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Terex CEO: "Our future …depends on passage of a multi-year highway bill"

Terex CEO: "Our future …depends on passage of a multi-year highway bill"

Updated: September 9th, 2010 12:18 PM GMT-05:00
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Terex Roadbuilding hosted two high-profile visitors at its Oklahoma City manufacturing facility in August. Terex Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ron DeFeo, made a visit to Oklahoma City to meet with team members and see first-hand the improvements made to the company's manufacturing facility and customer support programs. Senator Jim Inhofe, (R-Oklahoma) and ranking member on the United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, also visited the facility to see the operations and discuss the future of highway project funding.

DeFeo conveyed to team members the strong commitment Terex has to the Oklahoma City facility. "We are investing money in Oklahoma City," DeFeo said. "That's why we brought more equipment production here," referring to the recent transfer of paving and crushing equipment manufacturing from Cedar Rapids, IA to Oklahoma City.

DeFeo further explained why Terex remains strongly committed to growing and investing in the Oklahoma City facility, which is home to the production of asphalt, concrete and crushing equipment. "This location meets all the criteria Terex wants in a manufacturing facility," DeFeo said. He cited specifically Oklahoma City's modern facility with room for expansion, central location for the United States market, and talented and dedicated workforce... FULL ARTICLE

 

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