May 8, 2024

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Florida Rock Buyout

Jeff Brooks | 5/1/2007
Birmingham, Ala.-based Vulcan Materials has purchased Florida Rock Industries (NYSE-FRK), one of the largest public companies in northeast Florida, for $4.6 billion. Vulcan is the nation's largest producer of highway construction materials. Florida Rock, which produces construction aggregates, cement and concrete for buildings, highways and other projects, will remain headquartered in Jacksonville.

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