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Mobile Asphalt Paving Group Shuttle Buggy® Material Transfer Vehicle Asphalt Pavers-Asphalt Screeds Milling Machines Cold-In-Place Recyclers Front Mounted Brooms Road Wideners Vibrating Single Drum Rollers Astec Industries, Inc. With its eye on international growth Astec Industries has purchased manufacturing and office space in Hameln, Germany located close to Hanover in the state of Lower Saxony. The entity is named Astec Mobile Machinery GmbH. [ ] Astec Mobile Machinery GmbH Hameln, Germany Staffed by German engineers, service technicians, and sales staff, the facility will serve all of Europe. Roadtec has taken the lead in developing the facility, however plans are for the location to eventually serve as a European hub for most Astec Industries companies. Roadtec core products are asphalt finishers, cold planers, Shuttle Buggy® material transfer vehicles, soil stabilizers, cold-in-place recycling equipment and self-propelled brooms used in road construction. Among the projects in the works at Hameln is the development of a tamper bar screed, which will be manufactured at Astec Mobile Machinery beginning in the first quarter of 2012. This screed technology is standard in many European countries and will allow Roadtec to begin marketing its pavers in that region. The facility stocks parts and provides service to the growing Astec Industries European customer base. energy [infrastructure] mining Astec Mobile Machinery GmbH facility located in Hameln, Germany. 34 Vibrating Single Drum Roller. 2011 Astec Industries, Inc. Annual Report Road Widener.