Brandt - Mon October 28, 2019
Wirtgen Group Names Brandt Canadian Distributor
The Brandt Group of Companies has made a major product-line announcement. Effective Dec. 1, 2019, they have been named the Canada-wide dealer for the full range of aggregate and road construction and maintenance products from the Wirtgen Group....
Wirtgen - Wed September 04, 2019
PCD Milling Tools, Wirtgen's Range of Point-Attack a Perfect Combination
Cutting technology is one of the essential core competencies in the development and production of cold milling machines, given that the optimum interplay of milling drum, toolholder and point-attack cutting tool is crucial for a perfect milling result....
Romona Paden – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 27, 2019
Efficiency, Technology, Craftsmanship Mark Phase II of CalTran's I-5 Project
Interstate 5 in northern California's Siskiyou County busily hums, clanks, bangs and whirrs as work crews run big equipment and off-road vehicles in Phase II of a $57 million rehab project that runs from Mount Shasta to Dunsmuir....
Nortrax - Thu August 01, 2019
Nortrax Locations in New Hampshire and Vermont Become Wirtgen Group Dealers
The Nortrax locations in Pembroke, N.H., and Springfield, Vt., will become distributors of Wirtgen Group products. These locations will have responsibility for servicing and supporting Wirtgen Group customers for the entire state of New Hampshire and the eastern counties of Vermont....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed July 10, 2019
Wirtgen Quickly Promoted to 'Sarge' By Minnesota Paving Firm
Richard Carron has long been a proud veteran of the United States Army. The owner and president of Valley Paving Inc. in Shakopee, Minn., southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Carron served his country in the late 1960s during the Vietnam War....
Tractor Times - Thu May 30, 2019
Cartersville, Georgia, Firm Diversifies Into All Aspects of Construction
Chip and Andy Shropshire share a 70-year family history in the construction industry that began when the brothers' grandfather, George Shropshire Sr., started mining marble and ochre in Georgia. With less than a handful of employees, the business that is today known as Bartow Paving Company, provided raw material for local construction projects during the 1950s and 60s....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed May 08, 2019
Every Paving Contractor Has Stories to Tell
It might be hard to believe, but veteran paving contractors do have tales of adventure attached to most of the road projects they have worked on. How could they not? Over the past century, paving contractors have created millions of miles of paved roads and surfaces in the United States....
Tom Kuennen – SPECIAL TO CEG - Mon April 08, 2019
Wirtgen Recyclers Breathe New Life Into Florida Roads
In the busy phosphate mining district south of Orlando, a two-lane blacktop road all but destroyed by trucks got a new lease on life due to the biggest full-depth recycling (FDR) and asphalt emulsion stabilization project undertaken to date by the Florida Department of Transportation....
John Deere - Wed April 03, 2019
John Deere to Display Equipment for the First Time at bauma at Wirtgen Group Booth
John Deere will be exhibiting a selection of its construction equipment – including motor graders that will be sold via the Wirtgen Group's German sales and service companies and via the French sales and service company Wirtgen France SAS – at bauma from April 8-14, 2019....
Roland Machinery Co. - Wed March 20, 2019
Asphalt Contractors Inc. — Family-Owned Union Grove, Wisc., Company Turns Opportunities Into Growth
In 1979, Bob and Pete Kordus opened Asphalt Contractors Inc. , focusing on sealcoating and maintenance work in and around Union Grove, Wisc. Bob's son, Robert, took an immediate interest in the company and tagged along with his dad as soon as he was allowed....
