Titan America is one of the premier cement and building materials producers in the Eastern United Sates. Best known by the brand names Essex Cement, Roanoke Cement, STI and Tarmac, Titan America operations incude cement plants, ready-mix concrete plants, concrete block plants, quarriers, import and rail terminals and fly ash production facilities. In 2002 Titan America revenues totaled $440 million. Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, the company employs more than 1,600 people.