Pit & Quarry, April 2013

THE LATEST ON EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY Astec Industries announces leadership succession plan T he board of directors at Astec Industries Inc has established a leadership succession plan in which it intends to transition the position of president and CEO to Benjamin G Brock and the position of executive vice president and COO to Richard J Dorris Pursuant to the succession plan Dr J Don Brock who currently serves as company CEO will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors In addition W Norman Smith who currently serves as president and COO will transition to the role of vice chairman of the board The date of the final implementation of the succession plan including the appointment of new executive officers has yet to be determined but is expected to be implemented prior to the end of the 2013 fiscal year Commenting on the succession plan Dr Brock said I am continuing to work as my health permits Personally I hope to mentor Ben and Rick for the foreseeable future and look forward to their active role in managing and running our company Telsmith Inc appoints new president Matthew Haven has assumed the role of president of Telsmith Inc Haven replaces Richard Patek who will concentrate on his role as group vice president of the Aggregate Mining Division of Astec Industries Inc Haven joined Telsmith in 1997 as a chief engineer of research and development and he was named executive vice president and general manager in 2012 Matt Haven has an extensive track record of demonstrated success and a is proven leader within Telsmith Patek said I am confident that his guidance will enable the 300 plus employees of Telsmith to successfully grow the brand within the global marketplace Manufacturer briefs Michelin Earthmover sets up repair accreditation program Michelin Earthmover is launching a repair accreditation program with its dealers and Tech International The program will provide earthmover tire repairs in Michelins repair shops Among the services dealers will get are training technical support inventory control systems quality repair products and procedures and traceability systems Eriez names materials processing director Jose Marin has been promoted to director of minerals and materials processing at Eriez Marin will manage the companys minerals and materials processing product line He will also coordinate with Eriez worldwide affiliate operations on major mining projects Screen manufacturer names vice president Smico and Symons Screens recently named Alan Odgers vice president Odgers has experience with global distribution of construction related equipment and managing sales Kaman WIC form strategic alliance Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp and Wajax Industrial Components WIC have formed an alliance to strengthen the services offered to customers with business assets in the United States Canada Mexico and Puerto Rico While Kaman and WIC will each remain separate and independent entities they are joining together to compete for business to business and supply agreements with customers in multiple jurisdictions providing an alternative to country based supply agreements The alliance will operate under the name Sourcepoint Industrial Steve Smidler Kamans president says because of the alliance customers who have had a limited selection of power transmission products will now have an alternative marketing manufacturing and retail distribution through dealers or direct sales Command Alkon names vice president Command Alkon promoted Jim Wilson to company vice president Wilson joined Command Alkon from JWS Corp where as a founder he spent 20 years as president of the company that provided bulk material solutions in the North American market Major Wire dealer expands territory ASE Crushing Screening Co a Major Wire dealer in Wisconsin recently expanded its territory to include the northern half of Illinois Also Major Wire named Belt Tech Industrial Inc as its new screen media dealer for aggregate operations in northern Alabama northern Mississippi and western Tennessee Terex MPS unaffected by purchase of Roadbuilding The recent announcement of certain Terex Roadbuilding product lines being sold to Fayat and changes in the Roadbuilding line manufactured in Oklahoma City will not affect Terex Minerals Processing Systems MPS products 8 PIT QUARRY April 2013 www pitandquarry com