Luck Stone Digs In At Its New Fairfield Operation In South Carolina, A Greenfield Start-Up Poised To Serve Local Growth And Development. By Mark S. Kuhar The area north of Columbia, S.C., is growing. With increasing population, businesses relocating to the region and a major university to the South, there will be rising infrastructure needs for the foreseeable future. Luck…
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The Gift of Giving
Luck Companies Celebrates Its Centennial By Empowering Associates To Contribute To The Charity Of Their Choice. By Therese Dunphy In 2023, Luck Companies marked 100 years in business by reflecting on its core values and traditions and celebrating them throughout a year-long campaign that included 34 events. From the time it was founded by Charles Luck Jr., Luck has been…
Read MoreLuck Stone’s Atlanta Site Invests in New Sand Wash System
Luck Stone has invested in a 110-tph sand wash system to replace its sand screw equipment.
Read MoreCDE to Host EvoWash Webinar
On Nov. 29, at 11:00 a.m. ET, CDE will host a live webinar with a virtual tour of its EvoWash Sand Classifying & Dewatering System. During the tour, its experts will explain how this hydro-cyclone technology is helping customers including Luck Stone, Wheatcraft Materials and Lone Star Aggregates (to name a few) enjoy increased accuracy of separation, increased dewatering efficiency…
Read MoreLuck Stone On Tour
Oct. 2 2023 – According to the latest Georgia Construction Aggregate Association report from Executive Director Jeff Wansley, Luck Stone hosted a quarry tour at its Atlanta-Stephens Plant on Sept. 21. Among those attending were Councilman Matt Westmoreland and Councilman Amir Farokhi; Michael Smith, senior deputy general manager of Hartsfield Jackson Airport; and Atlanta City Council staffers David Johnson and Jared…
Read MoreVirginia Quarries Honored for Safety
The Virginia Department of Energy and the Virginia Transportation and Construction Alliance annually award mines and miners for ensuring a safe work environment for the Commonwealth’s miners. The top eight mines awarded for their safety records were: • BWI Abingdon LLC – BWI Abingdon – 12 employees – 23,434 hours.• Salem Stone Corp.– Acco Stone Co. – 17 employees –…
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – May 2023
TOP NEWS Caterpillar, Luck Stone in Autonomous Collaboration Luck Stone’s and Caterpillar’s partnership on autonomous hauling goes back at least to the 1990s, Charlie Luck, president and CEO of Luck Companies, told Rock Products. Heidelberg Materials Acquires RMS GravelHeidelberg Materials announced that it has acquired all operating assets and reserves of RMS Gravel Inc., a producer of high-quality sand and gravel…
Read MoreGCAA Announces New Committee Chairs
The Georgia Construction Aggregate Association (GCAA) named two new committee chairs. Aaron Himes, Summit Materials, will serve as chairman of the Safety Committee. Eric Griffith, Luck Stone, was named chairman of the Workshop/Expo Committee. Himes is the East Region safety director for Summit Materials, Boxley, Va.; Georgia Stone Products (Georgia and Florida); and American Materials Co. (North and South Carolina);…
Read MoreCaterpillar, Luck Stone Autonomous Collaboration Was Years in the Making
At this year’s ConExpo-Con/Agg show, emerging technologies such as hydrogen engines and autonomous hauling were front and center at many exhibits. This was especially true for companies that manufacture “heavy iron” for the aggregates and construction industries. Prior to the show, Caterpillar Inc. announced a collaboration with Luck Stone, the nation’s largest family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand…
Read MoreCharlie Luck Talks 100th Anniversary
Feb. 27, 2023 – One of the highlights of the March issue of Rock Products is our feature on the 100th Anniversary of Luck Stone. I had the opportunity to engage Charlie Luck – the company’s third-generation owner – in a one-on-one interview to discuss the milestone anniversary and to discover what it takes for a company to not just survive, but thrive, for…
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