In 2010, Navistar Inc. acquired Houston, TX-based Continental
Mixers, a company specializing in the engineering and manufacturing of concrete
mixers. And now, a year after opening its doors to the public, Peterson Trucks
is pleased to announce that it has been named the official Continental Mixer dealer
for Northern California and Oregon.
Continental has been supplying the Ready Mix concrete
industry with quality mixers since 1982, and Peterson will be offering the full
range of Continental’s truck-mounted products, from industrial-sized mixers to
compact units.
Continental also manufactures a particularly advanced mixer
called the SuperSlurry Precision Delivery system, which uses highly-developed
suspension properties to produce a consistent, liquefied cement mix. The
technology is designed to increase efficiency and reduce costs, saving energy
and reducing a company’s environmental impact.
Dave Angotti, Sales Manager at Peterson Trucks,
explained what acquiring Continental Mixer dealership status means for the
company: “International Trucks designs great commercial vehicles for the
construction industry. Now that we can sell Continental mixers as well, our status
as a major supplier for the industry is strengthened. Contractors big and small
need to pour concrete, and we can provide them with the technology to do it.”
Executive VP of Peterson Trucks, Larry MacDonald expounded
on this idea stating: “Peterson has already been offering severe-duty trucks
like the International PayStar and WorkStar, and the Cat CT660 vocational
truck, which are all work horses in construction applications. Combined with
Continental Mixers, these vehicles are a powerful tool for construction businesses.
We are excited to bring on the Continental line, which will allow us to
continue to leverage our wide range of vocational product offerings, to our
current customers and lines in accordance with our Vocational Strategy for PTI.”
As of late July, Peterson sales staff has made preliminary
plans to supply mixers to CEMEX, a global building materials company that owns
over 450 Ready Mix concrete plants in the United States,
and which will be operating Continental mixers in Northern
California.
Peterson is also now authorized to provide mixer parts to
its Ready Mix customers, not only from Continental, but from 90% of competing
mixer brands as well. This all-makes parts strategy mirrors Peterson’s
capabilities for truck engine and machine engine parts.
Peterson has been a family-owned Caterpillar dealer for
seventy-five years. The Peterson family of companies serves over one hundred
thousand square miles of the American West with an expansive line of equipment:
Caterpillar machinery and on-highway trucks, International trucks, agricultural
equipment, rental equipment, portable and stationary diesel-powered generators,
natural gas turbines, air compressors, and advanced equipment guidance systems.
With more than forty locations throughout northern California,
Oregon, and southwestern Washington, Peterson employs over one
thousand employees. For more information, visit www.petersontrucks.com.