Breedon buys Pro Mini Mix concrete business in Oldbury
Construction materials giant Breedon has swooped to buy up an Oldbury concrete and screeds business.
The price tag for Pro Mini Mix, based on Wolverhampton Road, has not been revealed.
It is a 'mini mix' concrete operator based in the Black Country and covering the West Midlands. The company operates a fleet of eight mixer trucks and specialises in delivering small loads of ready-mixed concrete and screeds, up to four cubic metres, to commercial and domestic customers.
It has been bought by Breedon Southern, a subsidiary of the UK's largest independent construction materials group.
Breedon Southern already operates a successful mini mix business, 1stMix, which has a strong presence throughout the East Midlands and East Anglia.
Pro Mini Mix will be moved to Breedon Southern's new ready-mixed concrete plant in Fairground Way, Walsall. All nine employees are moving to the Walsall site, which was opened by the Hope group in 2015 and became part of Breedon following its takeover of Hope in August last year.
As well as a ready-mixed concrete plant the site also supplies concrete and aggregates across the area.
Breeden says the move will enable the group to extend its coverage across the central belt of England, taking advantage of the buoyant markets in and around Birmingham.
Tim Hall, chief executive of Breedon Southern, said: "Pro Mini Mix is the perfect complement to 1stMix. It has a well established reputation in the West Midlands market, with a strong local service ethos and a great team. It also offers us another valuable route to market for our aggregates and cement."
The Breedon group operates the country's largest cement plant, two import terminals, around 60 quarries, 26 asphalt plants, 200 ready-mixed concrete plants and three concrete products plants nationwide.
It employs around 2,300 people and has more than 750 million tonnes of mineral reserves and resources.
