Vulcan Materials Company, which says it is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Polaris Materials Corporation an aggregates and logistics company, which serves key California markets from British Columbia.
The Polaris business includes a high capacity aggregates processing plant and deep water port on Vancouver Island along with associated long term aggregate reserves and five distribution yard outlets in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Long Beach.
“We are very pleased to have reached agreement to acquire Polaris Materials, which is expected to further enhance our ability to serve major California markets,” said Vulcan’s chairman and chief executive officer Tom Hill. “With this acquisition, we are continuing to build on our industry-leading position in the state of California.”
“Polaris has assembled high quality aggregate reserves that will further expand our product offerings, particularly for certain concrete applications, as well as our geographic coverage in markets in the San Francisco and Los Angeles metro areas. This acquisition will enhance our logistics capabilities with the ship delivery of aggregate products and provide Vulcan with a platform for future distribution outlet opportunities along the Pacific Coast. The acquisition is especially timely given California’s recent passage of SB1, which will provide $52 billion for key transportation infrastructure projects over the next ten years, in addition to passage of local ballot measures that add more than $1 billion annually for infrastructure projects in key growth markets that we serve.”
The transaction will be subject to approval by Polaris Materials’ security holders, approval by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and other customary closing conditions. Subject to obtaining the required approvals, the transaction is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2017.
