MANUFACTURERS – JUNE 2018

HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies Inc. has acquired Ludington, Mich.-based CAM Sales Inc., which manufactures reinforcement accessories plus shear steel stirrup assemblies for concrete pipe, box culverts and other utility structures, and is the North American representative for the Brecon/Bosch, Eurobend and Habermann brands of precast production components.

“We are pleased to partner with HawkeyePedershaab, which is committed to providing continued support to our customers and enhancing all aspects of our business,” says CAM Sales President James Wright, who will continue with the business. “We are confident that our strong brand and reputation, combined with the scale of the HawkeyePedershaab platform, will allow us to further establish CAM Sales as the premier manufacturer of reinforcement accessories for the concrete industry.”

The company is the latest bolt-on business under St. Louis-based investor BW Forsyth Partners, which acquired HawkeyePedershaab in 2016 with a goal of building the market-leading supplier of equipment and solutions for precast concrete. “CAM Sales offers a highly regarded brand of products that are complementary to ours and a natural extension of our current solutions,” affirms HawkeyePedershaab President Brad Schmidgall. “Joining together allows us to execute our strategic vision to provide an even broader set of capabilities to meet customers’ needs.”

“By bringing together our two teams, not only will we be able to enrich already robust offerings for customers, but we also have the opportunity to share our people-centric culture more widely,” adds HawkeyePedershaab CEO and BW Forsyth Managing Director Ryan Gable.

Florida-based water supply equipment specialist Kemco Systems Co. has named Mike Fout as vice president of Operations. He most recently oversaw the successful implementation of Lean Manufacturing across the Interior Door group at Masonite International of Tampa. He was chosen to lead the newly formed Architectural Division and deploy the Masonite Mvantage lean enterprise; completed work to attain White Belt certification; and, was named a Lean Ambassador in 2015. Fout is a graduate of General Electric’s Manufacturing Management Program and worked for GE for 14 years in manufacturing leadership positions across Aerospace, Appliances and Lighting.



John W. Dominice III

Rebar tool specialist Max USA Corp. has promoted John W. Dominice III from vice president to senior vice president of Sales. Management credits him with increasing the brand’s market penetration, boosting sales volume, and creating greater brand awareness for its industrial products. With almost 20 years of service at Max USA and an MBA from Stony Brook University in New York, Dominice will continue to oversee sales and marketing in the Americas, managing a 16-member team.

Olds, Alberta-based volumetric mixer truck specialist ProAll International Manufacturing has appointed Michael Powell as chief executive officer. A Chartered Professional Accountant and 25-year veteran of various senior roles in construction materials and manufacturing, he most recently served as president and CEO of Calgary’s Burnco Rock Products.

Powell succeeds Larry Koop, who remains a ProAll director and will serve in a consulting role. Since taking the helm in 2013, Koop oversaw construction of a new manufacturing facility, expansion into several new world markets, and development of the Commander control system.

Trimble recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire construction management software specialist Viewpoint for $1.2 billion in cash. Complementary to the e-Builder business, another recent acquisition, Viewpoint will extend Trimble’s ability to support more complete and integrated project, jobsite and business workflows across the construction lifecycle.

Viewpoint software integrates a user’s financial and resource management to project operations and to jobsite and field. Integration across office, team and field enables contractors to employ Viewpoint to effectively manage and have visibility to data and workflows from pre-production planning; to product operations and supply chain management; then to project hand over and asset operation. By blending office and field data workflows across a project, Trimble notes, customers are able to achieve significantly improved collaboration, efficiency and decision making, while lowering costs.

“Viewpoint, in combination with the recent e-Builder acquisition, confirms [our] leadership in the accelerating digital transformation of the construction industry,” says Trimble CEO Steven Berglund. “The acquisitions are strategically significant and position us to play a central role in providing comprehensive enterprise and project solutions.”

“The construction industry is embarking on a major digital transformation, and together with Trimble we will further accelerate technology innovation and adoption to deliver even more value to our customers,” adds Viewpoint CEO Manolis Kotzabasakis. “This partnership is a perfect fit, as Trimble and Viewpoint share a common vision helping construction companies integrate operations across the office, team and field, improving project profitability, enhancing productivity, and effectively collaborating across the construction ecosystem.”

“Software demand continues to surge across all industry verticals, and Viewpoint has accelerated technology adoption in construction through the development and launch of a suite of new cloud and mobile applications,” affirms Darren Abrahamson, a managing director at Bain Capital Private Equity, from whom Trimble is acquiring Viewpoint.

Cargotec Corp. has signed an agreement with JCE Invest AB to establish a joint venture, Bruks Siwertell Group, specializing in in dry bulk handling. The JV will own Siwertell AB (previously part of Kalmar Business Area within Cargotec) and Bruks Holding AB (previously part of JCE Group). Both companies are world-leading suppliers of bulk materials handling solutions. JCE Invest will own a 52 percent stake, Cargotec the remainder. Siwertell is a world-leading supplier of ship unloaders, road-mobile unloaders, port-mobile unloaders, ship loaders, mechanical and pneumatic conveying systems, and bulk terminal solutions. Most equipment is customized according to individual bulk operating requirements.