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HammerHead Trenchless Equip-
ment has purchased a new facility
for $5.1 million in nearby Lake Mills,
Wisc. that provides 136,500 square
feet situated on 19 acres and allows
plenty of room for growth. Currently
celebrating its 25th year in business,
the company has doubled in size in
just the past five years. HammerHead,
an Earth Tool Company of Oconomo-
woc, Wisc., manufactures a full line
of pipe bursting, pipe ramming/HDD
Assist, pneumatic boring equipment, HDD tooling and accessories, and CIPP lateral lining
systems and consumables.
ChemSystems Inc.
formed a strategic part-
nership with Decorative
Concrete Supply of Shaw-
nee, Kansas. As part of the
partnership, Decorative
Concrete Supply will be-
come the newest member
of the Cement Colors dis-
tribution network, which
currently has locations in
Fort Worth and Hous-
ton, providing product
sales, technical service,
specialty manufacturing
and warehousing.
LATICRETE International, a manufacturer of
construction solutions for the building industry,
has acquired HP Spartacote®. The acquisition
will provide LATICRETE customers access to
new products and technologies while expand-
ing the company's presence in the restoration,
decorative flooring and coatings category. With
headquarters in Golden, Colo., HP Spartacote
produces a line of resinous floor coatings. The ac-
quisition was completed in July while integration
of manufacturing, sales and service functions will
occur over the next 12 months.
In celebration of Irrigation
Association Smart Irrigation
Month, The Toro Company
has announced a partnership
with the Wyland Foundation
in the National Water Is Life
Classroom Mural and Art
Contest. This year's theme,
Our Ocean, encourages stu-
dents to use research to bet-
ter understand the impact of
smart water management on
our coasts and oceans, which may be hundreds of miles downstream, then interpret their
findings through art. Painter Robert Wyland of the Wyland Foundation is seen with Rob
Starr of Toro's water management technologies group.
Ground Gains
Mergers, Acquisitions, Expansions