Portland Cement Association

Name

Portland Cement Association

Legal name

American Cement Association

Website

https://cement.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The American Cement Association (formerly Portland Cement Association), founded in 1916, is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit trade association serving U.S. cement manufacturers through policy advocacy, market intelligence, sustainability research, and industry awards programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association Services

NAICS

Cement Manufacturing (327310)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Cement Manufacturing (Portland, Blended & Specialty) (IMADAAAG)

Keywords

• Cement industry association
• Market intelligence services
• Industry advocacy
• Construction materials research
• Carbon neutrality roadmap

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: ACA generates revenue through annual membership dues from corporate cement manufacturer members and associate members (equipment suppliers, service providers). Membership provides access to market intelligence, industry committees, advocacy representation, educational resources, and industry awards programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The American Cement Association (formerly Portland Cement Association) is a trade association providing policy advocacy, market intelligence, technical research, education, and industry awards programs for U.S. cement manufacturers. It represents the majority of U.S. cement production capacity through corporate and associate memberships, delivering economic forecasting, sustainability roadmap guidance, government affairs representation, and professional development resources.

Product overview

The American Cement Association (ACA, formerly Portland Cement Association) is a trade association serving America's cement manufacturers. ACA provides market intelligence, education, research fellowships, industry awards, and advocacy services. Key offerings include the J.P. Gleason Research Fellowship Program for cement and concrete research, the Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality guiding the industry's net-zero goal by 2050, and industry awards including Energy & Environment Awards, Safety Innovation Awards, Chairman's Safety Performance Awards, and the new Blended Cement Awards. ACA also provides publications, workshops, and the annual Sustainability Summit, all supporting the industry's sustainability, safety, and innovation objectives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Market Intelligence Services Provides market analysis, forecasting, industry research, and economic insights to corporate cement manufacturers, government agencies, and the media.
• Energy and Environment Awards Annual awards program recognizing U.S. cement plants for outstanding environmental, energy efficiency, and community relations efforts across multiple categories.
• Safety Innovation Awards Awards program recognizing innovative safety practices, programs, and projects at cement plants and terminals across multiple operational categories.
• Chairman's Safety Performance Awards Awards recognizing U.S. cement manufacturers with superior employee protection records based on MSHA data, honoring facilities in the top 10 percent for safety.
• Blended Cement Awards Awards program celebrating construction projects that demonstrate leadership in concrete performance, innovation, and sustainability through use of lower-carbon blended cements.
• ACA J.P. Gleason Research Fellowship Program Annual fellowship providing $35,000 grants to graduate students for cement and concrete research aligned with ACA's Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality.
• ACA Sustainability Summit Annual virtual conference focused on the industry's progress toward carbon neutrality by 2050, featuring cross-value-chain discussions on decarbonization.
• Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures (Publication) Foundational technical reference publication sold through the ACA Store covering concrete mixture design, materials, and specifications.
• Government Affairs Advocacy Services Policy advocacy services representing member interests on carbon emissions, infrastructure rebuilding, and legislation impacting the U.S. cement industry before federal and state policymakers.
• Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality An industry-wide strategic plan guiding U.S. cement manufacturers toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 through technology, policy, and operational changes.
• Corporate Membership Program Annual membership program for U.S. cement manufacturers providing access to market intelligence, industry committees, advocacy representation, and industry resources.
• Associate Membership Program Annual membership for equipment manufacturers, contractors, engineers, and service providers serving the cement, concrete, and building materials industry.

Quantifiable outcome

• The U.S. cement industry directly and indirectly employs more than 500,000 people
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• National Ready Mixed Concrete Association: The principal U.S. trade association for ready-mix concrete producers. It is directly comparable to ACA in that it serves the downstream value chain of cement (ready-mix concrete), co-hosts blended-cement workshops with ACA, and shares advocacy and sustainability-program infrastructure for an overlapping member base.
• National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: Trade association for U.S. aggregate producers, the key feedstock for concrete and the upstream neighbor of cement in the construction-materials supply chain. Directly comparable in advocacy, safety, and sustainability programming for heavy building-materials manufacturers.
• American Concrete Institute: The leading U.S. standards and technical organization for concrete (codes, specifications, certification). ACA participates directly in ACI committees (e.g., ACI 323), and ACI is the most natural peer for ACA's technical/standards programming and the J.P. Gleason Fellowship-style research dissemination.
• Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute: Trade association for the precast/prestressed concrete industry. Directly comparable in that it represents a downstream cement-intensive construction product category with parallel advocacy, certification, and sustainability programming aimed at infrastructure and building end markets.
• American Concrete Pavement Association: Trade association for the concrete pavement industry. Directly comparable in that it represents a downstream cement-intensive segment with parallel advocacy around federal highway funding and sustainability, and overlaps with ACA on policy issues like surface transportation reauthorization.

Emerging players

• Tile Council of North America: Trade association for tile manufacturers and the broader ceramic/surface-materials industry. Comparable as a building-materials sector trade association focused on standards and advocacy, though at smaller scale and serving a different downstream segment than cement.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Manufacturers: The largest U.S. industrial trade association. Comparable as a broader umbrella organization that ACA participates in and whose federal advocacy agenda (tax, energy, trade, EPA rules) overlaps directly with cement-industry priorities; NAM functions as a higher-tier peer rather than a direct competitor.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The largest U.S. business federation. Comparable as a broader umbrella advocacy organization whose policy positions on infrastructure, energy, and regulation intersect with ACA's agenda; it is an adjacent/incumbent peer rather than a direct competitor in cement-specific representation.
• Associated Builders and Contractors: National trade association representing the U.S. commercial construction industry. Comparable in that it advocates for downstream construction-industry policy (workforce, infrastructure, regulation) that intersects with cement demand and that ACA members serve as suppliers to.
• American Iron & Steel Institute: Trade association for the North American steel industry. Comparable as a parallel heavy-industry materials trade association with similar sustainability advocacy intensity, decarbonization roadmap structure, and federal-policy engagement — a natural 'sister association' peer rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments1 record

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