands, proprietary technologies and custom-made solutions. Duro-Last’s systems will complement and strengthen Holcim’s integrated roofing offer, with expected synergies of USD 60 million per year.

Holcim acquired the sand and aggregates quarries of Pioneer Landscape Centers, a market leader in the fast growing metropolitan markets Denver, Phoenix and Colorado Springs and a major supplier of construction aggregates for the region.

Holcim US, the green building materials leader, has entered into its first virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) linked to renewable energy generation. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) VPPA means that at least 38% of our total power consumption at all of our production facilities in Texas is now from wind generation.

Holcim US announced it has acquired a new aggregate operation from J-2 Contracting Co., one of Colorado’s premier general contractors. With this strategic transaction, Holcim gains a large volume of high-quality aggregate reserves and strengthens its place as a long-term, reliable aggregate supplier in Colorado, one of its fastest-growing markets in the US.

Holcim US puts sustainability first as a green building materials leader. Recent company efforts are accelerating this by transitioning its company cars to electric vehicles that utilize alternative energy and identifying opportunities to make its heavy machinery more environmentally friendly.