A Closer Look

摘要

Vulcan Materials Co.'s often-repeated long-term strategy of positioning the company "in markets where reserves are limited and where demand for aggregates is expected to grow at above-average rates" is helping the nation's largest aggregates producer navigate through challenging economic waters. With Integration of Florida Rock nearly compete, Vulcan reported that net sales for the first quarter of 2008 totaled 722 million dollars, a 14.6 percent increase from net sales in the first quarter of 2007.