Eagle Materials Inc. is an American producer of building materials based in Dallas, Texas. The company produces cement, concrete, construction aggregate, gypsum, wallboard, paperboard, and sand for hydraulic fracturing.[1]
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The company operates 7 cement plants, 1 slag grinding facility, 17 cement distribution terminals, five gypsum wallboard plants, 3 frac sand wet processing facilities, 3 frac sand drying facilities, and 6 frac sand trans-load locations.[1]
The company was founded in 1963 as a division of Centex Construction Company. Between April 1994 and January 30, 2004, the company was known as Centex Construction Products, Inc.[1]
On January 30, 2004, Centex distributed its shares in the company to its shareholders and the company was renamed Eagle Materials Inc.[2][3]
In May 2005, the company announced a $65 million expansion of its plant in LaSalle, Illinois.[4]
In September 2012, the company acquired plants in Sugar Creek, Missouri and Tulsa, Oklahoma from Lafarge for $446 million.[5]
In October 2014, the company acquired CRS Proppants LLC, a frac sand supplier, for $225 million.[6]
In February 2017, the company acquired a cement plant in Fairborn, Ohio from Cemex for $400 million.[7][non-primary source needed]
