BRIEFS ACTIVITIES & APPOINTMENTS ACE-CO 50TH ANNIVERSARY
San Antonio-based plant automation spe- cialist Ace-Co has entered its sixth decade of service to the concrete industry. "We are excited about the longevity and strength of our company," says President Ken Cardy. Following the recent merger with Libra Systems Corp. in Harleysville, Pa., he adds, "We have the diversification, size, and financial resources for long-term strength, new product development, and sustained growth. With a highly trained dealer and sales network throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America, Ace-Co enjoys a loyal and satisfied client base that continues to increase." "[Our] flagship batch control, the
Scorpion, has been manufactured since 1999. Its proven design continues to take advantage of the latest in technol- ogy while protecting our customers' ex- isting systems from obsolescence," notes Ace-Co General Manager Dan Faubel. Libra Systems/Ace-Co is the second-
largest manufacturer of batch automation and dispatch software to the concrete in- dustry. Libra Systems is the leading
The Scorpion batch control anchors the Ace-Co concrete plant equipment line, which also includes full-featured dispatch and truck-tracking systems.
provider of plant automation and enter- prise integration solutions for the asphalt and aggregate industries. The combina-
tion of the two companies represents a single source automation solution for ag- gregate-based product operations.
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