Operations

When Astec starts creating a new product, it goes through many stages. It first enters a preliminary design phase and progresses through interdisciplinary teams from sales, engineering, product management and manufacturing to see if the product is viable and if it will succeed in meeting the needs of the market and our customers.
Astec Keeps Innovation Hard at Work
The company has created a future-based culture that creates positive solutions for customers
When Astec starts creating a new product, it goes through many stages. It first enters a preliminary design phase and progresses through interdisciplinary teams from sales, engineering, product management and manufacturing to see if the product is viable and if it will succeed in meeting the needs of the market and our customers.
Astec Keeps Innovation Hard at Work
The company has created a future-based culture that creates positive solutions for customers
Production of hot mix asphalt generates a variety of noise and a range of noise levels from the plant and from movement of trucks and loaders. But technological advancements in the design of asphalt mix production equipment have significantly reduced sound levels emanating from a plant.
How to Contain Asphalt Plant Noise
Being proactive means you’re being a good neighbor and fitting in with the community
(l to r) Jason Stephens, hot plant supervisor at Granite Construction, West Haven, Utah, and Tony Martin, Astec regional parts salesman
New People, New Places
Astec’s Tony Martin brings solutions to the Pacific Northwest
The Astec Construction Department takes care of even the smallest detail.
Up and Running
Maintenance during downtime keeps customers up and running in the busy season
Queensland Road Surfaces invested in the Roadtec RP-170ex, an 8 ft (2.44 m) wide, rubber-tire asphalt paver, making it the eighth Roadtec machine in its fleet.
Maintaining High Standards
QRS and Roadtec Partnering to Provide Pavement Supply Excellence
Drum Class
Astec Advanced Customer Schools Recap
Training at expert level to minimize service calls
The Astec Silobot team, from left: Kris Robertson, Ben Shell, Chuck Simpson, Charlie Phillips and Alex Harrison. Not pictured are Albert Covington and Naaga Kodiboyana.
Safely inspect the inside of an asphalt storage silo
For an asphalt producer, the tedious process of erecting scaffolding inside an asphalt storage silo to manually inspect for damage can interrupt production for three days to complete the dangerous task of checking for holes and other wear-related problems
Joe Hines, superintendent of asphalt plants for C.W. Matthews, says controlling the movement of liquid helps prioritize trucking schedules.
The Recon Central System Helps C.W. Matthews Keep Control Of Inventory
The Recon Central System gives C.W. Matthews a bird’s-eye view of all their plants without having to log in to different plant locations.
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Astec Raises The Bar With Record Attendance At 2018 Event
Strong tradition of education is 40 years in the making. With record-setting attendance at the recent education sessions, Astec continues to build on Its industry-leading training program.
Heatec Personnel Preview
Heatec Adds New Personnel
2018 Drum Class
Advanced Customer Schools
Plant operator Josh Amyot using the new centralized controls
Plant Operators Gain Control
New centralized control system monitors asphalt storage tanks
Three Silos Silobot Story
Meet the Silobot™
Astec’s new, remote-controlled device inspects silos from the inside