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P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Neil Schmidgall
Superior founder’s willingness to team with customers revolutionized portable equipment. Neil Schmidgall didn’t invent the portable conveyor, but his customers and employees say he made significant advancements to perfect them in the 1990s. Schmidgall, founder of Superior Industries in Morris,… Keep Reading
Terex Washing Systems appoints global sales director
Terex Washing Systems (TWS) hired Iain Walker as its global sales director. Walker will lead the company’s sales team at its headquarters in Northern Ireland. In the new position, he will work closely with the sales, marketing, engineering and aftersales… Keep Reading
P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Glen Barton
Executive paved Caterpillar’s way into mining, spurred tremendous growth. Glen Barton was destined to “bleed yellow” since he was five years old, when his father purchased the first family tractor. “At six or seven, I could drive it and do… Keep Reading
P&Q Hall of Fame Profile: Eli Whitney Blake
Inventor revolutionizes road-building industry with stone crusher. Two hundred years ago, building a two-mile macadam road was a daunting task. Today, it’s not a problem because of Eli Whitney Blake’s stone crusher. Born in 1795 in Westborough, Mass., Blake had… Keep Reading
Vulcan board of directors expands
Vulcan Materials Co. elected Elaine L. Chao and Thomas A. Fanning to its board of directors. Vulcan's board increases from 11 to 13 members with the additions. Six of the 13 joined the board in the last two years, the… Keep Reading
Former Vulcan Materials CEO to retire
Vulcan Materials Co. announced that Don James, executive chairman of its board of directors, plans to retire on Jan. 15. The company says that James will serve as a non-executive chairman now that he is no longer a Vulcan employee. James… Keep Reading
Lafarge, Holcim form executive committee for future company
Lafarge and Holcim took a step to complete the merger of their companies, naming members of its future executive committee. According to Lafarge, Bruno Lafont, who will serve as CEO of the combined company, will head a project team of… Keep Reading
W.S. Tyler to address customers’ technical inquiries through technology team
W.S. Tyler formed a process equipment technology team to gives its customers the fast track to specialized equipment answers. The team is made up of six W.S. Tyler employees, including Duncan High, who leads the team. Michael Hines, Michael Honea,… Keep Reading
Associate editor, Buyers’ Guide manager join Pit & Quarry team
Pit & Quarry continues to add to its staff, adding an associate editor in Megan Wilkinson, a 2014 graduate of Kent State University. Wilkinson earned a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism. She has experience with two other business magazines and… Keep Reading
