Reactive Maintenance Wreaks Havoc And Causes Unplanned Labor, Downtime, Extra Costs For Components. By Jason Crain Preventive maintenance (PM) is a concept we all know but may struggle with in our work and personal lives. In operations, it refers to scheduled maintenance tasks to maximize the life of wearable components. Often, there is not enough time for required daily tasks…
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Elkhart County Gravel Increases Screen Wear Life and Boosts Plant Efficiency With High-Quality Screens. By Mark S. Kuhar Elkhart County Gravel, headquartered in New Paris, Ind., operates four Indiana and Illinois Department of Transportation certified sand and gravel pits in northern Indiana that produce landscape stone, asphalt blends and concrete mined from a bench below water. As Plant Manager Arnie…
Read MorePeckham Industries Tackles Pricing
A New Plan Allowed The Company To Focus On Delivering Value To Its Customers – And Its Customers To Focus On Their Work. By Barry Hudson and Julia Georgi This is the third in a series of articles on pricing. -Ed. The year 2022 was an unprecedented year for inflation, and the speed of its onset. Headline inflation numbers were…
Read MoreIt Takes More Than Luck
Charlie Luck Talks To Rock Products About Luck Companies’ 100 Years Of Powering Possibilities. By Mark S. Kuhar In 1923, Charles Luck Jr. opened a crushed stone operation, Sunnyside Granite Co., in Richmond, Va. One-hundred years later, Luck Companies is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone aggregates and environmental performance products through its Luck Stone, Luck…
Read MoreHere Comes ConExpo-Con/Agg
The Show, Now Nearly 5% Bigger Than The Record Set In 2020, Will Feature 1,800 Exhibitors And 150 Education Sessions. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson Here it comes again. The next ConExpo-Con/Agg will be held March 14-18, 2023, in Las Vegas. ConExpo-Con/Agg is the largest construction and aggregates trade show in North America and the premier event that…
Read MoreAggregates Producer Price Index
Introducing the Aggregates Producer Price Index (APPI) A Joint Project Of Mineralocity And Market Bee. By Barry Hudson Mineralocity and Market Bee announce the launch of the Aggregates Producer Price Index (APPI), a powerful new tool for the aggregates industry. As the industry continues to evolve and seek more data-driven approaches to business, the APPI provides a valuable addition to…
Read MoreOptimizing Feed, Flow & Throughput
Heavy-Duty Vibrating Screens and Feeders Deliver Top Performance In Multi-Plant Upgrades. By Carol Wasson When Blue Water Industries expanded its market reach with the 2018 acquisition of five limestone quarries throughout Tennessee, its primary goal was maximizing efficiency and production capacities via a multitude of strategic plant upgrades. As such, Blue Water Area Manager Randy Dies sought out “beefy” components,…
Read MoreConExpo-Con/Agg 2023 Showfloor Showcase
Powerful Products, The Hottest New Equipment, High-Tech Solutions And More Await Aggregates Producers At This Year’s Show, March 14-18 In Las Vegas. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson Rock Products Grand Lobby, Booth GL12594Stop by the Rock Products booth to pick up print copies of the magazine, learn about Women in Aggregates and our new Construction Materials Carbon Management; web portal; and…
Read MoreAggregates Industry Market Report
In This Quarterly Report, Provided Exclusively to Rock Products, Capstone Partners Offers Insight Into Merger and Acquisition Activity, Capital Markets Trends, Aggregate Production and Pricing. By Darin Good, Brian Krehbiel and Crista Gilmore
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Arcosa Banks On Data-Driven Decision-Making In Sales: A More Methodical Price-Management Approach. By Barry Hudson This is the first in an exclusive series of articles focused on pricing in the aggregates industry. – Ed. Trey Gerik, sales manager for Arcosa Aggregates’ Texas region, knew optimizing data analysis could increase revenue from aggregate sales even amidst an uncertain market. Arcosa Aggregates…
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