Were it not for our continual developments in concrete placing technology during good times and bad, global products such as the Telebelt® TBS 130 might never get invented.

Debuting this past April at Bauma 2010, the unique TBS 130 features semi-trailer mounting, which offers greater mobility, a tighter turning radius and reduced axle loads. Also in the Telebelt family, the TBS 600, offers the maneuverability of a semi-trailer mount, but with a higher 600 cubic yard per hour (458m³/hr) maximum output.

Now, customers worldwide can own a Telebelt that works with their local weight restrictions because the units can be driven with either a two- or three-axle chassis and the Telebelt trailers can be configured with either two or three axles.

Plus, as the chassis is not needed during pumping, the machine’s footprint can be reduced on-site and material can be conveyed on one job while freeing up the chassis for other tasks.

The TBS relies on a self-contained engine instead of the chassis engine. This results in lower operation costs and reduced fuel consumption by matching the engine output to the needs of the Telebelt operation.

While our efforts to advance concrete placing equipment technology are still aggressively moving forward, so is the technology and speed in communicating information about these innovations. Social media, the latest way of using Internet and web-based technologies to transmit information, is being actively utilized by

Putzmeister to access wide audiences at incredibly fast speeds. You can quickly and easily connect with us.

● Visit our four web sites, as we frequently update them to provide the latest news and product information. When you need to check a product spec, access the most current literature updates through our web sites using your computer or cell phone while on a job site. www.putzmeister.com www.allentownshotcrete.comwww.esserpipetech.comwww.pmaprotech.com

● Sign up for e-mail alerts on the Putzmeister America homepage so you can keep up-to-date on Putzmeister happenings. Plus, when you sign up for E-Tracker on our Pro-Tech web site, it automatically transmits

e-mail messages, alerting you that our database was updates with the certified pre-owned equipment you selected to track.

● View, comment, and ask questions on our Tricks of the Trade blog. Our field service technicians highlight ways to accomplish jobs more efficiently with Telebelts and Putzmeister boom pumps.www.putzmeistertricks.com

● Watch our Putzmeister equipment in action on YouTube™, which presently broadcasts 13 Putzmeister videos.www.youtube.com/PutzmeisterAmerica

● Find us on facebook and stay socially connected with friends of our company. www.facebook.com/Putzmeister America

● Follow us on Twitter™ for the latest tweets. www.twitter.com/Putzmeister

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C-O-N-N-E-C-T with Putzmeister on these Communication and Networking Mediums

Telebelt® TBS 130 debuts at Bauma 2010 in Munich, Germany.

Putzmeister entered the 2010 World of Concrete with a feeling of anxiety and uncertainty. Last year’s show was full of gloom and doom; however, the mood of this year’s show had vastly improved. The Putzmeister booth was definitely upbeat. We had, by far, the most to offer customers, and our broad range of products attracted many visitors to our exhibit, from Brazil to Canada and everywhere in between.

Kicking off the show, Putzmeister celebrated the achievements of our distributors during 2009 with a reception at the TAO Nightclub in The Venetian® Las Vegas. Putzmeister America President and CEO, Dave Adams started things off, saying, “We are thrilled that despite these uncertain times you’ve chosen to move forward with us into 2010 with an even stronger, more optimistic outlook than ever before.”

Chairman of Putzmeister Supervisory Board and KS Foundation, Karl Schlecht, also spoke, “50 years ago I made my first trip to the United States. To observe how we’ve all worked tirelessly together, side-by-side, to help make Putzmeister a global organization is a true inspiration for generations to come.

We thank you, our distributors, as well as our customers, because Putzmeister would not be what it is without all of you. We look forward in continuing to work with you towards your successes in the next 50 years and beyond.”

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Francis Gagnier (center) of Pompaction, Inc. in eastern Canada was awarded for exceptional large line equipment sales in 2009.

Dave Adams paid tribute to the late Dave Rudin, a long-time employee and dedicated advocate to the concrete industry.

2010 WORLD OF CONCRETE – UPBEAT SHOW, OPTIMISTIC CUSTOMERS, LOYAL DISTRIBUTORS

Founder Karl Schlecht, gives credit to loyal distributors and customers for Putzmeister’s continued success.

At the 2010 World of Concrete, a representative sample of our innovative equipment was displayed — BSF 47Z.16H and BSF 40Z.16H boom pumps, a Telebelt® TB 110 conveyor, Thom Katt® TK 50 and BSA 120 trailer pumps, Allentown concrete and mortar equipment and accessories, and Esser pipe systems. Plus, ProPART™, our comprehensive part source, was introduced.

Daniel (left) and Peter (right) Mamopulakos of Elevadores Y Bombedoras C. A. (Elebomca) in Venezuela were recognized for outstanding Thom-Katt® sales in 2009.

