Hanson Brick bolsters Carolina Collection with two new simulated tumbled brick styles: Rustic Sand and Tega Cay
CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 13, 2006
Hanson Brick, the brick company of personal style, announces the addition of the Rustic Sand and Tega Cay simulated tumbled brick styles to its Carolina Collection.
“Many homebuyers today want a tumbled look in their brick, almost to the point of looking handmade,” said Cliff Taylor, commercial vice president of Hanson Brick’s East region. “We’ve answered that demand with two new styles that pay homage to the days of pre-industrialized brick production, combining an aged look with sand coating for a softened style.”
Rustic Sand is a simulated-tumbled, red-body brick with light natural sand coating on the face. Tega Cay is similarly tumbled and coated, but with a dark-red-body and black sand accents on a small percentage of the brick to provide variation and an aged appearance.
The simulated tumbling gives both styles a well-worn look favored by people seeking to build a fashionable home unique to their tastes.
“Adding two brick styles with a historic look gives Hanson customers greater selection from which to create a home that reflects their personality,” Taylor said. “We’re continually refreshing our product lines to provide our customers the maximum choice and selection to meet their personal tastes and preferences,” he added.
Both bricks are manufactured at Hanson’s Monroe 3 Plant in Monroe, N.C., and are available in Standard and Engineer sizes throughout Hanson’s 24-state East region, which encompasses the United States east of the Mississippi River.
Hanson Brick is North America’s largest brick manufacturer, with approximately 1,600 employees and operations across the United States and Canada. The company provides its customers with superior selection and service, offering more than 1,000 styles of brick in five regional brick collections. Hanson Brick is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Hanson Brick is part of Hanson PLC (NYSE:HAN), an international building materials company, with more than 26,000 employees and operations in 15 countries. Hanson PLC is the largest producer of aggregates, the second largest producer of pipe and the third largest producer of brick in the world.
For more information:
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Dana Haydock 704-926-1301 dhaydock@wwlcreative.com |
Heather Tamol 704-926-1326 htamol@wwlcreative.com |
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Hanson is one of the world's largest suppliers of heavy building materials to the construction industry, with revenues in 2006 of $7.9 billion. Our products fall into two categories: ‘aggregates’ (crushed rock, sand and gravel, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and cement related products) and ‘building products’ (concrete pipes, pre-cast products, concrete pavers, blocks, tiles and clay bricks). We employ 26,000 people, operating primarily in North America, the UK and Australia with further operations in Asia Pacific and Continental Europe.
