Category: Inductees

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2025 Bauer, who is regarded as a premier expert in wear parts, is president of EccoFab, which he’s steered for nearly a half-century. By launching the use of Hardox steel in wear applications in the 1980s and continuing that innovation through the advocacy of different thicknesses and Brinell strengths,…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2025 Hill, chairman of the board and CEO at Vulcan Materials, currently presides over the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates. First joining Vulcan in 1979, Hill took on a variety of operations and general management assignments throughout his career there. He spent 1990 to 1996 in sales and…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2025 Symons played a significant role in evolving the modern-day crushing market with several innovations a century ago – including the cone crusher. Symons designed the pillar shaft gyratory crusher in the early 20th century. The horizontal disc crusher was also an early invention of Symons, who started his…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2025 Bauer, who is regarded as a premier expert in wear parts, is president of EccoFab, which he’s steered for nearly a half-century. By launching the use of Hardox steel in wear applications in the 1980s and continuing that innovation through the advocacy of different thicknesses and Brinell strengths,…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2025 DeDiemar is the holder or coholder of 13 U.S. patents covering products such as jaw crushers, cone crushers, gravel scrubbers and apron feeders. His career included stops at several equipment manufacturing companies, including Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., the Smith Engineering Works/Telsmith Division of Barber Greene Co., Protech and W.S. Tyler.…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2024 The respect and admiration that leaders across the aggregate industry have for Virginia-based Luck Stone is almost palpable. As the nation’s largest family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel, Luck Stone has set countless examples throughout its 101-year history on how to treat people. From…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2024 Crushing. Screening. Portable processing. Louis Johnson, the founder of El-Jay Manufacturing who introduced the Rollercone roller bearing cone crusher and the triple-shaft horizontal screen more than a half-century ago, made an impact on all these critical industry areas. The equipment Johnson brought forward remains highly relevant today. “Mr.…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2024 Neil Hise has been around construction nearly his entire life. Hise, the second-generation owner and longtime president of Cemco, emigrated to the U.S. in 1947. Settling in New Mexico with his family, he was regularly around road construction camps, crusher pits and other jobs. While his father did…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2024 As Tom Hill puts it, his start in the aggregate industry came totally by chance. Hill, the founder and former president and CEO of Summit Materials, finished his bachelor’s degree in 1978 and was ready to start law school. Ultimately, though, Hill decided that was not the path…

Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2022 Dave Thomey’s heart and home have always been in Maryland, with the 74-year-old living his entire life within the state. Thomey’s allegiance to Maryland is one reason why he took a job seven years ago with Martin Marietta, which he continues to serve today as a community relations…