M&A Deal Summary

CRH Acquires Eco Material Technologies

On July 29, 2025, CRH acquired distribution company Eco Material Technologies from One Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus for 2.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CRH’s 3rd transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is CRH’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CRH’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is CRH’s 1st transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-07-29
Target Eco Material Technologies
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) CRH
Sellers(s) One Equity Partners
Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.1B USD

Target

Eco Material Technologies

South Jordan, Utah, United States
Eco Material Technologies is a marketer and distributor of fly ash, with an approximately 50% volume share in the U.S. and a national footprint of logistics networks and distribution channels. Eco Material Technologies is based in South Jordan, Utah.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CRH

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1936
Sector Building Materials
Employees79,800
Revenue 35.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

CRH is the parent company for an international group of diversified building materials businesses which are engaged in the manufacture and supply of a wide range of building materials and in the operation of builders’ merchanting and DIY stores. CRH was incorporated in 1936 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 31
Sector: Distribution M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 24 of 24
State: Utah M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 15 of 15
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-15 Dutra Materials

San Rafael, California, United States

Dutra Materials is a heavy civil marine contractor supporting the nation’s infrastructure through sustainable dredging and marine construction. Dutra Materials is headquartered in San Rafael, California.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

One Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

One Equity Partners (OEP) is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth capital investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. OEP prefers to be the lead investor and typically commits $30 to $150 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include industrial products/services, consumer, retail, chemicals, media, communications, and healthcare. One Equity Partners was formed in 2001 and spun out of JP Morgan Chase in 2015. One Equity Partners is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 66 of 67
Sector: Distribution M&A 5 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 37 of 37
State: Utah M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 44 of 45
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 21
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-24 Brush

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Brush is an independent provider of equipment, services, and solutions for electrical power generation and distribution. Brush was founded in 1879 and is based in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-07 Brown & Root Industrial Services

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Brown & Root Industrial Services offers a full range of industrial services, including engineering, construction, maintenance, turnarounds, soft crafts, and specialty services. Brown & Root Industrial Services is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 261 of 263
Sector: Distribution M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 94 of 95
State: Utah M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 146 of 148
Year: 2025 M&A 10 of 12
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 66
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-28 NEOGOV

El Segundo, California, United States

NEOGOV is a talent management software platform focused on government, education and public sector clients. NEOGOV provides market major software-as-a-service (SaaS) talent management solutions to automate and streamline the recruitment, onboarding and performance evaluation processes for government and other public sector institutions. NEOGOV was founded in 2000 and is based in El Segundo, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-10 Park Place Technologies

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Park Place Technologies is a third-party maintenance (TPM) provider that offers organizations an alternative to post-warranty storage, server and networking hardware maintenance and support in the data center. Park Place Technologies supports EMC, Dell, IBM, Cisco, Hitachi, NetApp, HP, Sun/Oracle and other data center hardware equipment in over 70 countries. Park Place Technologies was founded in 1991 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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