Rogers Group Experts in Crushed Stone, Aggregates, Gravel, Asphalt Paving, Road Construction, Quarries for 100 Years

Rogers Group Acquires Quarry Site
in Bedford County, Tennessee

September 24, 1999

For More Information Please Contact:
David Denton 931-393-2691 or
Deb McCarver 615-780-5667

Rogers Group, the nation's largest privately held crushed stone producer and active in highway construction and related products, has acquired a quarry and asphalt plant site in Bedford County, Tennessee, from Hamilton Haulers, Inc., according to David Denton, Rogers' vice president of Southeast Tennessee operations. This is Rogers' tenth new business addition in ten months.

Denton said the 141 acre site is located on Highway 231 at the Rutherford County line. Rogers Group plans to begin site work immediately, building stone crushing and asphalt plants as well as office and equipment shop facilities. The business will operate as Deason Quarry, and expects to be in production by Spring of 2000. The new quarry and asphalt operations will provide approximately 5-10 new jobs and provide construction materials to the rapidly expanding Bedford and Rutherford county markets.

Rogers Group has been successfully executing an aggressive growth strategy over the past ten months, as evidenced by this development and the following acquisitions and new business openings:

August 1999: acquired REB Enterprises quarry in Benton County, Arkansas
July 1999: acquired Anchor Rock in Maury County, Tennessee
June 1999: acquired Lincoln County Rock Products in Fayetteville, Tennessee
April 1999: opened Cross Plains Quarry in Cross Plains, Tennessee
April 1999: opened Friendship Quarry and Asphalt in Friendship, Arkansas
February 1999: opened Rogers Block & Wall in Martinsville, Indiana
January 1999: acquired five asphalt plants in Southern Middle Tennessee from Dement Construction Company
January 1999: acquired Murphy Quarry in Monroe County, Tennessee
December 1998: acquired two asphalt plants from Cornerstone Paving, Greene County, Indiana

The new operations have created opportunities for a total of approximately 200 people to join Rogers Group.

Rogers Group, with corporate headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, employs 1900 people in five states. The growing 91 year old construction products company provides crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt, highway construction, concrete masonry, and structural precast products. Annual sales are in excess of $300,000,000.