HONORING EXCELLENCE

20 Year Length of Service AwardsAdvance Equipment Co.

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REGISTER ONLINE FOR PUTZMEISTER AMERICA‘S 2010 SERVICE SCHOOLS

PRO-5 SINGLE-LAYER PIPE DEBUTSEsser Pipe Technology introduces the Pro-5, which represents Esser’s entry into the single-layer pipe market.

Pro-5 pipe lasts up to several times the service life of ST 52 steel pipes. It is manufactured with a unique induction-hardened process that strengthens the overall pipe system and ensures uniform hardness throughout.

Easy to weld and the highest quality single-layer pipe available, the Pro-5 is an example of how Esser is providing solutions for customers’ specific jobs and price points.

Pro-5 standard features include:● Specially designed weld-on rings● Big Mouth flanges (up to 65 HRc)● Diameter: DN 125 mm – 4.8"● Wall Thickness: 4.5mm● Hardness: up to 57 HRc● Max Working Pressure: 1,233 psi (85 bar)

To order the Pro-5, call (866) 734-0296.

www.esserpipetech.com

Ideal for low capacity concrete pumps, Esser’s Pro-5 provides an

economical single-layer pipe.

2010 SERVICE SCHOOLS PROMOTEDPutzmeister America is promoting its 2010 service school schedule. Schools are taught by experienced field service technicians and held at our Wisconsin facility.

Classes help customers maximize the operation and efficiency of their Putzmeister equipment. Owners are encouraged to take advantage of our schools for further training of their personnel.

The Putzmeister schools offer:● Practical hands-on training.● Problem-solving exercises.● General maintenance and operation tips. ● Dynamic graphic presentations.

To ensure space, attendees are encouraged to register at least four weeks in advance of the school’s scheduled start date.

To register, visit www.putzmeister.com and click on the “Service Schools” page under “Parts & Service,” or call (800) 890-0269.

PRO-TECH REPAIRS COMPETITORS’ PUMPSPro-Tech is expanding its range of customer services to include the skillful repair of all competitive manufacturers’ concrete pumps. This involves the functional repair of pumps, wear parts, hydraulic and electrical systems, as well as truck repairs to meet DOT.

Repairs can be accomplished quickly, as multi-vendor parts can be easily located through our new ProPART™ parts source.

Although functional repairs will be performed from Pro-Tech’s Wisconsin location, structural repairs, such as boom or pedestal cracks, will be outsourced to a local certified inspector or repair shop.

Beyond repairs, Pro-Tech also offers the highest quality machine painting services to protect your investment for years to come.

Contact Pro-Tech for a repair or paint quote of a competitor’s unit. Call (866) 884-8801.

www.pmaprotech.com

Pro-Tech has repaired Schwing, Reed, Alliance, Concord and CIFA units; and

customers are highly satisfied.

Today’s less hectic business climate offers an ideal time for owners to send their employees for service training.

www.putzmeister.com/support

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ProPART™ debuts Adapt-a-Ram.

“Why should people replace their entire piston cup when only a portion of it wears out?” asks Ian Moore, Putzmeister America’s Vice President – Customer Support Group. “Adapt-a-Ram allows those with another manufacturer’s pump to convert to a quality Putzmeister multi-piece piston cup, which is a more economical and convenient solution because only the worn parts need replacing.”

Other manufacturers only offer a single-piece piston cup; so when one part wears out, the entire piston cup has to be replaced.

Adapt smart solutions:● In-stock, quality, long-lasting parts.● Common wear parts for a mixed fleet that provide added convenience.● 24/7 Putzmeister service, parts and support.● Significant savings over competitor parts.

Our Adapt-a-Ram part converts a Putzmeister multi-piece piston to fit a Schwing cylinder.

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ProPART™, a division of Putzmeister Customer Support, is Putzmeister America’s newly created comprehensive part source. It was strategically developed in response to today’s changing business climate.

ProPART offers a wide range of multi-vendor parts and accessories, from pump wear parts, replacement and service parts, to special application requirements.

Based from Putzmeister’s Sturtevant, Wisconsin location, ProPART offers customers the convenience of one call to source several multi-vendor parts that are competitively priced, fully stocked in inventory and ready to be shipped.

In addition to more efficiently serving customers’ mixed fleet parts needs, ProPART also helps strengthen our parts sales, which is vital for a manufacturing business during a market downturn.

Currently, multi-vendor parts include Mack and Schwing brands. However, other vendors’ parts will also be added soon.

ProPART™ OFFERS MULTI-VENDOR PARTS

ProPART™, a division of Putzmeister Customer Support, offers a wide range of multi-vendor parts and accessories from one convenient source. Order your parts today. Call (800) 890-0269.

