July 17, 2017 - Phoenix, AZ CalPortland has received the 2016-2017 Community Excellence Award from Arizona Rock Products Association (ARPA) for its contributions to local communities made over the past year. Special consideration for the judges this year was the team effort made by the CalPortland Diablo Sand and Gravel plant near Coolidge, Arizona. The [...]
Outperform similar U.S. Plants on Measure of Energy Efficiency June 25, 2017 Glendora, CA - CalPortland’s Rillito and Oro Grande cement plants have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification, which signifies that the industrial plants perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meet strict energy [...]
PCA Announces 2017 Safety Innovation Awards May 9, 2017, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced the winners of the 2017 Safety Innovation Awards, which recognize creative safety-enhancing projects in the cement industry. Presented at the PCA Board meeting and Fly-In event, the winners were determined by a panel of judges that evaluated [...]
CalPortland’s first CNG mixer displayed at ACT EXPO Long Beach CA Long Beach, CA, May 4, 2017 – The Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) EXPO, taking place this week in Long Beach, CA, was the venue for the recent preview by Kenworth of CalPortland’s first clean Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mixer. The all-white Kenworth T880S with [...]
CalPortland recognized for sustained leadership to protect the environment Washington, D.C., April 27, 2017 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has presented the 2017 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award to CalPortland for its continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency achievements. CalPortland’s accomplishments were recognized by [...]
CalPortland recognized for its sustained leadership to protect the environment Glendora, CA, April 6, 2017 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized CalPortland with a 2017 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for its continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency achievements. CalPortland’s accomplishments will be [...]
News Release from BLM California Desert District Office January 17, 2017 MORENO VALLEY, CA January 17, 2017 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced new appointments to the California Desert District citizen-based Desert Advisory Council (DAC) which advises the agency on over 10 million acres of southern California desert public land management issues. [...]
Rillito, AZ , January 14, 2017 – The CalPortland Rillito Cement Plant received an energy efficiency rebate check in the amount of $71,212.70 from Tucson Electric Power (TEP). TEP Commercial Energy Solutions program is an Arizona Corporation Commission approved program providing incentive funds for energy efficiency projects. CalPortland is a construction materials company providing materials [...]
Dec. 12, 2016, Phoenix, AZ – CalPortland is “perched” as the rock products industry’s first company to safely construct burrowing owl habitats within one of their mining sites. A large community housing project is underway developing the infrastructure required to support the residents in a safe, comfortable, environmentally efficient manner. Only the incoming residents will [...]
Dec. 7, 2016, Washington, D.C. – The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced that Allen Hamblen, President and CEO of CalPortland Company, has been elected chairman of the PCA Board of Directors, and Tom Beck, President of Continental Cement Company, was elected vice chairman. Hamblen takes over PCA board chairmanship from John Stull, CEO of U.S. Cement [...]
