Allen Engineering Corp. Gives Away Riding Trowel to Commemorate its 60th Anniversary

Feb. 3, 2024

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Allen Engineering Corp., a manufacturer of equipment specializing in concrete placement, finishing, polishing, and paving, gave a 60th Anniversary Special Edition MB245 riding trowel to Patrick Morton. This unique equipment was presented to Morton during AEC’s 60^th Anniversary Reception at the 2024 World of Concrete.

As part of AEC’s 60 Years of Concrete Innovation celebrations, AEC kicked off the festivities at the 2024 World of Concrete with a 60^th Anniversary reception and giveaway. The reception was attended by more than 400 guests, featuring the premier of the AEC 60^th Anniversary video, food and beverages. To conclude the evening, Jay Allen, CEO of AEC, announced that Morton was the winner of this prize. This compact hydraulic power steering riding trowel embodies the cutting-edge features found in AEC’s larger models, combined with the renowned durability for which Allen equipment is recognized. Allen incorporated red, white, and blue elements as a testament to its American-made heritage.

Headquartered in Paragould, Ark., AEC is a leader in the design, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing of high-quality concrete equipment.

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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.