Industry News

Putzmeister America, Inc. Welcomes Dan Martin Back as National Small Line Sales Manager

Putzmeister America, Inc. has named Dan Martin national sales manager for small line equipment. In the role, he will manage sales of Thom-Katt® trailer pumps, BSA trailer pumps, and mortar machines throughout North America.

With more than 20 years of experience in the concrete placing business, Martin previously worked at Putzmeister for eight years in multiple sales roles, before serving as a district sales manager for MMD Equipment. In his new role, he will report to Bill Dwyer, vice president of sales and marketing for Putzmeister.

Marketing Analyst Joins Schwing Staff

Schwing America has added a marketing analyst to their staff at company headquarters in White Bear, Minnesota. Glenn Donoghue joined Schwing after a stint as an intern that led to a marketing communications position at LiuGong Machinery, a 50-year old Chinese manufacturer of construction equipment. He spent three years at the company’s headquarters in Guangxi, China, providing support for trade shows, public relations, sales training and website development.

Mack Rolls Out New Customer-Focused Website

GREENSBORO, NC – Mack Trucks is complementing its recently updated brand expression with an intuitive new www.MackTrucks.com website. Designed for easy use by customers and optimized for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, the new site serves as a straightforward source of information about Mack’s products and services and helps customers connect with local Mack dealers.

New Hires Mean Operational Efficiency, Increased Sales and Market Knowledge

Arne King, Vice-President Operations

New Schwing Separate Placing Boom Brochure

Schwing has published a new brochure featuring the company’s line of separate placing booms for mounting on most any structure for high volume placement hundreds of feet from the pump. The 12-page brochure covers applications and advantages of the Schwing exclusive octagonal masts, including mounting choices and specifications. Schwing manufactures three separate placing boom sizes—28, 35 and 37-meters—as well as truck-mounted concrete pumps with detachable placing booms, the S 39 SX and S 41 SX.

Putzmeister America, Inc. Adds Kevin Brost as Technical Services Representative

Putzmeister America, Inc. has hired Kevin Brost as a traveling technical services representative responsible for responding to customer requests for equipment service worldwide. In the role, he also will be conducting new machine in-service and operator training.

With more than 13 years of experience in the concrete industry, Brost was most recently involved in sales, operator training, and field service while working for a Putzmeister Telebelt® dealer. He also has experience with operations and maintenance.

Ed Lothamer Receives Tom Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award

Longtime ACPA supporter and 43-year veteran of the concrete pumping industry, Ed Lothamer was given the Tom Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award by Schwing. The award ceremony took place at World of Concrete 2014 in Las Vegas. Lothamer is only the eighth recipient of the Tom Anderson award honoring outstanding contributions to Schwing America and the concrete pumping Industry. Lothamer was a principal in Concrete Placement, Inc.

Putzmeister America, Inc. Establishes Putzmeister Mexico

Putzmeister America, Inc. has announced the establishment of Putzmeister Mexico, a division of Putzmeister America, which will include a manufacturing plant based in Monterrey, Mexico, located approximately 125 miles from the U.S. border.

“Creating a division of Putzmeister America in Mexico has been a goal of ours for a long time,” said Dave Adams, Putzmeister America’s president and CEO. “The central location of this division and manufacturing plant will allow us to better serve our customers in Mexico and throughout Latin America.”

Schwing Hires New Regional Manager in Latin America

Schwing America has hired a new regional manager for South America. Octavio Perdomo Berdugo will represent the company’s line of concrete pumps, truck mixers, recyclers and batch plants in South America except for Brazil, where Schwing has a manufacturing plant. He replaces Jorge Beals who served for five years in the position.

Putzmeister America, Inc. Recognizes Top Distributors at 2014 World of Concrete Trade Show

Putzmeister America, Inc. recognized three of its top domestic distributor partners with its annual Distributor of the Year awards at a special VIP event in Las Vegas during the 2014 World of Concrete trade show.

Pioneer Concrete Pumping, Inc. won Domestic Spare Parts and Pipe System Distributor of the Year; Thomas Concrete Machinery, Inc. won Domestic Thom-Katt Distributor of the Year; and Walker Equipment Company won Domestic Mortar Machine Distributor of the Year.

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