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Tarmac Building Products is a British producer of building products, based in Wolverhampton. The company was formerly part of the Tarmac Group, but was bought in 2014 by the joint venture of Lafarge and Tarmac's parent Anglo American, Lafarge Tarmac. [1] Lafarge Tarmac was subsequently sold to CRH plc in August 2015 and rebranded as Tarmac. [2]
Glidden is an American paint brand, manufactured by PPG Industries. Glidden was purchased by British conglomerate ICI in 1986, which in turn was later acquired by Dutch conglomerate AkzoNobel in 2008. PPG Industries announced an agreement to acquire Glidden from AkzoNobel for $1.05 billion on December 14, 2012. The transaction closed April 1 ...
Tarmac (company), a British building materials company; Tarmac Building Products, the construction materials division of Tarmac; Tarmac Group, former UK-based multinational building materials and construction company; Tarmac Construction, part of Tarmac Group until 1999 when sold off as Carillion
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The following year would bring the FXB Sturgis, an all-black Low Rider with primary and secondary belt drives, and the FXWG Wide Glide, a Low Rider with wide forks and a flame pattern painted on the tank. [10] In 1983, the Low Rider was converted from chain drive to belt drive and given the designation FXSB, at which point the FXB was discontinued.
Petroleum-derived pitch is black in colour, hence the adjectival phrase, "pitch-black". [4] The viscoelastic properties of pitch make it well suited for the polishing of high-quality optical lenses and mirrors. In use, the pitch is formed into a lap or polishing surface, which is charged with iron oxide (Jewelers' rouge) or cerium oxide. The ...
Prior to 1999, Tarmac Plc was an aggregates to construction company dating from 1903. It was demerged in July 1999, with the Construction and Professional services arms forming Carillion plc. The aggregates and building materials side of the business retained the Tarmac name and was bought by Anglo American shortly afterwards.
[38] [39] In June 2008, Tarmac Iberia was sold to Holcim. [40] In 2010, the group was separated into Tarmac Limited and Tarmac Building Products. [41] In February 2010, Anglo American sold Tarmac's European concrete aggregates business to Eurovia; it also sold its Polish concrete products business to the private equity firm Innova Capital.