New Enterprise executive transition ushers next generation management

Source: New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., New Enterprise, Pa.

Paul I. Detwiler III has been named New Enterprise Stone & Lime chief executive officer, maintaining his titles of president, secretary and director, but vacating a chief financial officer post. He will oversee an integrated aggregate, ready mixed, manufactured-concrete, asphalt and road-building business with strong Pennsyvlania and New York presence.

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Kenworth, Peterbilt roll out new mixer- and dump-ready models

Sources: Kenworth Truck Co., Kirkland, Wash.; Peterbilt Motors, Denton, Texas

The two heavy-duty brands of Paccar Inc. showed new vocational models at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, both sporting variations of a common, set back front axle vehicle platform with 12.9-liter Paccar MX-13 engine; 83-in. (2.1-m) wide aluminum cab; sloped, multi-piece hood fabricated of impact-absorbing Metton composite; and, panoramic windshield offering marked visibility improvements over predecessor chassis.

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Expocrete Concrete widens Oldcastle footprint to Western Canada

Sources: Expocrete Concrete Products Ltd., Edmonton; CP staff

Oldcastle Building Products has gained expansive territory in block, hardscape and precast products, acquiring one of Canada’s top manufactured-concrete operators and staking claim well beyond Quebec and Ontario, markets its Permacon business serves.

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