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Glacier Northwest, a CalPortland Company Wins NRMCA Commitment to Environmental Excellence Award
Glacier Northwest, a CalPortland Company Wins NRMCA Commitment to Environmental Excellence Award

Glacier Northwest, a CalPortland Company Wins NRMCA Commitment to Environmental Excellence Award

2025-08-29T10:34:17-07:00August 29th, 2025|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

Glacier Northwest, a CalPortland Company, is proud to announce that its Kenmore Plant in Washington has been awarded the 2025 Commitment to Environmental Excellence Award by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA). The NRMCA’s Environmental Excellence Awards program salutes companies that go beyond meeting governmental compliance requirements. Winners are recognized for demonstrating leadership in [...]

The Benefits of Low Carbon Concrete
The Benefits of Low Carbon Concrete

The Benefits of Low Carbon Concrete

2025-08-12T14:13:03-07:00August 12th, 2025|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

CalPortland's dedication to sustainability shines through in its innovative approaches to low-carbon concrete production. There are several benefits of low-carbon concrete, and these benefits are leading us to a greener, more sustainable future. Carbonation Over its lifetime, concrete naturally sucks CO2 from the air. Every highway, every pavement and every building that we pass that [...]

CalPortland Honored with USGBC California Market Transformation Award for Innovations in Low-Carbon Concrete
CalPortland Honored with USGBC California Market Transformation Award for Innovations in Low-Carbon Concrete

CalPortland Honored with USGBC California Market Transformation Award for Innovations in Low-Carbon Concrete

2025-06-06T13:34:44-07:00June 6th, 2025|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

CalPortland is honored to receive the prestigious USGBC California Market Transformation Award for its pioneering work in low-carbon concrete. The award was presented on May 22, 2025, at the California Green Building Conference in San Francisco, hosted by the U.S. Green Building Council – California (USGBC CA). This honor recognizes CalPortland’s leadership in advancing sustainable [...]

CALPORTLAND COMPANY ACHIEVES THE ENERGY STAR® CHALLENGE FOR INDUSTRY AT SIX PLANTS
CALPORTLAND COMPANY ACHIEVES THE ENERGY STAR® CHALLENGE FOR INDUSTRY AT SIX PLANTS

CALPORTLAND COMPANY ACHIEVES THE ENERGY STAR® CHALLENGE FOR INDUSTRY AT SIX PLANTS

2025-03-24T14:00:18-07:00March 24th, 2025|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

CalPortland is proud to announce six plants achieved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry. The ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry recognizes plants that achieve a 10% reduction in energy intensity within five years. The average energy intensity reduction for all six CalPortland plants was 33.2 percent. By achieving the ENERGY [...]

CalPortland Purchases Aggregate and Ready-Mixed Concrete Business Assets in Southern California
CalPortland Purchases Aggregate and Ready-Mixed Concrete Business Assets in Southern California

CalPortland Purchases Aggregate and Ready-Mixed Concrete Business Assets in Southern California

2025-06-23T15:22:27-07:00January 6th, 2025|Blog, Corporate|

CalPortland is pleased to announce the acquisition of the aggregate and ready mixed concrete business assets of Grimes Rock, Inc. and its affiliates located in Ventura County, California. “We are excited to welcome the Grimes Rock employees to the CalPortland family,” said Allen Hamblen, CalPortland President & CEO. “This addition aligns with our commitment to [...]

CALPORTLAND’S RILLITO CEMENT PLANT EARNS ITS 12TH EPA ENERGY STAR® CERTIFICATION FOR SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CALPORTLAND’S RILLITO CEMENT PLANT EARNS ITS 12TH EPA ENERGY STAR® CERTIFICATION FOR SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

CALPORTLAND’S RILLITO CEMENT PLANT EARNS ITS 12TH EPA ENERGY STAR® CERTIFICATION FOR SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

2024-12-10T15:52:03-08:00December 10th, 2024|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

Outperforms similar U.S. plants on measure of energy efficiency December 10, 2024, Las Vegas, Nevada - The Rillito cement plant owned by CalPortland, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification, which signifies that the industrial plant performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and [...]

FOUR CALPORTLAND® READY MIX PLANTS ACHIEVE THE ENERGY STAR® CHALLENGE FOR INDUSTRY
FOUR CALPORTLAND® READY MIX PLANTS ACHIEVE THE ENERGY STAR® CHALLENGE FOR INDUSTRY

FOUR CALPORTLAND® READY MIX PLANTS ACHIEVE THE ENERGY STAR® CHALLENGE FOR INDUSTRY

2024-09-11T16:49:59-07:00September 11th, 2024|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

July 16, 2024 Summerlin, NV – CalPortland is proud to announce four plants achieved the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry. The ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry recognizes plants that achieve a 10% reduction in energy intensity within five years. The average energy intensity reduction for all four plants was 38.4 percent. [...]

Solidia Technologies Licenses Low Carbon Cement Technology to CalPortland

2024-06-28T07:30:09-07:00June 28th, 2024|Blog, Corporate|

Solidia Technologies, Inc., a pioneer and leading company in the low carbon cement and concrete market, has entered into a technology licensing arrangement with CalPortland® Company, one of the largest building materials producers in the Western United States, for the license of certain patents that enable up to a 50% reduction in the carbon footprint [...]

PCA Energy and Environment Awards, Safety Innovation and Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards Distributed at the Association’s Cement Fly-In
PCA Energy and Environment Awards, Safety Innovation and Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards Distributed at the Association’s Cement Fly-In

PCA Energy and Environment Awards, Safety Innovation and Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards Distributed at the Association’s Cement Fly-In

2024-06-28T07:39:57-07:00June 20th, 2024|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2024) — The Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing America’s cement manufacturers, this week announced winners of its Energy and Environment Awards and its Chairman's Safety and Safety Innovation Awards at the association's 2024 Cement Fly-In in Washington, D.C. The awards recognize PCA member company teams who excelled in implementing new energy and environmental initiatives, [...]

TYPES OF PORTLAND CEMENT
TYPES OF PORTLAND CEMENT

TYPES OF PORTLAND CEMENT

2024-05-20T10:28:03-07:00May 14th, 2024|Blog, Corporate|

Portland cement is one of the most widely used building materials in the world. Versatile, strong, and sustainable, it’s a basic ingredient in concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout. Its gray color resembles Portland stone, a common building limestone quarried from the Isle of Portland, off the coast of England. The original mixture was created [...]