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Imi, Transit Mix, Knife River Pros Lead National Mixer Driver Championship
Bill Emerson, a 30-year veteran with the Irving Materials Inc. Greenfield, Ind., flagship, took first place and a $5,000 cash prize in the Third Annual National Mixer Driver Championship
Read MoreDaimler Trucks: Freightliner And Western Star Plates In, Sterling Out
Daimler Trucks will discontinue production of its Sterling brand medium- and heavy-duty models and close its St. Thomas, Ontario, assembly operations in March 2009, focusing instead on Freightliner and Western Star vehicles
Read MoreChicago Dailies Endorse Ozinga In Tight Congressional Race
Martin Ozinga III has received strong affirmation from Chicago’s top newspapers, the Sun-Times and the Tribune, for his run as the Republican contender to succeed retiring, seven-term GOP Rep. Jerry Weller in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District
Read MoreUnearthing Microns Of Mud, Dems Shovel $2.5 Million Into Ozinga Smear Campaign
Beginning in the summer and continuing through late-October, Democratic interest groups have run a series of television spots lampooning Marty Ozinga, the GOP candidate for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District
Read MoreEgyptian Billionaire, Activist Shareholder Presses Txi
In a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, NNS Holding director Nassif Sawiris blasted Dallas-based TXI for poor operating performance and indicated plans to encourage other shareholders to withhold votes for directors Sam Coats and Thomas Ransdell, both up for re-election at the company’s October 21 annual meeting
Read MoreEastern Missouri Concrete Tags Illinois Neighbor, Concrete Resources
The recently incorporated Eastern Missouri Concrete LLC has closed on the assets of Concrete Resources Inc., a Columbia, Ill., ready mixed producer
Read MoreNpca-Created Certification Software Creates Instant Inspection Reports
A plant certification inspection report that once took 30 days to process is now available the same day as the inspection with new customized software developed by NPCA
Read MoreA Wind-Win Wyoming Project
Shoring up the foundations of 268 massive turbines at one of the largest planned wind farms in the U.S., located near Fort Bridger, Wyo., required an
Read MoreWinding Up For Wind Power
First popularized by Northern Europeans to grind flour, wind power has been in continuous use since the 12th century. Today, environmental considerations
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