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Rogers Group: Open for Business
Tennessee-based Rogers Group communicated to its customers that it is fully operational. In a letter to its business partners, Darin Matson, president and chief executive officer, stated, “Rogers Group is pleased to announce that we are fully operational. We are executing our construction projects and producing and supplying materials from all aggregate facilities and asphalt plants.
Read MoreNSSGA Announces New Seat Belt Safety Initiative
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced a winner in naming the seat belt safety campaign, to be titled “Why risk it? Just click it!” The campaign’s focus is to remind the aggregate industry’s workforce of the importance of wearing seat belts on the job.
Read MoreRogers Group Plants Pollinator Garden
June 27, 2019 – Rogers Group Inc. (RGI) Sales Representative Angie Thurman went to a Tennessee Concrete Association mid-year meeting and walked out with a big idea. After hearing an environmental presentation about biodiversity at ready mixed and concrete facilities, she learned that only two aggregate companies in the entire United States partnered with the Wildlife Habitat Council and built pollinator…
Read MoreRogers Group Hosts Students
March 26, 2019 – Rogers Group’s Whites Creek Quarry, Nashville, gave an underground tour to University of Kentucky mining engineering students, who were in town during the International Society of Explosive Engineers conference. Rogers Group has developed relationships with several universities with mining and civil engineering degree programs. This is a great idea, and one that quarry operations need to…
Read MoreThe Solution is Sky High
Rogers Group Embraces Technological Efficiency With Firmatek’s Enterprise Drone Solutions. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreChrostowski Joins RGI Board of Directors
The Rogers Group Inc. (RGI) board of directors is proud to announce the recent election of Andrew E. Chrostowski to their board. Chrostowski is a seasoned executive who most recently served as president, Scott Safety in Monroe, N.C. He has had a global career that has spanned aerospace and automotive electronics, surveillance systems, consumer products, and industrial-safety equipment after serving…
Read MorePeninger Named to RGI Board
The Rogers Group Inc. (RGI) board of directors announced the recent election of Diana M. Peninger to its board. Peninger is an operations-oriented executive with more than 30 years of experience, mostly with Celanese Corp. – her most recent role being vice president with responsibility for its $2.3 billion Acetyl Intermediaries portfolio of businesses. RGI Chairman Ben L. Rechter said,…
Read MoreClearspan Fabric Structures has Aglime Covered for Rogers Group
A Rogers Group Inc. plant, located in Oak Ridge, Tenn., was in need of a structure to allow year-round storage of aglime, which is only used by customers during spring and fall. “The material must be covered or rain will wash it away. In the past we had no structure at all, so we weren’t able to store it for…
Read MorePERMITTING – MAY 2017
Pennsylvania Quarry Wants to Dig Deeper The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is raising “significant” concerns with a controversial proposal to mine 200 ft. deeper at Hanson’s Oak Hall Quarry, according to a report in the Centre County Gazette. While no final decision has been made, “technical deficiencies” cited by the DEP could put that plan in jeopardy. The…
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