Industry News

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.

The preliminary estimate of ready mixed concrete produced in the U.S. in April 2013 is 24.5 million cubic yards, 0.4% lower than April 2012. The estimated production through April is estimated at 81 million cubic yards, 0.3% higher than during the same period in 2012.

MIT researchers have found that a pavement property called “deflection” could save more that $15 billion in annual fuel costs.

Pavement deflection occurs when a car makes slight indentations in the road, from which it must constantly drive out of, and which then results in burning more fuel. The effect is similar to someone walking on sand: with each step, the person’s feet sink and create a dip.

Schwing America is pleased to announce the acquisition of management control of Concrete Pump Repair (CPR) through the purchase of 50 percent of the company’s shares. Effective December 1, 2012, Concrete Pump Repair, located in North Branch, Minnesota, will operate as a subsidiary of Schwing America, Inc., a subsidiary of Schwing GmbH. Gerhard Schwing will continue as the owner of the remaining 50 percent of the company’s shares.