The Wirtgen Group will be presenting a cross section of its sustainable technologies for the entire road construction process chain at this year’s AGG1/World of Asphalt show, March 25-27 in Nashville. In addition to the 13 exhibits, the highlights at the booth shared by the Wirtgen Group and John Deere (booth #1555) also include a special presentation of the Operations…
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How to Select the Proper Aggregate Belt
It Can Be Challenging To Identify Exactly What Conveyor Belt Specification Is Best For Your Application. By Corey Jackson With today’s technological advances and numerous options in conveyor belt construction and materials, it can be challenging to identify exactly what conveyor belt specification is best for your application. There are four factors to consider when selecting conveyor belts for aggregates.…
Read MoreAwash in Success
EIW Sand Plants Have Served Silvi Materials Well Over The Past 25 Years. By Mark S. Kuhar Silvi Materials is a construction-materials supplier with 25 different locations across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The family-owned business was founded in 1947 by Laurence Silvi to help companies, contractors and homeowners build a better future. Today, with sons John Silvi and Laurence Silvi…
Read MoreDon’t Settle for Settling Ponds
Water Clarifiers And Specially Formulated Polymer Flocculants Can Eliminate The Need For Settling Ponds At Aggregate Plants. Edited by Mark S. Kuhar Sophisticated water clarifiers and specially formulated polymer flocculants can eliminate the need for settling ponds at aggregate plants by providing clarified water and easy-to-handle solids. For quarries that process crushed rock, sand, aggregate or dimensional stone, or mines…
Read MorePrice Management
Rock Products interviews Ksenia Yemelyanova of Price Bee About Analytics, The Market, Customers And Price Strategies. By Mark S. Kuhar Price management has become necessary in our industry, especially after the last few years of high inflation. How did you come to specialize in this area and what particular roles have you had that qualify you as an expert in…
Read MoreHolcim Sees Record Results in 2023
Holcim released its financial results for fourth-quarter and full-year 2023. In the fourth quarter, recurring EBIT rose 17.9% organically compared to the prior-year period to reach a record CHF 1,117 million. Fourth-quarter net sales of CHF 6,602 million rose 5.5% on an organic basis versus the fourth quarter of 2022.
Read MoreGranite has ‘Transformative Year’
Granite Construction recently announced results for the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2023. Revenue for the full year increased $208 million to $3.5 billion with adjusted net income totaling $140 million.
Read MoreWaste to Go
EZA Recycling Solutions Wants Your Waste – And Will Pay You For It. By Mark S. Kuhar When EZA Recycling Solutions founder Ezekiel Setne was nine years old, he tagged along with his parents to return some of the family’s empty aluminum soda cans. It wasn’t long before he was raking in $10 per month by rounding up and bagging…
Read More‘This Jig Is Mohr Better’
Jigging Is Generally Described As A Multi-Phase Process That Optimizes Stratification Of Particles. Why On The Mohr Project Did Jigging Technology Prove Economically Successful? By Jared Mohr, Andrew Snoby, Mark Bothwell Apologies to our third-grade grammar teachers. This story began a long, long time ago, more than a decade ago. Mohr Sand Gravel & Construction LLC was founded by Jared…
Read MoreGreenfield Plant, Growing Market
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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