Family-owned Knight’s Redi-Mix acquires SC concrete company

A family-owned concrete manufacturing company based in the Lowcountry has acquired another South Carolina concrete company.

Knight’s Redi-Mix, a family-owned company in the concrete manufacturing industry, has acquired Hampton County-based Wiggins Concrete, a two-plant ready mix operation, adding to the established Southern market of Knight’s Redi-Mix, according to a news release

This acquisition expands Knight’s Redi-Mix’s supply footprint into Hampton and Estill, significantly increasing production capacity and enabling Knight’s to serve new residential, commercial and infrastructure projects in Hampton County and the surrounding areas, the release stated. More than a strategic business move, this represents an assembly of family histories and ongoing commitments to the direct and surrounding communities served.

“We’re proud to welcome Wiggins Concrete to the Knight’s Companies family,” said Pete Knight, President and CEO of Knight’s Cos, in the release. “Our shared values of quality, service, and community make this a natural fit. It’s especially meaningful to continue the legacy built by the Wiggins family and my longtime friend, Bob Wiggins.”

Concrete block production served as the starting point for Wiggins Concrete in Estill in the 1950s, according to the release. As the need arose in rural Hampton County, Bob Wiggins’ father and grandfather decided to convert the operation to a ready-mix plant in 1962. Bob joined the family business full-time in 1990 as the third-generation to carry on the tradition, the release stated.

In 1997, the Wiggins family increased their local footprint with the addition of their second Standley batch plant in the nearby Town of Hampton.

“This sale is bittersweet for me,” said Bob Wiggins, Wiggins Concrete, in the release. “As a third-generation owner I’ve had the privilege of carrying on what my father and grandfather built, and I’ll always be grateful to my dad for giving me the chance to take the reins. He believed in me enough to sell me the business, and that opportunity put my feet on the ground – it gave me the means to provide for my family, put my kids through college, and carry forward our family’s tradition of hard work.

“For that, I’ll always be thankful. Now it’s my turn to pass it on – I have known Pete Knight for many years, and I trust that he will do right by the business, by the people, and by the legacy we’ve built.”

Wiggins Concrete has built a reputation for reliability and strong community partnerships over more than five decades. Together, these family-owned businesses bring over 100 years of combined experience to the ready mixed concrete industry.