Nortrax - Thu August 01, 2019
Nortrax Locations in New Hampshire and Vermont Become Wirtgen Group Dealers
The Nortrax locations in Pembroke, N.H., and Springfield, Vt., will become distributors of Wirtgen Group products. These locations will have responsibility for servicing and supporting Wirtgen Group customers for the entire state of New Hampshire and the eastern counties of Vermont....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed July 10, 2019
Wirtgen Quickly Promoted to 'Sarge' By Minnesota Paving Firm
Richard Carron has long been a proud veteran of the United States Army. The owner and president of Valley Paving Inc. in Shakopee, Minn., southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Carron served his country in the late 1960s during the Vietnam War....
Tractor Times - Thu May 30, 2019
Cartersville, Georgia, Firm Diversifies Into All Aspects of Construction
Chip and Andy Shropshire share a 70-year family history in the construction industry that began when the brothers' grandfather, George Shropshire Sr., started mining marble and ochre in Georgia. With less than a handful of employees, the business that is today known as Bartow Paving Company, provided raw material for local construction projects during the 1950s and 60s....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed May 08, 2019
Every Paving Contractor Has Stories to Tell
It might be hard to believe, but veteran paving contractors do have tales of adventure attached to most of the road projects they have worked on. How could they not? Over the past century, paving contractors have created millions of miles of paved roads and surfaces in the United States....
Tom Kuennen – SPECIAL TO CEG - Mon April 08, 2019
Wirtgen Recyclers Breathe New Life Into Florida Roads
In the busy phosphate mining district south of Orlando, a two-lane blacktop road all but destroyed by trucks got a new lease on life due to the biggest full-depth recycling (FDR) and asphalt emulsion stabilization project undertaken to date by the Florida Department of Transportation....
John Deere - Wed April 03, 2019
John Deere to Display Equipment for the First Time at bauma at Wirtgen Group Booth
John Deere will be exhibiting a selection of its construction equipment – including motor graders that will be sold via the Wirtgen Group's German sales and service companies and via the French sales and service company Wirtgen France SAS – at bauma from April 8-14, 2019....
Roland Machinery Co. - Wed March 20, 2019
Asphalt Contractors Inc. — Family-Owned Union Grove, Wisc., Company Turns Opportunities Into Growth
In 1979, Bob and Pete Kordus opened Asphalt Contractors Inc. , focusing on sealcoating and maintenance work in and around Union Grove, Wisc. Bob's son, Robert, took an immediate interest in the company and tagged along with his dad as soon as he was allowed....
Kleemann - Thu February 07, 2019
Kleemann Presents Innovative Solutions for Quarries, Environmentally-Friendly Operation
At this year's bauma, Kleemann presents a comprehensive cross-section of its product portfolio with a total of seven mobile crushing and screening plants. High-performance machines and environmentally-compatible solutions for natural stone and recycling applications will be presented....
Hamm - Thu February 07, 2019
HAMM: Sustainable and Far-Sighted Solutions for the Future
At HAMM, the developers are thinking not only about the next machine generation; they also are focussed on the effects that current megatrends will have on road building in general and on compaction in particular....
Wirtgen - Tue February 05, 2019
Wirtgen 220 SM 3.8/220 SMi 3.8 Surface Miners
Wirtgen's 220 SM 3.8/220 SMi 3.8 surface miner selectively mines raw materials up to a cutting depth of 13.7 in. (35 cm) and a uniaxial compressive strength of 35 MPa. Due to its 12.4 ft. (3.8 m) wide cutting drum designed specifically for soft-rock mining, the compact surface miner achieves maximum productivity at low operating costs and is perfect for use in small to large mining operations....
