PRESS
RELEASE
18 March 2004
Information
provided by:
Terri Rondeau, Director, Corporate Communications
Besser Company
801 Johnson Street
Alpena, Michigan 49707
Phone: 989.354.1040 Fax: 989.354.3120
Email:
trondeau@besser.com
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Besser Company
Celebrates 100 Years
In the year 2004 Besser
Company is celebrating 100 years of service to the concrete products
industry. Founded in 1904 by Jesse Besser in Alpena, Michigan, Besser
Company has grown to supply complete production solutions for producers in
the block, landscape, pipe, precast, prestressed, ready-mix and aggregate
segments of the concrete products industry.
In Halle B1, Stand 218
at Bauma innovative equipment, specially engineered for the concrete
masonry and concrete pipe markets will be showcased. The stand will
showcase an Ultrapac® concrete products machine, S63EZ Splitter, Vision 2
concrete pipe automation and a towering graphic depicting the A-36 BiDi
concrete pipe making machine (see related press releases). The stand will
also highlight the heritage of Besser Company while celebrating the
company’s future.
A newly designed 100th
anniversary logo debuted in January 2004. The new logo is an artistic
adaptation of the logo adopted in 1985 and incorporates the traditional
Besser blue and yellow.
Besser block and pipe
plants and precast forms are in 106 countries. These producers are served
by strategically located warehouses, sales/service offices and
manufacturing sites in California, Iowa, Michigan, Texas, Australia,
Belarus, Canada, China, India, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and by
agents throughout the world.
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