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For Immediate Release
November 3, 2004

Contact:
Terry Veysey, VP, Dragon
(207) 774-6355
E-mail: beryl@wolfenews.com

Beryl Wolfe, Wolfe PR
(207) 883-6083

Web Site: http://www.dragonproducts.com

Dragon Cement and Concrete Sales Rep Awarded “Representative of the Year” by Cement Trade Group

Brian Barry, a sales representative with Dragon Cement and Concrete, recently won the "Program Representative of the Year" award from the Northeast Cement Shippers Association for his work on the association’s College & University Program.

The organization’s College & University Program works with educational institutions to provide technical resources and educational outreach to students and teachers. Patrick W. Reardon, Jr., the Executive Director of the Association, described Mr. Barry’s efforts as “exemplary” and cited his use of industry-wide resources as enhancing the program’s activity. With this award, he will also be nominated for the Portland Cement Association’s 2004 Promotion Progress Award.

Mr. Barry has 21 years in the cement and concrete industry. He joined Dragon in 2002 and serves customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He is a member of the Northern New England Concrete Promotional Association, the American Concrete Institute and the New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers.

Mr. Barry is a resident of Dover, New Hampshire, and serves on the Advisory Council for Eastern and Central Maine Community Colleges. Originally from Somersworth, New Hampshire, he is a 1982 civil engineering graduate of the University of New Hampshire.

Headquartered at 38 Preble St. in Portland, Dragon supplies cement and ready-mix concrete to customers throughout Maine and also to other parts of New England by barge through Coastal Cement terminals in Newington, N.H. and Boston. In addition to being the region’s only cement manufacturer, Dragon is also is Maine's largest ready-mix concrete supplier with operating concrete plants in Biddeford, Westbrook, Portland, Lewiston, Brunswick, Augusta, Canton, Fairfield, Madawaska and Presque Isle.

Dragon is known for supplying cement and concrete to a number of major building projects in the region, including the Casco Bay Bridge, the Maine Turnpike expansion, the Big Dig in Boston and the Portland Jetport expansions and new garage. Dragon also supplies cement or concrete to paper mills, dams, homes, schools and commercial developments statewide. For additional information, go to the company's web site at www.dragonproducts.com.

The Northeast Cement Shippers Association’s College & University Program targets four-year colleges and universities and two-year community colleges and technical colleges. Its member company program representatives work with civil engineering schools, architecture schools, building construction departments, concrete and construction technology departments and civil engineering technology departments at more than 100 schools in 13 Northeast states. Program representatives help enhance school curriculums and increase student exposure to cement-based product applications.

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