Day: August 10, 2011

Sources: Environmental Protection Agency; Mack Trucks Inc., Greensboro, N.C.

The EPA and U.S. Department of Transportation have issued standards aimed at increasing fuel efficiency and lowering greenhouse gas emissions for buses and light- to heavy-duty trucks. Standards for vocational vehicles—likely encompassing mixer, dump and crane-bearing models typical in manufactured-concrete delivery—call for manufacturers to target improvement of 10 percent in the fuel and emissions categories by the 2018 model year.

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Source: Oldcastle Precast, Inc., Auburn, Wash.

Oldcastle Precast announced that it has acquired Enviro-Systems Corp. for an undisclosed amount. Enviro-Systems, an Arizona-based precast concrete company, specializes in the design, manufacture and installation of precast concrete sewage treatment systems & equipment, water and wastewater treatment supply and disposal, and water treatment consumables. Enviro-Systems has a three-acre production site close to Scottsdale, in the city of Apache Junction, where they have served the Arizona market for more than 20 years.

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