construction founded 1924 1901 headquarters miamisburg ohio united states area served north america central america south america australia key people james p. mcrickard ceo lutz richter cfo and vice president products accessories chemicals forming and paving brands symons unitex services engineering number of employees 1 063 website http www.daytonsuperior.com dayton superior corporation is a global 1 company serving the nonresidential concrete construction industry . 2 dayton superior has four main product lines of concrete accessories chemicals forming and paving with 117 patents for such products . 3 the headquarters is in miamisburg ohio . 4 there are 30 other office warehouse locations throughout the us canada colombia and panama . 5 6 contents 1 history 2 milestones and acquisitions timeline 3 references 4 external links history edit dayton sure grip & shore 7 was originally founded in 1924 8 by art & carl kinnenger with help from charles danis and fred kramer . carl kinnenger held the patent on the snap tie design to hold formwork together and dayton sure grip & shore was licensed to sell it in the u.s. out of their downtown dayton location . in 1953 danis hunt construction acquired dayton sure grip . after beginning bar support production in 1959 sure grip inc is founded in 1960 7 and the company relocated to miamisburg ohio . in 1975 dayton sure grip purchased c & m chemical co. out of sycamore illinois beginning their production of chemicals . 9 after the purchase of superior concrete accessories in 1982 the company changed their name to dayton superior corporation . 10 a series of acquisitions followed leading to international expansion 11 purchased superior concrete accessories of toronto and cogan wire company of montreal and the purchase of symons corporation . 12 symons specialized in form systems and manufactured shoring formliners and chemicals drastically expanding dayton superior s number of products offered . 13 in 2006 dayton superior went public nasdaq dsup . 14 the stint in the public markets did not last long as the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy . 15 the company emerged from bankruptcy later that year with significantly less debt 16 17 and a new capital management group in oaktree capital management . 18 the company then relocated to its current headquarters in miamisburg ohio in 2010 4 milestones and acquisitions timeline edit 1901 symons founded 13 1924 dayton sure grip & shore founded 8 1982 superior concrete accessories acquired company name changed to dayton superior corporation 10 1995 acquired dur o wal inc. masonry 8 1996 acquired steel structures inc. paving 19 1996 ipo shares traded on the new york stock exchange 1997 acquired symons corporation forming 12 and richmond screw anchor accessories 1999 acquired cempro chemicals 20 2000 acquired conspec chemicals 21 2000 purchased by odyssey investment partners 22 2001 acquired aztec accessories 23 2003 acquired safway forming 24 2006 ipo shares traded on nasdaq 14 2009 successfully exited bankruptcy led by oaktree capital management 18 2010 sold dur o wal masonry 25 2010 acquired unitex chemicals 26 universal building products accessories and block heavy & highway paving 27 references edit dayton superior ceo sets gaze across the globe dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2013 09 20 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior emerges from bankruptcy protection . rermag.com . miamisburg company granted its 117th patent dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2013 09 19 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . a b dayton superior relocating hq to miamisburg dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2009 10 29 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . locations . daytonsuperior.com . retrieved 2014 06 07 . home . daytonsuperior.com . a b 1 dead link a b c dayton superior corp s 1 a 19960529 underwriting . google.brand.edgar online.com . retrieved 2014 06 07 . wiseman district judge . 1981 07 23 . bonee v. l m const . chemicals 518 f. supp . 375 m.d. tenn. 1981 . casetext.com . retrieved 2014 06 07 . a b 2 dead link dayton superior corp txt . sec.gov . retrieved 2015 03 16 . a b dayton superior corp txt . sec.gov . retrieved 2015 03 16 . a b symons corporation private company information businessweek . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 2014 06 07 . a b dayton superior ipo raises 94.2 mln below range . reuters . 2006 12 19 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior files for chapter 11 dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2009 04 20 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior to exit bankruptcy dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2009 10 15 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior leaves bankruptcy looks ahead to new hq . www.daytondailynews.com . retrieved 2014 06 07 . a b dayton superior exits chapter 11 with substantially lower debt . bloomberg . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior corp txt . sec.gov . retrieved 2015 03 16 . dayton superior buys cempro a 5 million sales manufacturer dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 1999 01 13 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior acquires 22m revenue conspec dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2000 05 25 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . odyssey investment partners llc . odysseyinvestment.com . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior acquires aztec concrete dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2001 01 05 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . odyssey investment partners llc . odysseyinvestment.com . 2003 07 28 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior to sell masonry line dayton business journal . bizjournals.com . 2010 04 01 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . unitex chemicals sells to dayton superior will keep kansas city presence kansas city business journal . bizjournals.com . 2010 09 13 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . dayton superior acquires iowa based steel infrastructure product supplier . azobuild.com . 2011 01 04 . retrieved 2014 06 07 . external links edit official website forbes.com bizjournals.com karell.com forconstructionpros.com retrieved from https 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