Seven—yes, that’s right, seven—years ago I was asked by the ACPA’s executive director, Christi Collins, to attend a meeting with the California Air Resource Board, “fondly” known as CARB to see if anything they were working on would be of interest or have an effect upon concrete pumpers. The answer was “$%&@#!!!” Since then, I have attended almost every monthly board meeting and served on any number of committees and panels to try and slow down or stop this growing bureaucracy.
GREENSBORO, NC (Sept. 25, 2013) – Mack Trucks, Inc. today announced that Stephen Roy has been named President of North American Sales & Marketing, effective January 1, 2014. Roy has led the company’s aftermarket business since 2008, and will succeed Kevin Flaherty, who is retiring after more than 40 years of dedicated service.
ALLENTOWN, PA (Aug. 8, 2013) – A new Mack Shop location is now open inside the Mack Customer Center in Allentown, Pa. The store will carry a full assortment of MACK®-branded merchandise in a location convenient for visitors to the Mack Customer Center and the Lehigh Valley community.
Conforms of Port Washington , WI is pleased to announce its acquisition of 100% of Esser-Werke Gmbh, located in Warstein, Germany. The combined company will aim to become the premier global provider of abrasive resistant pipe, wear parts, and system to the concrete and mining industries. Conforms and Esser both have been the leading providers of highly wear resistant pipe in the United States and Europe respectively.
Irving Equipment is pleased to announce the addition of William Ohl, a hydraulic technician, to its concrete pump and heavy machinery division. Ohl brings over 15 years of experience within the industry to Irving, as well as wide-ranging knowledge of hydraulic and electrical components. His qualifications, experience, and skills make him just the right match for Irving.
Congratulations to Dynamic Concrete, recipient of the Award of Excellence in Concrete in the Advanced Concrete Construction category. This award is granted by the American Concrete Institute (ACI), Alberta Chapter. The award recognized the team’s accomplishments in installing, placing and finishing the Gregg’s Distribution, Edmonton, Alberta distribution warehouse floor consisting of 575,000 square feet of joint-free hightolerance concrete flooring.
Schwing America is pleased to announce Schwing pump owner and concrete contractor, Sean King, owner of King Construction, New Orleans, Louisiana, has played a major role in a Ford SuperDuty truck commercial. Mr. King received an offer to appear in the online Ford video after another contractor bowed out. “They wanted a contractor who did a lot of towing and owned Ford trucks,” according to King. He owns ten Ford trucks and an SP 305 Schwing concrete pump.
Schwing America is pleased to announce a new alignment of responsibilities and territories for two members of their sales team to better serve the concrete production and handling equipment market.
Customers who purchased a new Schwing pump in the latter months of 2012 qualified for a free trip to Bauma 2013, the largest construction trade show in the world, held April 11-17 in Munich, Germany. The trade fair attracted more than 500,000 attendees with 3,700 exhibits spread over 140 acres. The group toured the Bauma fair and travelled to Rome before returning to the U.S.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has promoted Sascha Wolfer to director supply chain for North and South America. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing material planning, purchasing and inventory management.
A Putzmeister employee for his entire career, Wolfer began working for the company nearly 20 years ago. Most recently, he served as purchasing master planner. In his new role, Wolfer will report to Dave Adams, president & CEO of Putzmeister.
