Pit & Quarry, December 2018

UPtoSPEED Promotion personnel changes at Telsmith Telsmith promoted Jeff Gray to vice president of sales and marketing and it hired Kraig Thistle and Don Ruppert as regional sales managers In his new position Gray will oversee all domestic and international sales and marketing efforts Thistle in his new role as regional sales manager will cover North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and West Virginia while Ruppert will be responsible for covering New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland and Delaware Motion Industries makes acquisition Motion Industries a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co acquired Hydraulic Supply Co HSC Headquartered near Miami HSC serves customers with its 30 locations specifically in the Southeast Additionally Motion Industries named Hal Midkiff as its product sales manager of pumps and equipment Hitachi Trimble partner The Trimble Loadrite L3180 SmartScale is now available as an option on Hitachi wheel loaders in the United States According to Trimble the Loadrite L3180 uses weighing intelligence and solid state sensors for more accurate precise and faster loading It also connects machines and devices for the collection and syncing of data via the built in WiFi to InsightHQ reporting portal Paladin Genesis brands purchased Stanley Black Decker is acquiring IES Attachments the attachment manufacturer that manages brands such as Paladin Genesis and Pengo IES Attachments was purchased for 690 million Delta valves brought into Weir facility Weir Minerals completed the integration of Delta Industrial s valve manufacturing operations into its St Louis facility Prior to the integration Weirs St Louis facility manufactured only Lewis pumps and valves The decision to relocate the manufacturing of the Delta Industrial valves was made to grow both brands increase production and streamline manufacturing processes the company says Gray MANUFACTURERS Komatsu dealer to build mega service center A rendering of the Komatsu Equipment Co facility in Elko Nevada omatsu Equipment Co the flagship dealership for Komatsu America Corp plans to construct a 189000 sq ft service center on 30 acres in Elko Nevada K The new building will include a six bay full service construction equipment and mechanical rebuild shop a heavy welding and fabricating shop large enough for the rebuild and manufacturing of large shovel and truck structures and the manufacturing of truck bodies a heavy machine shop with a large horizontal milling and boring machine and a construction equipment and rental machine yard with easy access to a nearby interstate Planned for completion in early 2020 the facility will combine the staff and functions of three existing buildings When operational the new customer support and service center will be capable of providing expanded support to construction and mining machines across western North America Komatsu America says PRODUCERS NEW ENTERPRISE STONE LIMES PAUL DETWILER JR DIES P pitandquarry com December 2018 PIT QUARRY 7 KOMATSU AMERICA CORP TOP MOTION INDUSTRIES aul Detwiler Jr owner of New Enterprise Stone Lime Co died at the age of 85 A 2017 Pit Quarry Hall of Fame inductee Detwiler worked at New Enterprise Stone Lime Co for more than 55 years making a name for himself in the aggregate industry A man of innovative solutions Detwiler was passionate about his work and always strived for improvement Hes the epitome of a quarry man says George Sidney president and COO of McLanahan Corp upon Detwilers induction to the Pit Quarry Hall of Fame He never lost touch with the man on the quarry floor He has always kept his hand in the operations group MANUFACTURER BRIEFS Hydraulic Supply Co above was acquired by Motion Industries Detwiler