A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MICHIE CORPORATION

1974
Michie Corporation was founded by Stuart and Alan Michie in 1974 under the name of Henniker Redi-Mix. They started out with a five and half yard batch plant that had three 150 ton storage bins for aggregate and a 850 barrel cement silo. There was also three mixer trucks and two employees. In the fall of 1974, Stuart and Alan purchased another truck which enabled them to haul their own aggregate.

1975
Their first substantial job was contracted in 1975 for the Henniker sewer system. This job required concrete to meet both state and federal specifications. Since then they have poured concrete for the Warner sewer system, a GTE Sylvania addition, Terrill Park in Concord, additions to Capital Distributors in Concord, numerous additions to Timco, Inc. in Barnstead, NH, and a new manufacturing facility for Henniker Hardwood Pallet in Henniker, and various other state jobs. Michie Corporation has also recently poured various bridge footings, walls and decks for the new bypass in Hillsboro, NH.

 

1977
In 1977, Henniker Redi-Mix was one of the first concrete companies to start hauling bulk cement to help reduce costs. For many years all of their cement was hauled to Henniker Redi-Mix with their own equipment from various cement companies in Canada and the United States. Still today Michie Corporation uses its own trucks to haul some of their cement. As the business grew their company expanded to incorporate Epsom Redi-Mix, Construction Aggregates and Capital Concrete. Epsom Redi-Mix established in 1977 was the first addition to Henniker Redi-Mix.

1983
Epsom Redi-Mix set out to provide another base, away from Henniker, from which concrete could be delivered. In 1983 Construction Aggregates (Con-Agg) was established. Con-Agg is also located in Henniker. It was started to provide the necessary aggregates to produce concrete. In addition, it encompassed two divisions, Sand & Stone and Excavation.

1987
The company continued to do well and in 1987 a Boscawen plant was built, referred to as Capital Concrete. Originally this plant was used for production of Redi-Mix concrete, then in 1988 precast products became a integral part of the business and Capital was a base for these products.

1990
In 1990 it was decided to merge the different companies under one name, Michie Corporation. Under the name Michie Corporation, the company was then divided into four divisions: Redi-Mix, Sand & Stone, Excavation, and Precast. Today, there are three different plants two in Henniker, and one in Epsom. The main facility is located on 11 Buxton Industrial Drive in Henniker. The current owners of Michie Corporation are Alan and Pamela Michie.


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