Command Alkon tightens trucking handle with Digital Fleet

Sources: Command Alkon, Birmingham, Ala.; CP staff Command Alkon is closing the first half of 2025 with the acquisition of Chicago-based Digital Fleet, calling the deal a strategic move reinforcing a “commitment to delivering purpose-built, modern technologies that enhance operational performance, streamline logistics, and empower business transformation for heavy building materials producers worldwide.” The transaction includes a full product suite…

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Manufacturers – June 2025

Process, material and inventory measurement technologies specialist VEGA Americas Inc. is the latest construction materials services provider to join the Command Alkon Connected Partner Program. The collaboration will position both parties to capitalize on the power of connected technologies, delivering advanced solutions to a wider audience of industry professionals. VEGA gains access to the Command Cloud platform, which boasts cloud-native…

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Command Alkon embeds automated payment processes in Cloud suite

Command Alkon is set for general release of Payments, a cloud-native solution augmenting dispatch and scale ticketing systems for ready mixed, aggregate and asphalt producers. Initially available to Dispatch users, the new solution leverages groundbreaking technologies from B2B payment processing platforms and paves the way for a more efficient and streamlined user experience. Payments in Command Cloud is powered by…

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Manufacturers – November 2024

Astec Industries Inc. has appointed Brian Harris as chief financial officer, transitioning to equipment manufacturing from his recent post as executive vice president and CFO of Denver-based Summit Materials Inc. Heinrich Jonker will step down from the interim CFO role and continue with his vice president of Finance – Infrastructure Solutions duties at Astec. “Brian Harris brings a valuable combination…

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Command Alkon 3.0 ushers Cloud, AI, Operational Excellence

Sources: CP staff; Command Alkon, Birmingham, Ala.  Chief Executive Officer Martin Willoughby opened the Command Alkon 2024 Elevate Conference earlier this month paralleling today’s information technology environment to the one of 1999, when he and colleagues tested their San Francisco startup’s novel idea in a business downstream of concrete, aggregate or asphalt production and delivery: Online residential real estate listings…

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Texas Horsepower

Heldenfels Enterprises Inc. (HEI) is among Texas precast, prestressed producers that rode a strong Great Recession recovery, then positioned its human and plant capital for even healthier public and private construction market activity after 2020. Based at an 85-acre San Marcos site along Interstate 35, HEI is uniquely equipped to serve segments accounting for the bulk of the state’s structural…

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Manufacturers – October 2024

Colorado is the first stop in a rapid expansion plan through which Florida-based Mapei Corp. aims to extend concrete admixture production and distribution across the U.S. The company’s new 32,000-sq.-ft. facility in Denver features advanced mixing, batching, laboratory and quality control technology, plus warehousing. It joins existing Mapei North America admixture plants in Dalton, Ga., Madison, Ill., Swedesboro, N.J., and…

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Command Alkon rewrites inventory management with Material Supply

Command Alkon’s newest platform is programmed to enable concrete producers to monitor and update stock levels, coordinate material flows, and automate back-office process to deliver a cohesive raw material supply solution. Material Supply transforms the way producers manage inbound deliveries. By integrating Command Cloud shared tickets, suppliers can share delivery tickets easily, reducing the need for manual and repetitive data…

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Command Alkon, Slabstack partner on Dispatch, CRM integrations

Sources: Command Alkon, Birmingham, Ala.; CP staff New York-based customer relationship management and concrete/aggregate/asphalt price optimization platform developer Slabstack Software Inc. has joined the Command Alkon Connected Partner program. The move facilitates cloud-to-cloud application program interface integration supporting mutual accounts or prospects and strengthens Slabstack’s leadership in heavy building materials sales automation. “This partnership helps us deliver unparalleled CRM, sales…

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Command Alkon steps up automation, AI capabilities in Marcotte Systems deal

Command Alkon has acquired Quebec-based Marcotte Systems, noting how the combined companies’ expertise and talents will accelerate heavy building materials plant automation and production optimization, plus cloud applications and artificial intelligence developments for concrete, aggregate, asphalt, cement, bulk hauling and construction interests. “This acquisition underscores our commitment to accelerating innovation and customer service excellence,” says Command Alkon CEO Martin Willoughby.…

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