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Founded in 1981, Roadtec, Inc. (Roadtec) began as a manufacturer of asphalt pavers. Today, Roadtec offers an extensive product line, including cold planers, soil stabilizers, brooms and material transfer vehicles. In 2013 Roadtec's two biggest innovations were the Guardian Telematics System and Edge Extended War- ranties. The Guardian system allows Roadtec and its customers to always be connected to the equipment and monitor and diagnose it. The equipment can also report any faults and production totals to the cus- tomer in real time. It is truly like Roadtec is always there with the machine. The Edge Warranties provide a warranty for any piece of equipment Roadtec builds. This covers the machine for 3 years or 3,000 hours and the engine for 5 years or 6,000 hours. With this warranty it even allows Roadtec to reimburse the cus- tomer for any time they may have spent repairing the machine. These two programs have allowed Roadtec to far surpass its competition in the level of service we can provide. Roadtec debuted many new products in 2013, one of the most important being the new Tier 4 powered RP-190e and RP-195e. These two 10' pavers have many industry leading features that have made them extremely popular and Roadtec is excited to carry this momentum into 2014. Photos 1 The RP-2505 is a powerful 8' (2.5 m) steel-tracked paver built to operate with a high density dual tamper bar screed. Visibility, maintenance access, and operator comfort high- light the RP-2505. The versatile RP-2505 is capable of paving roller compacted concrete as well as asphalt pavements. 2 Tier 4i engine, CAN-bus communication system, and hydrau- lically swinging operators' stations are just some of the newest innovations for the RP-190e. Now equipped with the Guardian® Telematics System, more time can be dedicated to paving and less to worrying. 3 Roadtec continues its commitment to providing the industry with the longest lasting and best producing front mounted brooms. With an 85 horsepower engine, positive pressure cab and side-shift pivoting broom head, the FB-85 can get the job done for years to come. 4 The Roadtec SX-8e/ex soil stabilizer-reclaimer features a clean-running 755 hp (563 kW) CAT® C18 engine. It is the largest, most powerful model in the company's line of stabilizers-reclaimers. 5 The SB-2500e/ex Shuttle Buggy® material transfer vehicle (MTV) can store and transfer hot-mixed asphalt material from a truck to a paver for continuous paving. Roadtec, Inc. Industry Served: Infrastructure Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA Mobile Asphalt Paving Group Milling Machines Cold In Place Asphalt Recyclers Commercial Class Asphalt Pavers Highway Class Asphalt Pavers Material Transfer Vehicles Self-Propelled Brooms 28 | Astec Industries, Inc. Infrastructure