Michigan spends less on highways per capita than all but one other state. That will not change after a recent election.
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Congress Fails Nation; Proposes Transportation Cuts
For the first time in six years, the House and Senate have come together to pass a joint budget resolution. Their achievement is overshadowed by a proposed 22 percent reduction in surface transportation funding based upon current revenue projections for the Highway Trust Fund.
Read MoreNSSGA Talks Regulatory Burden with Congress
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) shared comments with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Reform in response to a request from Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), ranking committee Democrat Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs & Federal Management Subcommittee Chairman James Lankford (R-Okla.), and ranking subcommittee Democrat Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), for a review that…
Read MoreAEM Supports Safety Week
Safety is a priority focus for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and its member companies: AEM supports and encourages industry participation in safety awareness outreach, including three events during the beginning of May:
Read MoreVulcan Reports Aggregate Gains
Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. The company’s first quarter results reflect “strong earnings growth and improvement in its industry-leading unit profitability in aggregates,” it stated in a release. The company is reporting: Total revenues increased $57 million, or 10 percent, to $631 million. Total gross profit increased $44 million, or 128 percent, to…
Read MoreTrail King Steel End Dump Trailer
Making its re-entry into the market this week at this year’s 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., was Trail King Industries’ prototype Steel End Dump. The TKSHR32 Steel End is a project that has been in consideration over the past few years and the company has finally re-introduced the model back into their product offerings. The new TKSHR32, designed…
Read MoreSuperior Industries Acquires MFE Manufacturing
Superior Industries Inc. has acquired MFE Manufacturing. Family owned and operated since its founding in 1947, MFE designs and builds portable plants for construction, aggregates and material-handling industries. The 68-year company is headquartered in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. MFE is best known for engineering and fabricating portable processing plants, including jaw and cone crushing systems, screen plants and belt feeders. The company…
Read MoreCaterpillar Reports Mixed First-Quarter Earnings
Caterpillar Inc. announced first-quarter sales and revenues of $12.702 billion, down about 4 percent from first-quarter 2014 sales and revenues of $13.241 billion. First-quarter 2015 profit included a pre-tax gain of $120 million, or about $0.14 per share, from the sale of Caterpillar’s remaining interest in the company’s former third-party logistics business. Caterpillar sold a majority interest in the business in…
Read MoreCoker Honored With Young Leaders’ Mark S. Walsh Award
Dennis Coker, vice president, aggregates, of Natural Resource Partners LLC, was named the winner of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s 2015 Mark S. Walsh Award, presented at this year’s Young Leaders Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The award was sponsored by Rock Products. “It is definitely an honor to be considered in the same group as previous Mark S. Walsh Award winners…
Read MoreThe Best of the Young Leaders
April 30, 2015 – At the NSSGA Young Leaders Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dennis Coker of Natural Resource Partners was named the winner of the 2015 Mark S. Walsh Leadership Award. The award was sponsored by Rock Products and presented by National Sales Director Sean Carr. “We are very pleased to present Dennis with this award,” Carr said. “The Young Leaders are…
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