Carolina Concrete

In 1999 Mark Hartsell joined the company as an Owner and President. The mixer fleet was updated to tag-axel and standard Mack mixers to increase the target market area. Computerized batch panels increased quality and service. In 2005 Carolina Concrete entered the Greenville market with a state-of-the-art Drybatch concrete plant at the Donaldson Center. The Greenville plant is one of the largest Drybatch concrete plants in the Southeast and sets a new environmental standard with multiple water sources, including the ability to recycle water. Yellow mixer trucks have been delivering concrete in the Upstate and Midlands since just after World War II. Two concrete companies C.Y. Thomas and son and Palmetto Concrete merged to form Greenwood Ready Mix in the late 1960s. In 1977 employees purchased three of the nine Greenwood Ready Mix concrete plants and gave birth to Carolina Concrete Company. The original owners were Keith Roberts, Sprunt Mabe, and Bill Bailey. Each of the three plants...