nyse txi industry cement founded 1946 headquarters dallas texas united states key people melvin g. brekhus president and ceo director products cement aggregate concrete parent martin marietta materials inc website www.txi.com txi formerly texas industries was set up in 1946 and now is headquartered in dallas texas . the company is focused on heavy construction materials in the southwestern united states market e.g. texas and california . there are mainly three products cement portland masonry and oil well cements aggregates and concrete related products . until 2012 texas industries owned 82 manufacturing facilities in six states . 1 2 contents 1 key facilities 1.1 former key facilities 2 company history 3 footnotes 4 references key facilities edit txi cement plant in midlothian texas on january 27 2007 its midlothian plant on the south side of midlothian texas 32 27 43 n 97 1 21 w 32.46194 n 97.02250 w 32.46194 ; 97.02250 is about 27 miles 43 km south of downtown dallas . when the plant was built it was the largest cement plant in the country . former key facilities edit the chaparral steel plant is next to txi s cement plant in midlothian . chaparral steel was spun off from txi and later purchased by gerdau in 2007 for 4.2 billion . 3 at that time chaparral steel was the second largest producer of structural steel beams in north america and a major producer of steel bar product . 3 company history edit this list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . in 1994 with an annual revenue of 614m the company ranked 500th on the fortune 500 list by annual revenue . 4 fn 1 in jan. 2014 martin marietta materials mlm a rival provider of construction materials agreed to buy txi for 2.06 billion in stock . the combined company will operate under the name martin marietta with 7 000 employees and headquarters in raleigh n.c. martin marietta s current home . 5 needs update as of july 2 2014 txi became a wholly owned subsidiary of martin marietta materials inc. 6 footnotes edit in 1994 the fortune 500 list ranked industrial companies . it did not include service companies . references edit business summary . company full description . a b gerdau ameristeel acquires chaparral . carmody deirdre 1995 04 24 . the media business ; fortune adds service sector to its 500 list of corporations . the new york times . rocco matthew january 28 2014 . martin marietta scores 2b deal for texas industries . martin marietta materials completes texas industries acquisition transaction creates market leading supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials press release . 2014 07 02 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title txi & oldid 742807551 categories companies established in 1946companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangemanufacturing companies based in dallas texascement companies of the united statesbuilding materials companies of the united stateshidden categories incomplete lists from january 2014wikipedia articles in need of updating from july 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 22 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view