General Shale, a leading U.S. producer of building material solutions, announced today that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Meridian Brick, the nation’s largest manufacturer of masonry solutions. With the announcement, General Shale will become the leading supplier of innovative and sustainable masonry solutions in North America. The acquisition is a continuation of General Shale’s value-driven growth strategy and combines the company’s commercial platform and system solutions with the innovative product portfolio and production and distribution infrastructure of Meridian Brick.