John Garrison Joins Superior Industries

Superior Industries Inc. has hired industry veteran John Garrison as a new business development manager. Garrison’s strong experience in bulk processing will be used to develop new opportunities for Superior’s portable plants product line,its design-build division and the company’s new wet processing division, the company said. Garrison joins Superior after spending the last decade as a market area director at Terex…

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Ray LaHood

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, appearing on 60 MINUTES, said that many of the roads and bridges we drive on every day are “on life support.” What’s more, nearly 70,000 bridges in the U.S. are deemed structurally deficient. “I don’t want to say they’re unsafe. But they’re dangerous,” said LaHood. “Our infrastructure’s on life support right now. That’s what we’re…

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Michelin South Carolina Plant Will Produce TWEEL

Michelin marked the opening of its newest plant in North America, which will produce the innovative MICHELIN X TWEEL Airless Radial Tire for commercial applications. An idea first conceived by Michelin research engineers in the United States, the TWEEL is a revolutionary non-pneumatic tire that changed the configuration of a conventional tire, bringing together the tire and the wheel assembly into…

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FMI Nonresidential Construction Index Rises

Nov. 21, 2014 – FMI’s Nonresidential Construction Index (NRCI) shows a slight increase from 62.5 in the third quarter to 62.8 in the fourth quarter of 2014. This is nearly 5.5 points ahead of fourth quarter 2013. An NRCI greater than 50 indicates improvement or expansion. There are many good reasons for optimism by NRCI survey respondents this quarter. The top-three are:…

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Bridgestone Opens New Off-Road Tire Plant

Bridgestone Americas opened its first giant off-road radial tire plant. Based in Aiken County, S.C., the 1.5-million-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility produces various off-road radial tire products used to equip heavy haul trucks in mining and aggregates applications. The new plant strengthens Bridgestone’s ability to meet the needs of its global customer base in this key segment, according to the company. Kazuhisa Nishigai,…

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Frac Sand Insider Conference a Huge Success

More than 200 people gathered in Pittsburgh Nov. 16-18 for Rock Products’ second Frac Sand Insider conference. Both the number of exhibitors and attendees exceeded the first show, held in Pittsburgh last year. “We are extremely pleased with how this event turned out,” said Tim Fearney, show director. “Our exhibitors made some good connections, and the educational sessions have been informative and well-attended.” The…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

Smart Sand Partners (SSLP) is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Hi-Crush Partners and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), with a record-breaking IPO. Like the previous two fracking sand MLPs, SSLP produces Northern White frac sand from sand mines and a processing facility in Wisconsin. Its integrated facility has on-site rail infrastructure and wet and dry sand processing facilities,…

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92 Resources Updates Zim Frac Project

Exploration company 92 Resources Corp. provided an update on its 100-percent-owned Zim Frac silica property in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. While more testing still remains, the multi-step physical testing and analyses being carried out so far by Stim Lab Inc., of Oklahoma, for frac sand determination, have delivered some excellent results according to the company.

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Report Claims Frac Sand Companies Disregard Regs

A new Land Stewardship Project report claims to show that the frac sand mining industry in Wisconsin is systemically disregarding state regulations, a red flag to communities in Minnesota that are grappling with the onslaught of this industrial activity. The report, which is reportedly based on an analysis of public data and news reports, also documented over a dozen instances…

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