About Hanson Building Products North America

Hanson Building Products North America , a division of Hanson PLC, iscomprised of Hanson Brick, Hanson Roof Tile, Hanson Pipe & Precast, HansonStructural Precast and Hanson Paver Products. Hanson Brick is the largestbrick producer in North America . Hanson Roof Tile is a leading manufacturer ofconcrete roof tile in the United States . Hanson Pipe & Precast is amanufacturer of concrete pipe; precast concrete products including manholes,drainage structures, box culverts, bridge components, retaining walls andconcrete block; and steel and concrete pressure pipe. Hanson StructuralPrecast produces products used in commercial, residential and educationalbuildings, sports facilities, bridges and parking structures. Hanson PaverProducts produces decorative concrete pavers for residential and commercialbuilding. For more information, please visit http://www.hansonbrick.com,http://www.hansonrooftile.com, http://www.hansonpipeandprecast.com,http://www.hansonpipeandprecast.com/structural andhttp://www.hansonpaverproducts.com.

Hanson Building Products North America has grown and prospered into anorganization of more than 7,400 employees and 140 facilities with productsavailable throughout the U.S. and Canada . To learn more about Hanson's qualityproducts, services and building technology please visit http://www.hanson.com.

About Hanson PLC

Hanson is one of the world's largest suppliers of heavy building materialsto the construction industry, with turnover in 2006 of 4.1bn pounds Sterling.Our products fall into two categories: 'aggregates' (crushed rock, sand andgravel, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and cement related products) and'building products' (concrete pipes, pre-cast products, concrete pavers,blocks, tiles and clay bricks). We employ approximately 26,000 people,operating primarily in North America , the UK and Australia with furtheroperations in Asia Pacific and Continental Europe .

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