Pit & Quarry, October 2018

UPtoSPEED McCloskey acquires Lippmann Milwaukee ICYMI I N C A S E Y O U M I S S E D I T MANUFACTURERS PRODUCERS M PRAIRIE MATERIAL SITE OPENS AFTER THREEYEAR cCloskey International acquired HIATUS Lippmann Milwaukee Prairie Material reopened a sand and a privately held company gravel site in Illinois that was closed that manufactures since 2014 due to slowed activity and aggregate crushing equipment for processing competition from imports According applications to the Ford County Record Prairie Lippmann products are sold across Materials management sought to the aggregate mining and recycling reopen the mine near Paxton Illinois for a while Management established industries a logistics network to export sand Lippmanns reputation for quality and backhaul agricultural lime from a is legendary says Paschal McCloskey quarry in Ashkum Illinois The Paxton president and CEO of McCloskey site now offers a local source for construction sand gravel and aglime reducing transportation costs while supporting the local economy the company adds MANUFACTURERS VOLVO CE MOVES INTO NEW HEADQUARTERS Volvo Construction Equipment Volvo CE moved into its new global headquarters in Gothenburg Sweden in early September The new headquarters is located at Campus Lundby the same site as other Volvo Lippmann Milwaukee products are sold across the CE business areas and is sharing aggregate mining and recycling industries a building with both Volvo Buses and Volvo Penta The move will help International We are excited at the facilitate the sharing of resources opportunity to leverage the best practices best practices and competence and of both companies while aligning more opportunities for collaboration the organization and operation for a according to Volvo CE customer driven model CE Lippmann established in 1923 VOLVO and regarded for its heavy duty jaw crushers is headquartered in Milwaukee LEFT Wisconsin McCloskey expects MILWAUKEE LIPPMANN its complementary product offerings including portable crushing plants to allow for market expansion for both companies McCloskey also expects to serve a broader base of customers around the world as it can leverage its global dealer network to distribute the Lippmann product line Our success in the market has been built on quality products along with dedicated employees McCloskey says Looking at the similar values and culture between McCloskey and Lippmann its an excellent fit Lippmanns headquarters wi l l remain in Milwaukee and McCloskey International will continue to be headquartered in Keene Ontario Canada Well be taking some of Lippmanns legendary reputation in the large jobs big impactors stationary projects and expanding our offering to the Mc Closkey network says John ONeill vice president of sales at McCloskey Lippmann has typically been very strong in North America and McCloskey will help with expansion of the global reach Were still going to keep the two brands and two dealer networks in place there will be no major shakeups there In addition McCloskey is focused on growing Lippmanns existing operations in Milwaukee Were looking to expand their team ONeill says We are looking to invest in Milwaukee the infrastructure there and the people there We can build machines anywhere but its hard to find good people Our history has been when we do buy companies we have grown them in place Volvo CEs new headquarters is based in Gothenburg Sweden 6 PIT QUARRY October 2018 pitandquarry com