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Raymond C. Turpin has served as our Vice President - Technical Affairs since January 2001. From January 2000 through January 2001 he served as our Vice President - Technical Marketing and Development.
Mr. Turpin has over 41 years of experience in the construction materials industry. From 1988 until joining us, he was Director of Technical Service and New Product Development of Blue Circle Cement, North America, a producer and supplier of cement to the construction industry that Lafarge S.A. acquired in July 2001.
From 1984 until 1988, Mr. Turpin served as Technical Director of Williams Brothers Concrete, which Blue Circle Cement acquired in 1986, supervising the manufacture of chemical admixtures for concrete.
From 1972 until 1984, Mr. Turpin was self-employed as a consultant to the concrete industry and, during that time, developed two patents relating to the use of fly ash in concrete. | 