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CSR Rinker Materials to expand, modernize Miami cement plant.


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 1996--CSR Rinker Materials has announced plans to modernize and expand its Miami cement plant, replacing its current wet process production equipment with a modern dry process system.

The dry process uses state-of-the-art equipment and controls to provide a more environmentally sound and cost efficient production method. The project will increase the plant's annual cement production capacity from 640,000 tons to one million tons at a cost exceeding $100 million and should begin operation by the end of 1998.

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 James S. Jenkins III, vice president, cement operations, "We are incorporating the latest dry process technology at the Miami plant to meet the needs of Florida's dynamic construction market. Our customers demand a quality product that is produced in the most cost-effective way possible.

"This facility will allow us to continue to service our customers in South Florida with the opportunity for rail distribution to our terminal in the Orlando area."

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William Snyder is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and is currently the Director of Photography for The Dallas Morning News.
, CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center.  Rinker chief executive officer, sees the cement plant modernization project as one more way to meet the corporate goals of continuous quality improvement and customer satisfaction.

"Fostering environmental sensitivity, enhancing customer service and improving product quality are top priorities at CSR Rinker," Snyder said. "And like most quality improvements at Rinker, the modernization at the cement plant is the result of listening to our customers and responding to their needs."

The Rinker cement plant is located on 150 acres in South Miami South Miami, city (1990 pop. 10,404), Dade co., SE Fla., a suburb of Miami; settled 1899, inc. 1926. It is a commercial and retail center for neighboring Coral Gables.  and will be among the most modern in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .

West Palm Beach-based CSR Rinker is Florida's largest supplier of building and construction materials and is the country's No. 1 supplier of concrete and concrete block. The company is a subsidiary of CSR Limited CSR Limited (ASX: CSR) is a major Australian industrial company, producing aluminium, sugar products (notably including pure ethanol), and construction products. It is publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange.  of Australia, one of the world's prominent international building materials companies.

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