Pathfinder, Bergen marketing alliance expands mold offerings, distribution

Source: Pathfinder Systems, Holland, Mich.

Block & paver machinery specialist Pathfinder Systems is the exclusive North American marketing and sales agent for Mountain Top, Pa.-based Bergen Industries. A new alliance calls for the companies to work seamlessly to provide premium quality, competitively priced molds and mold parts, delivering orders to the concrete products industry in a timely manner.

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Feds circle prospective Martin Marietta, Vulcan market overlaps

Sources: Vulcan Materials Co., Birmingham, Ala.; Martin Marietta Materials, Raleigh, N.C.; CP staff

In response to a potential Martin Marietta–Vulcan Materials merger the former company proposed in a early-December stock-for-stock exchange offer, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has requested Vulcan provide ready mixed, aggregate and asphalt delivery detail from certain operations in 15 states. Vulcan noted in a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing it had received from Justice officials a Civil Investigative Demand and request for additional information and documentary.

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