Equipment Report

Mazio gears product line to demo contractors

Italy-based Mazio Attachments LLC now offers its complete line of demolition attachments from a North American operations center in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The company says the Mazio product line offers contractors primary and secondary crushers, multiprocessors, pulverizers and grapples in models designed to fit excavators from 1 ton to 130 tons of operating weight.

Mazio says its RS Series demolition crushers are ideal for crushing concrete while minimizing noise and vibrations. The Mazio RS offers customers 360 degrees of rotation, a Hardox and Weldox steel structure, reversed cylinders, a pressure relief valve and interchangeable teeth and blades.

The firm’s RV Series hydraulic rotating crusher is designed for primary and secondary demolition applications. Featuring a regenerative circuit for quick jaw opening and closing and a hydraulic rotation of 360 degrees, the RV Series has many of the same features as the RS Series.

The Mazio MC Series multiprocessor with an interchangeable jaw system also is designed for contractors who work in primary and secondary demolition, the firm says. A fitting kit allows the jaw to be changed for demolition, recycling and scrap applications.

The Mazio FPV Series of pulverizers serve well in secondary demolition and recycling applications, while the MP Series of mechanical pulverizers “provide speed and strength in pulverizing a variety of material on the demolition site” while also separating rebar from concrete, according to Mazio.

Finally, Mazio says its GR Series selection of grabbers “are built from wear-resistant steel and are designed to nimbly grab demolition materials for sorting and loading.”

Mazio Attachments LLC has engineering and manufacturing facilities in the United States, Italy and Colombia. The company says it designs its attachments to work with all makes and sizes of carriers, from hydraulic excavators, skid-steer loaders and backhoes to wheel loaders and telehandlers.

Astec Industries names new CEO

Astec Industries Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee, has announced that Barry Ruffalo stepped down as president and CEO and as a member of the board of directors, effective Jan. 6.

The board has appointed Jaco van der Merwe to serve as president and CEO and as a member of Astec’s board of directors. He joined the company in 2016 and served as president of Astec’s Infrastructure Solutions, a role he assumed in 2019.

“We are fortunate to have someone with Jaco’s experience and skill to assume the role of CEO,” says William D. Gehl, chairman of Astec’s board. “He is a proven leader and has a thorough understanding of our business. Prior to joining Astec in 2016, Jaco held various leadership positions with P&L responsibilities within the construction equipment industry. His knowledge of our materials solutions and infrastructure solutions markets and products makes Jaco uniquely suited to lead Astec to the next level of our ‘Simplify, Focus and Grow’ journey. We would also like to thank Barry Ruffalo for his efforts at Astec and wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

Joining Astec following an 18-year stint at Sweden-based Atlas Copco, where he served as president of Atlas Copco Mining and Rock Excavation in Johannesburg, Van der Merwe is a naturalized U.S. citizen with metallurgical engineering expertise and an MBA.

“It is an honor to be the CEO of Astec, and I look forward to our journey together. The hardworking people of Astec are the key to our success,” Van der Merwe says. “Our company has a 50-year history of designing, engineering, manufacturing and servicing the most innovative, efficient and dependable equipment solutions within the rock-to-road segment of the construction industry. By working together with a dedicated focus on execution, we will create value for our shareholders, customers and employees.”

Doosan renamed Develon, new CEO appointed in North America

It’s been a busy couple of months for Suwanee, Georgia-based Doosan Infracore North America which has both a new name—Develon—and a new CEO, Chris Jeong.

The company, which is part of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai, says construction equipment formerly sold under the Doosan name “will now be called Develon throughout the world.”

The maker of compact excavators and heavy construction equipment says “work began to identify a new brand name to replace Doosan following the August 2021 sale of Doosan Infracore to HD Hyundai.”

The name Develon was chosen “to convey the company’s drive to develop onward to bring innovative solutions to the construction equipment industry through technological transformation and the development of exceptional equipment and services,” the company says.

Leading Develon in North America, Jeong succeeds Edward Song, the previous Doosan Infracore North America CEO, who was promoted to global sales head of Develon in Seoul, Korea.

Jeong most recently served as CEO for Doosan Infracore European Union. He joined Doosan in 2006 and has led strategic activities across various markets before he was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing for emerging markets. Jeong oversaw sales and marketing for Doosan employee teams in Asia, Oceania, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Brazil and India.

“I’d like to acknowledge the many accomplishments of Doosan Infracore North America under the leadership of Mr. Edward Song,” he says. “Edward was instrumental in getting the new organization structured in 2018 as we recommitted the company to the heavy construction equipment industry in North America.”

Pedigree Technologies to showcase tracking tags at WasteExpo

Pedigree Technologies, Fargo, North Dakota, says it will showcase two of its newest asset tracking solutions in booth No. 4517 at WasteExpo, May 2-4, in New Orleans.

The company announced the addition of the two new tracking tags to its OneView platform last September. The PT TAG 20 and PT TAG 5 each have a signal range of up to 200 meters, or more than 650 feet. Pedigree says the PT TAG 20 and PT TAG 5 are designed for a long life of consistent operation with batteries that last 20 and five years, respectively.

When attached to outdoor tools, equipment and remote assets, such as waste management bins, these Bluetooth tags offer customers increased visibility at a fraction of the cost of GPS devices, Pedigree says. The tracking tags can connect and sync with truck and trailer GPS devices, Pedigree applications on handsets and tablets, Pedigree’s Cab-Mate electronic logging device and yard-based receivers.

Because the tags are less expensive than GPS trackers, monitoring lower-value assets is affordable, the company says. Bluetooth tags are small, weatherproof, offer long battery life and are quickly installed.

Using Bluetooth wireless signals, the tags repeatedly transmit messages with an asset’s unique identifier. These signals are picked up and displayed on the OneView platform along with other vehicle- and asset-based GPS devices that are being monitored. The OneView platform also can display common industrial tool tags from leading manufacturers, Pedigree says.

The tags are purpose-built for the harsh environments of the waste management, transportation, construction, oil and gas and heavy equipment industries.