South Carolina based Longleaf Packaging LLC, a cementitous preblended dry-mix products packaging company, will break ground on its 36-acre Vance site in Spring of 2018.  Longleaf Packaging’s initial investment in South Carolina exceeds $5.5 million.  The automated 20,000 square-foot plant will package and distribute bagged preblended dry-mix products ranging from 80 lb. to 3,000 lb. bulk bags. Focusing on commercial builders, professional masonry trades and home improvement stores within a 180-mile radius of the intersection of I-95 and I-26 in Vance.

Longleaf Packaging expects to be fully-operational in Spring of 2019 with a plant capacity output of 4,000 bags per day and approximately 1 million bags annually per shift.  Longleaf will initially employ a plant manager, seven full-time employees and a dedicated sales force working across the southeast region.

About Us

President

As President of Longleaf Packaging, Ray Love brings more than 30 years of sales and management experience in the block sales and building materials industry.

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Ray began his career with Metromont Materials in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina in 1987.  In 1994 he was promoted to Sales Manager overseeing three block and two ready mix plants before serving as Regional Sales Manager over the Greensboro and Winston-Salem area. Fast forward to 2004, Ray was once again promoted to General Manager overseeing production and sales for the Charlotte and Rock Hill region. With more than $60 million in annual sales, Ray’s tenure as Director of Sales for Cemex led to his final position as the Charlotte Sales Manager with Adams Oldcastle. 

Having navigated through multiple company mergers and acquisitions, Ray is a respected leader and expert in the masonry, block and hardscape products industry. Ray is well-positioned to lead Longleaf Packaging’s operations, business development and sales force into the future.

To order products, call us today

at our plant at 1-803-857-8086

or a sales rep at 1-828-409-4109

rlove@longleafpackaging.com

Products

CONCRETE MIX

522PM Ultra Bond
Thin Veneer Mortar

522 Engineered Color Mortar Mix

SAND MIX

PALMETTO SERIES COLOR
MASONRY CEMENT

BULK BAGS

SILO

PORTLAND CEMENT

522 MORTAR MIX

MORTAR MIX

GROUTS

MASONRY CEMENT

522 Mortar Mix

Technical Data Sheet pdf

Safety Data Sheet pdf

522 Engineered Color

Mortar Mix

Technical Data Sheet pdf

Safety Data Sheet pdf

522PM Ultra Bond
Thin Veneer Mortar

Technical Data Sheet pdf

Safety Data Sheet pdf

Delivery of robot for plant

First Yard Poured

Longleaf 522 Mortar Mix v4

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