Putzmeister America, Inc. has named Holger Thiel director of operations for the company’s concrete transit mixer division. In the role, he will ensure high quality and production standards in all manufacturing facilities, and work to continually enhance the mixers in conjunction with the engineering and sales teams.
Schwing has announced its 2017 service seminar schedule, offering more choices to appeal to a wider audience of concrete pumping professionals. In addition to intermediate training for operators/mechanics and advanced training for mechanics, the company will offer an SP school focusing on the stationary pump line. The seminars are held at Schwing’s dedicated training facility in White Bear, Minnesota, and include multi-media training aids and hands-on troubleshooting. Students also receive a service manual on CDROM, along with a printed copy of the training manual.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has hired Robert (Bobby) Clark as Midwest regional sales representative for the company’s parts and pipe technology divisions. In the role, he will oversee sales, and provide customer and dealer support in his region.
Bill Zachary has joined Concrete Pump Supply as an outside sales and application specialist. With over 25 years’ experience in the concrete pumping industry, Bill will support Concrete Pump Supply products for all applications. Bill will be based in Nashville, Tennessee, and can be reached at (615) 922-0211.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has announced the 2017 schedule for its growing service school program. This year, the company has once again expanded classes and updated the curriculum to help meet customers’ ever-changing needs.
The 2017 Putzmeister Service School schedule includes the following courses:
Truck-Mounted Boom Pump Maintenance & Service – Ergonic® Systems
Putzmeister America, Inc. has received two 2016 Summit Creative Awards in the Summit International Awards’ (SIA) 22nd annual competition. The winning entries were selected from 5,000 submissions from 21 different countries.
Putzmeister received a Silver Award in the “Card / Announcement / Invitation – Print” category for its “2015 Holiday Card,” which highlighted both a truck-mounted concrete boom pump and a concrete transit mixer in a tri-fold design, featuring intricate die-cutting and foil stamping.
Recent research from MIT’s Concrete Sustainability Hub found that a $10 million non-engineered wood building is expected to face $0.505 million in hazard related damages over 50 years, while a $10 million engineered concrete building is expected to face only $0.165 million over the same period. According to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global cost of climate-related disasters has dramatically increased each decade: from $50 billion in the 1960s (16 disasters) to $400 billion in the 1990s (70 disasters).
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.
Putzmeister America, Inc., has added William (Bill) Mollet as regional sales manager for the company’s mixer division. In the role, he will oversee concrete transit mixer sales in the southwestern U.S.
With more than 30 years of industry experience, Mollet previously worked in sales and product development for a major concrete truck manufacturer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Hamline University.
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.
