Industry News

ST. LOUIS, MO – Chris Plue, Webcor Concrete, San Francisco, CA, has been elected president of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO for 2017-2018.  Anthony DeCarlo, Cincinnati, OH; Chris Forster, Tustin, CA; Mario Garza, Southville, MI, were re-elected vice-presidents and Rocky Geans, Mishawaka, IN, was elected as a vice-president. Keith Wayne, Kannapolis, NC, was re-elected treasurer.  Tim Manherz, Houston, TX, was elected as a director and Bill Bramscreiber, Glendora, CA and Steve Lloyd, Rustburg, VA, were re-elected directors. 

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 17, 2017) – Mack Trucks introduced today Mack^®mDRIVE^™ rolling start and auto neutral, two new features designed to improve the jobsite performance and safety of trucks equipped with Mack’s mDRIVE and mDRIVE HD automated manual transmissions. Both features are standard on all Mack mDRIVE and mDRIVE HD transmissions. Mack made the announcement at World of Concrete 2017 in Las Vegas.

Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping, Inc., a leading provider of concrete pumping services in the U.S., announced today that it has completed three strategic acquisitions in the United Kingdom: Camfaud Concrete Pumps Limited, a national concrete pumping service provider based in the southeast of England, as well as Premier Concrete Pumping Limited and South Coast Concrete Pumping Limited. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Dan Prill, a new addition to Schwing’s marketing staff, brings considerable experience to the position, having served in a similar capacity prior to joining a leading manufacturer of concrete pumps in North America. “Dan is an accomplished veteran of business-to-business communications, with proficiency managing customer relations software,” states Tom O’Malley, Schwing’s senior vice president of sales and marketing.