Meridian Brick

Boral Bricks is America s largest brick manufacturer, producing approximately 1.5 billion bricks each year enough brick to circle the earth eight times. Boral offers more than 150 varieties of bricks and pavers for residential or commercial applications, including smooth, molded, beveled, stacked or ashlar styles in burgundy, red, pink, gray, white, brown or beige. It also offers the proprietary brands PastelCote, a monolithic product with the texture and durability of brick, and 17th Century products that give a more antique appearance. Boral Bricks operates approximately 20 manufacturing facilities in eight states throughout the Southeast, including one in Muskogee, Okla. It is part of the Boral Industries family, which includes Boral Materials Technologies, US Tile and Boral Construction Materials. Headquartered in Atlanta, the Boral group is owned by Boral Limited, Australia s major building and construction materials supplier.

Operational for more than 10 years, Ryder Brick is a retailer that locates, cleans and sells bricks for antique, residential and architectural buildings. Its antique bricks help in building vintage-style buildings. The company s commercial bricks help construct architectural-style facilities. Ryder Brick also offers colored bricks that are used in paving, accenting and general construction. It also provides precast stones and surface and chopped limestone that are used to decorate the exteriors. Located in Bixby, Okla., Ryder Brick also maintains locations in Kansas and Arkansas.

Founded more than 110 years ago by George Bennett, Acme Brick Company is one of the largest United States-owned brick companies. Company products include bricks of various colors and sizes, fireplace systems, ceramic tile, marble, granite and slate. Its products are sold to the general public as well as to builders and contractors. The company is the official brick of five different professional sports teams that include the Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Kansas City Chiefs. Acme Brick also forms the exterior of Ameriquest Field in Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers. Acme is a Berkshire Hathaway Company and features former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman as its spokesperson. Acme Brick Company has locations throughout the United States and maintains a location in Tulsa, Okla.