Husqvarna has announced a number of staff changes. Chris Banks has joined Husqvarna as the District Sales Manager for Southern Florida. Chris has 13-plus years of experience in construction equipment sales. Chris’s background makes him well suited for understanding customers’ needs and helping to grow their businesses. Ed Cancela recently […]

Allen Engineering Corp. has entered into a joint marketing agreement with Equipment Synergy International. Under the agreement, the concrete equipment manufacturers will share some of their sales and marketing resources to better penetrate the construction equipment rental market domestically and internationally under both the Allen and ESI brands. To facilitate […]

U.S. Concrete Inc. announced today that it has signed license agreements with major ready mix concrete producers to manufacture its proprietary technology, Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete. Aridusis the first ready-mix concrete solution for preventing floor covering failures that result from excess moister vapor in concrete slabs, an industry-wide problem that […]

Pervious Plus Inc. has announced that Steve Palmer has joined their team as its new vice president of marketing and sales to further develop their growing portfolio of regional and national accounts. Palmer comes with a wealth of experience in the concrete industry, having spent the most recent years as […]

Oldcastle Architectural has renamed its high-density, pre-finished architectural concrete masonry unit Cordova Stone to better represent its timeless aesthetic appeal and artisan, hand-cut appearance. The rebrand is part of extensive research and development in artisan stone veneers. The adoption of the new name Cordova Stone, which signifies the end of […]

The Board of Directors of Lafarge North America Inc. has appointed John Stull as Lafarge’s senior leader for all aggregate, cement and concrete operations in the United States. This appointment, which brings these Lafarge business lines in the US together under a single leader, will further the company’s customer focus […]

Dur-A-Flex Inc. has named Alessandro Machado Jesus as international strategic marketing manager. Machado Jesus is the former global marketing manager at Henkel Corp. “Alessandro joins us with an excellent background in polymer adhesives and sealants as well as multilingual skills. Additionally, his extensive global marketing and strategic planning roles will […]

The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), has announced its fifth annual Decorative Concrete Awards. The competition is open to DCC members and non-members. Entries are invited in the following categories: overlays, cast-in-place – stamped and special finishes, stained, polished, countertops, […]

The GEM Orbital Sander features an 11-inch drive pad which reduces labor by at least 50-percent over traditional 5- or 6-inch rotary tools. The 100-percent orbital action of the GEM sander eliminates the possibility of swirl marks, leaving a totally consistent and uniform finish. The weight of the machine (18 […]

SureCrete Design has announced a full line of ten terrazzo concrete designs utilizing the Xtreme Series Terrazzo Mix. This high early strength cementitious casting product allows for a 150-percent load of recycled aggregates. Each terrazzo color design utilizes both post-consumer and post-industrial materials, delivering multiple LEED points. The team at […]