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David Heigl Promoted to President of Schwarze Industries
David Heigl has been promoted to unit company President of Schwarze Industries in Huntsville, AL. Heigl has been a valuable member of the
Heigl joined Schwarze bringing twenty-three years of Sales and Marketing experience with increased levels of responsibility throughout his career. Prior to joining Schwarze, he was the Sales Director for Seepex Inc., which develops, manufactures and globally markets pumps, controls and drives for metering and blending applications. Heigl has extensive expertise in global market analysis, product positioning and understands the needs of his customer base. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science in Operations Management from Auburn University.
"During his tenure with Schwarze, coupled with his wide range of responsibilities, David has proven himself to be an excellent leader, and will be an outstanding successor to me as the next President of Schwarze," said Howard W. May, vice president, Sweeper and Dris Group, Alamo Group Inc. "We are confident that David Heigl will lead Schwarze to the next level of solid results, and that all of us will support him in the pursuit of success."
LeeBoy Names Brian Bieller as New CEO
Brian Bieller has 20 plus years’ experience in the industry after most recently serving as president of Dynapac North America. He
In addition, Bieller serves on the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ Construction Equipment Sector Board of Directors. He brings a wealth of knowledge of the asphalt industry to "Team LeeBoy" and the company has expressed enthusiasm in the ability to reach new achievements under his strong leadership.
“I am very excited to announce that I have joined the leading commercial asphalt equipment manufacturer in the world," Bieller says. "As the new chief executive officer of LeeBoy, I am grateful to join this passionate team. Together we will work to continue to build on the over 55 years of success that began with BR Lee and the Lee family, which continues today.”
Boschung America Introduces new Urban-Sweep S2.0
Boschung America introduces the Urban-Sweeper S2.0, all-electric street sweeper with an autonomous driving feature.
Long operating capability, ultra-fast charging and state-of-the-art technology to make switching to electric working as seamless as possible.
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A 2 m3 / 2.6 yd3 sweeper combining ease and suction power with the most progressive technologies of today. Street-smart, intuitive and compact, the Urban-Sweeper S2.0 was engineered and designed for maximum performance.
- Weight of 2.3-tns /4,600-lbs
- Width of 3.2-ft
- Articulated steering for a sharp 10-ft turning radius
- Oscillating suspension giving the 2-wheel drive the grip of an all wheel drive
Urban-Sweeper S2.0 autonomous equipped with a combination of lidars, cameras, mm-waves radars and GNSS antennas the Urban-Sweeper S2.0 becomes a fully driverless sweeper. 360° coverage of its surrounding environment, autonomous wake-up, autonomous parking, the driverless street sweeper can not only be used in closed areas, it can safely sweep the public streets with a level 5 certification. Switch from autonomous to manual at any time.
First All-Electric Asphalt Paver Launched in Germany
The world's first 100% electric asphalt paver is now on test jobsites in Europe. The first production model is currently being realized by KWS, part of VolkerWessels Infrastructure, in close collaboration with UMS (developer), Dynapac (manufacturer)
The first version is the blueprint of the production model that Dynapac will manufactureKWS
"The advantages of the machine in terms of durability are great," KWS said in a release. "There are no local emissions of CO2 or particulate matter and this directly contributes to the improvement of the living environment, wherever the machine is used. After a number of test projects this year, this spreading machine will be fully involved in KWS's projects in 2022."
There have already been electric rollers introduced to the market, but this is the first all-electric paver in use.
"We are very proud to participate in the electrification of our SD2500CS finishing machine, together with our customer KWS and our partners VDS and UMS." Axel Mooren vice president, business unit pavers at Dynapac said. "This project fits perfectly into our strategic Z.ERA program, where we reduce emissions step by step for each of our products, without sacrificing our performance."
Sweeping Corporation of America Completes 30th Acquisition
The recent acquisition by SCA, expands the service offerings in Southern CA.
“SCA is thrilled about our opportunity to expand our market presence in the California,” said Christopher Valerian, President & CEO. “With this acquisition, we will be able to grow our existing service offerings in Southern California and continue our pledge to providing first class sweeping services to our customers. I welcome the Bill’s team to SCA and we look forward to continuing their legacy of providing exceptional service with their extremely talented staff.”
This marks the 12th transaction in 2021 and 30th aquisition overall, growing their team to over 1,500 employees over 50 locations.
Read More: SCA Creates National Footprint Through PE Buy-and-Build Approach
Atlantic Southern Paving & Sealcoating Acquires Southeastern-Based Paving Company
Atlantic Southern Paving and Sealcoating announced that it had acquired Murphree Paving (Murphree) based in Tupelo, Mississippi. Murphree marks Atlantic Southern's second acquisition as it continues to expand its presence in the southeastern United States market and beyond.
Murphree paving have provided commercial pavement maintenance services to customers throughout MS, AL, TN and AR for more than 50 years and earned an enviable reputation for providing high quality work with an unwavering commitment to its customers, employees and local communities.
"I'm pleased that Murphree will become an integral part of the growing Atlantic Southern team, and confident that our expanded reach will allow us to offer an even stronger service proposition to our customers," said Harrison Gregory, CEO of Murphree. "I'm excited our employees will play key roles in growing a national business in the industry. Over the course of many conversations during this process it became evident that the Atlantic Southern and Murphree management teams share the same core values: delivering the highest level of service to our customers and providing real growth opportunities for our employees."
The acquisition of Murphree is the second transaction completed by Atlantic Southern under its partnership with Harbor Beach Capital, a middle market private equity firm with a proven track record of driving organic and acquisition growth in middle market businesses. In January 2021, Atlantic Southern acquired Emerald Paving to assist with servicing the company's national customers. This latest acquisition is well aligned with Harbor Beach and Atlantic Southern's shared commitment of expanding the geographic footprint of the company through organic growth initiatives combined with selective strategic acquisitions.
