# Quikrete to acquire Contech Engineered Solutions

Quikrete Holdings Inc. has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Contech Engineered Solutions, a provider of infrastructure site solution products. The transaction is expected to close in mid to late November 2016.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2016-10-24
- Where: United States
- Value: $500.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: bridges, drainage products, erosion control products, retaining walls, sanitary sewer products, stormwater products
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Cemex](https://endata.com/companies/16140.md)
- [Quikrete Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/19918.md) (acquirer)
- [Contech Engineered Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/19919.md) (target)

## Sources

- [trenchlesstechnology.com](https://trenchlesstechnology.com/quikrete-holdings-inc-acquires-contech/), 2016-11-03: "We are pleased to welcome Contech, a leader in infrastructure solutions, to the Quikrete family of companies."
- [worldcement.com](https://www.worldcement.com/the-americas/29112016/cemex-announces-divestment/), 2016-11-29: "Cemex has announced that one of its subsidiaries in the US has signed a definitive agreement to divest its US Reinforced Concrete Pipe Manufacturing Business to Quikrete Holding Inc."

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