Schwing America has added a Western regional manager for its popular line of stationary pumps. Rich Ellis, former regional manager for boom pumps in the territory, will have expanded geographical responsibilities, covering the entire western half of the U.S. and Canada. “The demand for the stationary pump products requires a dedicated regional manager to provide the customer service expected from Schwing,” according to Tom O’Malley, vice president, general manager for concrete pumps.
On the eve of World of Concrete 2015, more than 300 notable pumping contractors, major suppliers to the industry, ACPA executives and Schwing customers gathered for a reception to mark the company’s continuous presence as the largest manufacturer of concrete pumps in North America. “Our annual reception is a great networking and learning opportunity for our customers, vendors and employees,” states Tom O’Malley, vice president and general manager, concrete pumps. Every attendee received a gift from the company.
Join us in welcoming back Shaun Nelson to Schwing America. This consummate sales professional and all around nice guy is the new West Central Regional Manager. Nelson formerly filled the same position from 2000-2008 for Schwing. His region includes his home state of Texas as well as Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
Dallas, Texas – February 10, 2015 – Celebrating 41 years of industry excellence, World of Concrete 2015 exceeded expectations across the board. The signature event for the concrete industry drew 55,779 registered professionals, up from just over 48,000 in 2014, and featured more than 1,459 companies exhibiting across more than 675,000 net square feet of space, an increase of more than 100,000 net square feet from 2014 .
GREENSBORO, NC (Jan. 26, 2015) – In an effort to simplify service needs for customers in the highly demanding concrete pumper application, Mack Trucks now offers specialized Uptime support. Mack® GuardDog® Connect, its integrated telematics solution, will be standard on Mack TerraPro® concrete pumper models ordered as of April, making it the first such proactive support service available in the trucking industry for pumper applications.
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 22, 2015) – The spotlight will shine brightly on Mack Trucks’ famous Bulldog at World of Concrete 2015, Feb. 3-6 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Each of the five trucks featured in Mack booth C-5203 proudly wears a gold Bulldog, indicating a fully integrated Mack® Pedigree™ powertrain.
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 Mexico, a division of Putzmeister America, Inc., reached a milestone and has begun producing concrete ready mix trucks for the U.S. and Latin American markets. The first manufactured unit was displayed at the recent Mexican Ready Mix Association Convention held in Cancun, Mexico. The Monterrey, Mexicobased plant, which is the primary concrete mixer manufacturing facility for the Americas, will be manufacturing at full capacity by spring 2015.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has promoted Eric Zimmermann to director of parts sales and pipe technology. In his new role, Zimmermann will be responsible for overseeing Putzmeister’s new parts sales customer support group, while continuing his leadership role managing Putzmeister Pipe Technology.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has partnered with Advanced Emissions Control Solutions (AECS) to create a system to help control emissions from vessels at berth, following stricter government regulations at California ports.
