Concrete alliance crumbles

Concrete alliance crumbles
No further concrete plans for NZ cement alliance. (Image: Getty)
Pattrick Smellie
Invercargill heavy transport player HW Richardson and Swiss-owned cement maker Holcim are ending a more than 30-year-old joint venture, with the two firms splitting up the cement-making and distribution businesses owned by Allied Concrete.Registered as AML Ltd, Allied Concrete was formed as a joint venture in 1989, according to the HW Richardson website and in 2013, Holcim-branded NZ operations all moved under the Allied Concrete brand “in an effort to consolidate market presence by AML”.However, AML’s owners announced the int...

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