CurryCrete is Family’s Answer to Expanding an Already Successful Business
If locally owned, family-owned, and American-owned are adjectives that attract your attention when you’re shopping for companies to do business with, then you need to get to know CurryCrete, the newest division of the well-known family brand Lowcountry Paver. Their products are installed throughout the Lowcountry, including the schools your children attend, the streets you drive on, the parks where you play, the fire stations in your neighborhood, your grocery store, and maybe your or your neighbor’s driveway and firepit.
Tom, Matthew and Christopher checking the height of the pavers to ensure a top quality product is being made.
The past
The Curry family moved to South Carolina in 2003 because Matthew Curry’s father, Thomas Curry, the president and CEO of Lowcountry Paver, purchased a concrete cinder block plant called Lowcountry Block. That company was losing money, yet Thomas Curry saw an opportunity to convert that plant to concrete hardscape manufacturing. He worked hard to educate himself, his sons, and his employees to build a market in the Southeast for hardscape products, including, driveway pavers, patio pavers, pool coping pavers, fireplaces and firepits, outdoor kitchens, and more.
In 2022, after taking that struggling cinder block plant and transforming it into a thriving paver business with upwards of 35 employees, Thomas Curry retired from Lowcountry Paver and handed over the reins to his sons, who are now running the business. But before he retired, he approved the plan to expand into the concrete ready-mix business, where CurryCrete will batch concrete in big mixer trucks and deliver that concrete to residential and commercial clients to accomplish a variety of projects.
The present
“My dad taught us to aim high,” said Matthew Curry, co-owner of Lowcountry Paver and CEO of CurryCrete. “We’re starting CurryCrete with a fleet of five mixer trucks, and we expect to purchase five or six more by the end of this year.”
For residential projects, CurryCrete can do anything from providing concrete for a home foundation, concrete driveway, concrete sidewalks with pavers, concrete patios, pools, and pool decks.
“We already do a ton of commercial work at Lowcountry Paver,” Curry said. “Recently, in Charleston, we serviced the Credit One Stadium, where our product is used in their parking lot and courtyard area. CurryCrete will provide concrete for the foundations of large commercial projects, concrete parking lots, and concrete roads. We’ll be able to supply anything from family homes and businesses to Department of Transportation needs. We expect to become a turnkey company for pouring foundations, driveways, patios and anything exterior for a home or commercial building.”
Matthew in front of one of the new Terex mixer trucks
The future
With the addition of CurryCrete, the company will bring a dozen or more new jobs to the area and add about $25 million to the Lowcountry’s economy.
“We started this new company to be able to expand our paver division more quickly,” said Curry. With CurryCrete, we are excited to offer a new product within an industry we’re already very familiar with.”
The CurryCrete expansion will also mean more philanthropy for a family who is already to committed to local charities. “My dad also taught us the importance of giving back to our community and helping our neighbors,” Curry said. “We partner with local charities for special events, and we also assist animal rescue organizations in the area. We donate products if they’re looking to expand or donate funds to the company or foundation.”
It’s no wonder they take immense pride in their company, quality, and customer service. “Architects and engineers know the quality and durability of our products,” Curry said. “It’s for this reason that our products are specified on municipal and government projects, zoos, military bases, stadiums, colleges, malls, parks, shopping centers, roads and streetscapes throughout the Southeast. Lowcountry Paver products are everywhere, and soon, we project that Curry Crete will follow suit.”
For more information, visit LCPaver.com.
