Miller-Bradford & Risberg, Inc., the CASE construction equipment dealer in Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, opened a new facility in Marathon City, Wis. The modern structure was built in one year and is an upgrade over the Abbotsford facility with more service bays, state-of-the-art tools and overhead cranes for repairing larger machines. The new building is located off WI-29, just east of…
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Cemen Tech Signs SITSA as Authorized Dealer in Mexico
Cemen Tech announced it recently signed SITSA as the exclusive dealer for Cemen Tech volumetric mixers throughout Mexico. SITSA has over 40 years’ experience serving the construction, mining and agriculture industry, and offers comprehensive solutions for the construction and infrastructure industries. SITSA offers sales and rentals of new and used equipment. The company carries an extensive inventory of parts and provides equipment service,…
Read MoreHousing Starts Fall in January
Nationwide housing starts dropped 3.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.099 million units in January, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department. Overall permit issuance edged down 0.2 percent.
Read MoreSummit Materials to Acquire Boxley
Summit Materials anticipates a mid-March closing on key aggregate, concrete and asphalt-production assets of Roanoke, Va.-based Boxley Materials Co., a 124-year-old operator serving Virginia and West Virginia. A definitive agreement on the deal was announced less than two weeks after Summit closed on its recently reported deal for Wilmington, N.C.-based American Materials Co., with five sand and gravel operations in…
Read MoreDufferin Aggregates Quarry Becomes Environmental Trailblazer
CRH Canada’s Dufferin Aggregates Acton Quarry is the first quarry in the world to receive certification as a supplier of responsibly sourced stone, sand and gravel, according to The Cornerstone Standards Council (CSC).
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