In the June 6 issue of P&Q Weekly Report: How the Deere-Wirtgen deal went down

June 6, 2017

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SHARE WITH FRIENDS Attention P&Q Weekly Report readers The e-newsletter will now be sent from pitandquarry@ncmnewsletters.com. Please add us to your email contacts. LEADING OFF Deere to acquire Wirtgen for $5.2 billion Deere & Co. signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Wirtgen Group, a privately held international company, for $5.2 billion. Here’s what you need to know about the acquisition. → MORE Deere execs weigh in on adding the Wirtgen Group A deal such as John Deere’s surprising acquisition of the Wirtgen Group sparks a number of intriguing questions. John Deere's Max Guinn and Domenic Ruccolo offer some clarity.→ MORE Wirtgen brothers discuss the Deere deal Upon completing the sale of the Wirgen Group, Jürgen and Stefan Wirtgen, the managing partners of the company, offered some collective insight behind their decision to sell the privately held company. → MORE NEWS MORE NEWS → April construction starts drop 13 percent → Graymont sells New York Materials business → Atlas Copco opens US manufacturing plant → Terex Trucks appoints global sales lead → Sturtevant names VP of sales, marketing → SME names 2017 mining academic grant recipients → AEM launches campaign for National Safety Month EQUIPMENT FOCUS SPONSORED CONTENT Double Your Wear Life with Tufflex Wire Tufflex is designed for high impact and/or abrasive processes. Special Tufflex material offers greater tensile strength, ductility and corrosion resistance compared to other wire screen media. The elongated fine grains in the wire decrease the surface rust and corrosion and make it less susceptible to breakage. → MORE EYE ON THE BLOG MORE BLOGS ‘Infrastructure week’ an opportunity for progress We’ve heard a lot of talk about revitalizing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. And we’ll be hearing more about it this week, as President Donald Trump makes a few stops across the U.S. to lay out his vision to rehabilitate infrastructure. → MORE FROM THE MAGAZINE → Drawing inspiration from the      aggregate industry → State-of-the-art plant supports      sustainability