CMC, the Irving, Texas-based steel and construction products maker, said chief financial officer Paul Lawrence will retire. He has held the role since 2019. Kenji Hashimoto joins as senior vice president and deputy chief financial officer on November 16, 2026. He is expected to become chief financial officer on January 15, 2027. Lawrence will stay on as special advisor to the chief executive officer until June 30, 2027, to support the handover. Hashimoto most recently led business improvement at Global Infrastructure Partners. He previously spent two years at Amazon and 22 years at American Airlines, where he was senior vice president of finance and corporate development. Chief executive officer Peter Matt said Hashimoto will help CMC reach its 2029 targets.

Producers - november 2026. HCP Infrastructure, a precast production business launched under Lime Rock New Energy, New York, has closed on Christiana, Tenn.-based Holton Concrete Products Inc. in a transaction with founders Thomas and Barbara Holton. Holton Concrete provides concrete pipe and precast structures for drainage projects throughout the Nashville and middle Tennessee markets. Joined in the deal by New York-based Aligned Climate Capital, HCP Infrastructure intends to upgrade Holton Concrete's production capabilities while advancing its use of lower-embodied-carbon materials and plant practices. The company serves as the cornerstone of HCP's strategy to build a precast concrete platform focused on high-quality infrastructure products with measurable environmental benefits, broadening product offerings and geographic reach over time. "Holton gives us a strong foundation in a key market where infrastructure growth and investment create a compelling opportunity for expansion," says Lime Rock New Energy Managing Director Mark Lewis. "Our focus is on combining capacity investment and continuous quality improvement with practical approaches to reducing the carbon footprint of Holton's products." "As we pass the business to its new owners, we believe HCP and Lime Rock New Energy bring the resources and commitment to support Holton's next chapter," adds Thomas Holton. "Their plans to invest in the business give us confidence in the opportunities ahead for the company and its employees." South Carolina-based Knight's Companies has rebranded its Murray Mines business to Knight's Materials, bringing the aggregates operation under a harmonized banner. Knight's Materials will provide sand and other construction material products to customers throughout the region, with the same commitment to service, quality and reliability they have come to expect. "This is a natural next step as we continue to grow our materials business and expand the products and services we can provide to our customers and partners," says CEO Pete Knight. Customers can expect a seamless transition, with existing operations, relationships and service continuing under the new Knight's Materials name, he adds. Texas-based CMC Inc., the top U.S. concrete rebar producer and number three player in concrete pipe and precast, has earned certification from Great Place to Work, a global organization that evaluates workplace culture, employee experience and employer trust levels, plus leadership behaviors. Results of an employee survey measuring that criteria indicate that 82 percent of employees view CMC as a Great Place to Work, versus the 57 percent watermark of typical U.S.-based companies. "CMC's success is driven by our people, and this recognition is especially meaningful because it reflects their feedback," affirms CEO Peter Matt. "Our employees play an important role in creating the culture we have across CMC. This certification reflects our team's commitment to one another, our customers and the work we do every day." Cemex S.A.B de C.V. has been named to the Fortune 2026 Change the World list, a salute to companies having a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business strategy. This year marks the producer's fifth time earning such recognition. The business publication especially noted a freshwater-free concrete initiative in Mexico. Alternative, nonpotable water sources accounted for 67 percent of ready mixed batch water in the producer's home base operations during 2025. As part of the program, 31 Cemex concrete plants in Mexico have been certified under AENOR's Zero Freshwater and Zero Discharge Framework, which verifies freshwater usage metrics. The producer is replicating the freshwater replacement model at operations in the U.S., France and Spain. "Water scarcity is one of the most important challenges facing communities and industries, and this initiative shows how business can be part of the solution," says Cemex Executive Vice President of Sustainability, Operations and Ventures Ricardo Naya. "By rethinking water use in concrete production, we are reducing pressure on freshwater resources while strengthening the resilience and efficiency of our operations." CRH Ventures has announced a strategic investment in Calgary-based EnviCore, a startup business developing a thermo-chemical process yielding high-performance supplementary cementitious materials from a diverse range of mineral resources and industrial byproducts - clays, natural pozzolans, mine tailings, recycled concrete and glass among them. The capital will support development of an SCM production facility with annual capacity up 200,000 metric tons. The EnviCore technology integrates with existing cement production infrastructure. Work with EnviCore began through the CRH Ventures Sustainable Building Materials Accelerator, a program designed to identify commercially relevant technologies with the potential to lower emissions, enhance material performance or increase the use of waste feedstocks in building materials. EnviCore was named one of the program's winners. Teams across CRH Plc have since worked to evaluate output from the startup company's pilot scale production. "EnviCore has developed a compelling technology with the potential to create high-performing supplementary cementitious materials from a broad range of locally available resources," says CRH Ventures Head Murari Perumalsamy. "Our teams have built a strong technical relationship with Envicore through the Sustainable Building Materials Accelerator. This investment allows us to deepen that collaboration, build further evidence, and explore how the technology could support CRH's cementitious materials strategy."