Portable Plants
New, improved products emerge from dealer conference
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens hosted 65 North American dealers at its annual National Dealer Conference this week at the Kolberg-Pioneer Inc. manufacturing facility in Yankton, S.D. KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens launched new products and sales tools for its… Keep Reading
Wirtgen Group hosts Mineral Technology Days in Germany
The Wirtgen Group hosted 2,300 customers, dealers and media at its Mineral Technology Days 2015 event in Wittlich, Germany. It was the company's eighth annual get together, and participants came from more than 100 countries. Highlights included demonstrations of crushing… Keep Reading
Superior acquires Canadian portable plant manufacturer
Superior Industries acquired MFE Manufacturing, a manufacturer that designs portable plants for the construction, aggregates and material handling industries. The acquisition will expand Superior Industries' lineup of portable plant designs. MFE, based in New Brunswick, Canada, fabricates portable processing plants, including jaw… Keep Reading
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
Atlas Copco discontinues mobile crushing, screening business
Atlas Copco plans to discontinue manufacturing its crushers and screeners, the company reports. Johan Halling, president of Atlas Copco’s mining and rock excavation technique business, says that the mobile crusher and screener business did not “fit strategically” for the company.… Keep Reading
Superior adds AIS Construction Equipment as new dealer
Superior Industries named AIS Construction Equipment as its sole conveying equipment dealer in Michigan. As Superior’s new dealer, AIS will market, sell and service Superior’s full line of conveying equipment, including stacking conveyors, transfer conveyors, feed systems and portable plants.… Keep Reading
Back to basics: Choosing a screen
Taking a look at horizontal versus inclined screens, as well as the effects of screening motion. Screens are used throughout the aggregate processing flow to separate and size material prior to and following crushing stages. While most producers are aware… Keep Reading
Garrison joins Superior Industries
Superior Industries Inc. hired John Garrison as a business development manager. According to Superior, Garrison’s experience in bulk processing will be used to develop new opportunities for Superior’s portable plants product line, its design-build division and the company’s new wet… Keep Reading
Watch a quarry blast at a small Ohio operation
Keeney Sand & Stone, a small family-owned aggregate producer in Painesville, Ohio, invited Pit & Quarry to its operation to see its last quarry blast of 2014. Hilltop Energy, which is based in Lisbon, Ohio, was contracted to perform the… Keep Reading
