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{{Short description|Concrete supply business headquartered in Irving, Texas}} |
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'''Southern Star Concrete, Inc.''' or simply '''Southern Star''' is a [[concrete]] supply business headquartered in [[Irving, Texas]]. Southern Star is owned by [[Cementos Argos S.A.]], the largest cement producer in [[Colombia]], [[South America]]. Cementos Argos is subsidiary of [[Inversiones Argos]], which in turn belongs to a larger conglomerate called [[Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño]] based in [[Medellín]], Colombia. |
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Southern Star is owned by Compañía de Cemento Argos, S.A. and Cementos del Caribe, S.A., both of which are based in [[Colombia]], [[South America]]. |
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Argos acquired full ownership of Southern Star Concrete in November 2005 in a purchase agreement with the former owners, Texas Growth Fund and [[Austin Ventures]], both based in Austin, Texas. |
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Southern Star is the largest ready-mixed concrete supplier in [[Texas]] and [[Arkansas]], and also one of the largest ready-mix companies in the [[United States]]. It has about four dozen concrete plants in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth]] and [[Houston, Texas]]. |
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In 2019, Southern Star sold their Arkansas assets to SRM Concrete, a privately-owned materials supply company based out of Nashville, Tennessee. |
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Then in 2021, Argos sold the Dallas/Fort Worth portion of Southern Star to SRM Concrete. |
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Argos currently only operates the Houston area Southern Star locations. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.southernstarconcrete.com/ Southern Star official website] |
* [http://www.southernstarconcrete.com/ Southern Star official website] |
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[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Irving, Texas]] |
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Southern Star Concrete, Inc. or simply Southern Star is a concrete supply business headquartered in Irving, Texas. Southern Star is owned by Cementos Argos S.A., the largest cement producer in Colombia, South America. Cementos Argos is subsidiary of Inversiones Argos, which in turn belongs to a larger conglomerate called Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño based in Medellín, Colombia.
Argos acquired full ownership of Southern Star Concrete in November 2005 in a purchase agreement with the former owners, Texas Growth Fund and Austin Ventures, both based in Austin, Texas.
In 2019, Southern Star sold their Arkansas assets to SRM Concrete, a privately-owned materials supply company based out of Nashville, Tennessee.
Then in 2021, Argos sold the Dallas/Fort Worth portion of Southern Star to SRM Concrete.
Argos currently only operates the Houston area Southern Star locations.