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The Tilt-Up Concrete Association will be honoring Ed Sauter, the association’s longstanding executive director, at their Winter Tilt-Up Jubilee during World of Concrete February 4, 2015.

Sauter will enter part-time retirement at the end of this year and step down as TCA executive director. He began his tenure at the association in 1992, when—attending a meeting also held at WOC—he agreed to take over as interim director. He continued in the position for 23 years, bringing passion, commitment and leadership to the organization.

Putzmeister America, Inc. has named Rico Heinz director of production, responsible for restructuring the company’s manufacturing process to improve efficiency on all of its production lines. As a result of Putzmeister’s production increasing dramatically over the past few years, the company is looking to Heinz to help ensure it continues to meet customer demands efficiently without compromising the proven quality of its products.

Putzmeister America, Inc. has unveiled its first ever Spanish website. The new www.PutzmeisterAmerica.com/es/. The new site offers extensive content that will provide Spanish-language website visitors and customers with information on Putzmeister’s latest developments, products and services.

In conjunction with the announcement of its 2015 service school lineup, Putzmeister America, Inc. is delighted to unveil its updated education facilities. Putzmeister invested considerable time and money to refresh the space to better accommodate its ever-growing service school program.

To create a more welcoming atmosphere, the facilities have been redone with new flooring, a fresh paint job and all new furniture. Attendees will also now be better equipped for the course with updated product diagrams and hands-on learning tools.

Putzmeister America, Inc. has reorganized its customer support group into two divisions: Putzmeister service and technical support (PSS), which will be headed by Doug Brunet, and Putzmeister parts sales (PPS), which will be headed by Eric Zimmermann.

The reorganization is a result of an expanding spare parts business, as well as Putzmeister’s commitment to providing outstanding service to its customers, helping to extend the life of their equipment and providing for ease of operation.

The ACPA is pleased to announce the hiring of Dan Mace as an independent safety consultant for special projects. Mace recently retired from Schwing America as product safety manager after 17 years of service and was a concrete pump operator for over 18 years. He has been a primary presenter of ACPA safety seminars as well as the co-author of the Small Line Safety Manual, Ready Mixed Safety Manual and instrumental in the development of the operator training program, as well as numerous other safety publications.

by Craig Piercy

In the 2014 midterm elections, the GOP rode a wave of discontent with President Obama to win big gains at every level of government. Republicans picked up nine seats in the Senate, 12 seats in the House (possibly 13 by the time you read this), three governorships (including two in the traditionally blue states of Maryland and Massachusetts), and control of 11 state legislative chambers.

$145,000 in profit was lost to rising equipment costs for the average company in 2013.

You did it. You survived the downturn and now you’re riding along “recovery road,” no longer afraid you won’t generate enough sales to survive. In fact, you fear the exact opposite. Demand is up, building staff is challenging and your equipment is working at maximum capacity. The high demand on equipment means keeping it in good working order has become one of your biggest profit leaks—and it shows on your P&L.