A year of tempered market expectations, bigger multinationals, taller wood buildings

摘要

Three developments tracked since January stand out at year's end: 1) overall concrete shipments did not pace projected level; 2) among global operators, the annual revenue bar for cement, aggregate and ready mixed concrete shipments is moving from the $10 billion-$15 billion to $15 billion-$20 billion range, with the top players deriving about 20-25 percent of sales in North America; and, 3) U.S. and Canadian wood interests' multi-story building market pursuits are reverberating among ready mixed and manufactured-concrete producers.