The 2021 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference provided a forum for aggregate producers and equipment manufacturers to share their industry-related concerns. VCNA Prairie Material’s Warren Hawkridge, CDE’s Laurenz Peschke and Douglas Manufacturing’s Paul Ross offered their perspective.

Producers and manufacturers who attended the 2021 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference shared what’s got them excited about the current state of the industry.

P&Q contributor David Chereb discusses what’s currently driving the U.S. population to shift. Ultimately, he says, shifts can have an impact on demand for construction materials.

The nation’s return to normal is ramping up with new COVID guidance on masks. P&Q’s Kevin Yanik and magazine contributor David Chereb discuss what the development means for the aggregate industry.

TRUX, a dump truck logistics company, hired Jay Pennington as chief technology officer.

Doosan’s Bill Zak and Aaron Kleingartner share a few highlights of the -7 Series, detailing opportunities for use within aggregate applications and previewing what World of Concrete attendees can expect to see on the stand in Las Vegas.

Hiring and retaining people has long been a challenge for aggregate producers, but new policies have compounded the issue for the industry. P&Q contributor David Chereb elaborates.

P&Q contributor David Chereb says everything he’s seeing in the market at the moment is positive, and aggregate producers are emerging from the pandemic better than expected just six months ago.

Doosan’s Bill Zak and Aaron Kleingartner paid P&Q a visit, with Zak detailing the “transparent bucket” and weighing features of the -7 Series wheel loaders.