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Day: October 7, 2024

Kenworth adds CARB-compliant Paccar engine spec

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Kenworth Truck has introduced a California Air Resources Board (CARB) version of the Paccar MX-13 engine, scheduled for Q4 2024 production and available on T880, W990 and T680 models. New aftertreatment hardware meets stringent California low nitrogen oxide emissions requirements. Key to CARB compliance are a twin-canister selective catalytic reduction aftertreatment device plus more optimized emissions controls systems. The CARB-compliant…

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Milwaukee M18 FUEL retires hammer and nail method for formwork

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The new M18 FUEL Duplex Nailer is engineered to increase productivity and optimize ergonomics of concrete form assembly, firing up to three nails per second. Compared to the manual hammer and nail method, the tool performs seven times faster while providing a safer and less fatiguing solution to sink up to 800 nails per charge. “Through continuous research, we find…

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Liebherr moves first with hydrogen-fueled large wheel loader

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The Liebherr GmbH plant in Bischofshofen, Germany provided a backdrop for the earthmoving and concrete equipment manufacturer to unveil the world’s first large wheel loader running a hydrogen engine. With government agency and industry representatives on hand, the early-summer event included a series of talks on alternative drives ahead of the Prototype L 566 H demonstration. In tandem with the…

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Euclid releases solvent-, water-based tilt-up panel bond breakers

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EucoTilt SB and EucoTilt WB are the latest Euclid Chemical advancements in bond breaker technology engineered for tilt-up concrete. They anchor a program with which the company aims to enhance tilt-up construction efficiency, quality and sustainability. The solvent-based EucoTilt SB features a chemically reactive, membrane-forming cure. Formulated without wax or hydrocarbon resins, it utilizes organic compounds to react with free…

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Profit Characteristic Curve

Vic Serri

Quantifying the relationship between ready mixed concrete customer price and last-mile logistics productivity A ready-mix concrete producer’s profitability is heavily dependent upon a robust revenue management strategy. Linking customer product price and last-mile logistics metrics allows managers to evaluate each account’s profit contribution. The profit relationship between customer price and last-mile logistics productivity is defined as the Ready-Mix Profit Characteristic…

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Beltway Alignment

Don Marsh

Chaney Enterprises’ newest Maryland plant fills prime area along Washington, D.C./Interstate 494 periphery Chaney Enterprises, a Maryland-based ready mixed concrete, sand, gravel and block producer, has an unrivaled organic growth and acquisition record over the past five years along the Atlantic Seaboard markets, leading to a portfolio of 125 sites in six states, including Washington, D.C., and nearly 1,300 employees.…

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Manufacturers – September 2024

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Cesar Constantino has been named director of Strategic Development – North America at Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals, tasked with overseeing Chryso and GCP admixture brand growth. He arrives after a lengthy Titan America tenure spanning tours in concrete and cement operations and the sister Separation Technologies fly ash business. Most recently, he was vice president of Marketing and Sales for CemAI…

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Organizations – September 2024

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National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Chief Operating Officer Deborah Malone and Chief Financial Officer Joe Roche will lead their organization for an interim period after the late-August resignation and departure of Mike Philipps, who had served as staff president for six years. 2024 Chairman Nathan McKean (BMC Enterprises) credits Philipps for leadership significantly contributing to NRMCA membership expansion and positioning…

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Producers – September 2024

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Mack Industries of Valley City, Ohio has acquired Bluffton Precast Concrete Co., a Bluffton, Ohio business under the Akin family for 55 years. The deal marks an eighth precast operation for Mack Industries, joining home state, Michigan, North Carolina and Florida plants, along with four Ohio ready mixed concrete sites. “We are honored to work with the team at Bluffton…

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Steel giant Gerdau enters graphene admixture sphere

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A nanotechnology-driven business under Gerdau S.A., São Paulo, has a developed a line of water-based graphene nanoplate admixtures formulated to reduce portland cement requirements in mix designs and improve finished concrete mechanical performance. The premier Gerdau Graphene product, NanoCONS W104, especially suits precast production and delivers: Like other nanotechnology developers focused on carbon atoms forming 2D (plate or platelet) or…

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