Hanson hires new northern region marketing manager

CHARLOTTE, N.C., January 9, 2007

Hanson Brick has announced the selection of James Armstrong as its new Northern region marketing manager based in Mississauga, Ontario.

Armstrong’s extensive construction industry experience will serve him well at Hanson, where he will be responsible for marketing all core brick products in Canada. He most recently served as the manager of communications and marketing for LOVAT Inc., an international manufacturer of tunnel boring machines. He has also held key marketing and business development positions with the international construction firms EllisDon Construction and Internorth Construction Co.

“We are excited to have James on board to drive our core product marketing initiatives,” said Kathleen Jonila, director of marketing for Hanson Brick & Tile. “His track record of creating and overseeing successful marketing campaigns is impressive and we know he will be an asset in executing Hanson’s strategically driven marketing plans.”

Armstrong graduated in 1996 from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, with a bachelor’s degree in earth sciences and got involved in the marketing field more than 10 years ago while working on the expansion of Killarney Provincial Park in Northern Ontario. He lives with his wife Jennifer and 2-year-old son Nathan in Mississauga.

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.

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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.

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