Dwight Stanton joins ProPART™ as Customer Support Representative. He is responsible for promoting the ProPART product line, while reporting to Putzmeister America’s Brian Nielsen,

Business & Services Manager – Customer Support Group. Stanton, with more than 35 years in the concrete construction industry, brings extensive knowledge about multi-vendor parts and familiarity with pumping contractors of mixed fleets. Based from Greensboro, North Carolina, Stanton can be reached at (336) 681-2286 or stantond@putzam.com.

EXPERT ADVICE

LATEST PRICE LIST AVAILABLE

Order a wide range of multi-vendor parts from our latest ProPART™ price list, effective January − June, 2010.

All parts on the price list are stocked and ready to ship. To help ensure you’re ordering the right part, the itemized price list provides the vendors’ U.S., and if applicable international part numbers. Plus, it includes a new ProPART part number to use on future orders.

Order your parts today, and keep checking with our Putzmeister Customer Support Group for new parts as they are added.

Make one convenient call to ProPART™ for multi-vendor parts;

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Allentown Shotcrete Technology is celebrating its 100th anniversary in the sprayed concrete industry.

“In this day and age, very few companies are able to succeed in business for 100 years,” says Patrick Bridger, President of Allentown Shotcrete Technology. “We are very proud of our longevity, and see it as a testament to our reputation for quality, and the value we have brought our customers for a century.”

As a pioneer in the field, Allentown’s technology was first developed in the early 1900s when its originator Carl Akeley, a famous hunter and professor, devised a method for spraying plaster onto a wire frame for taxidermy purposes. Using compressed air, dry material was pushed through the nozzle of a gun-like device, where it was wet with water as it was blown onto a frame. The outcome was a strong, thick plaster coating that didn’t slump from the frame or set before being fully placed.

The equipment was subsequently used to patch deteriorated concrete using a dry mixture of sand and cement. The results were excellent, and patents and trade names were applied for in 1910 for the new “Cement Gun” and the “Gunite” material it produced.

This dry-process technique was utilized for the next 40 years, until a new process was developed in the 1950s that involved the use of pressure tanks to force stiff mortar through a hose. This new wet-process became known as shotcrete – and the rest is history.

Since then, the Allentown name has been synonymous with the process of spraying mortar at high velocity onto surfaces in the refractory, underground, mortar and civil industries. The Allentown equipment line has expanded to include a wide range of Gunning Machines, Pre-dampeners, Pumps, Combination Mixer-Pumps, Mixers, Chemical Additive Pumps, Nozzle Carriers, Mortar Machines, Concreting Machines and parts and accessories.

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NEW ROLES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANPutzmeister announces Marc Aguilar as Vice President of Sales– Latin America and the Caribbean (LACA). Aguilar, who will report directly to Dave Adams, Putzmeister America’s President and CEO,

will oversee local distributors and the Putzmeister LACA sales team, as well as Putzmeister Brazil Ltda. Aguilar has been with Putzmeister the past 14 years and currently serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for Putzmeister Brazil Ltda. He can be reached at (954) 771-0351 or via e-mail at aguilarm@putzam.com.

Allentown Shotcrete Technology announces Alfonso Roa as Mortar Equipment Product Manager, responsible for managing Allentown and Putzmeister mortar products within Latin America and the

Caribbean. Roa brings valuable experience to his new role, having managed the sales and marketing of mortar machines for Putzmeister Spain the past five years. Reporting to Bob Harmon in Allentown, Roa can be reached via cell phone at (305) 905-0338, office phone at (610) 398-0451 or e-mail at roaa@allentownshotcrete.com.

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Allentown’s impressive milestones are listed on the company’s web site.

In today’s challenging economy, it’s especially crucial to differentiate our company from the rest. Here are three Putzmeister America strategies.

1. Maintain Company Values.Even today, our company’s ongoing philosophy of “Technology that Puts You First” keeps us moving forward with research and development of innovative products and technologies for new and existing markets. Building on this strength, our latest advances are featured in this Putzmeister Post, with more yet to be unveiled. Further backing this technology, our customer support team still maintains 24/7 after-market support and offers regular service schools, which are customer support programs that many others have cut back or eliminated.

2. Add Value.Providing more than quality products, we also offer our technical expertise to help customers find efficient solutions to their most challenging jobs. One example is the Hoover Dam Bypass project where Putzmeister personnel helped develop a highly strategic plan in placing concrete for the Colorado River Bridge, arching 900 feet (274m) above water - truly, a feat. Yet, beyond complex solutions, we also offer simple advice through our online “Tricks of the Trade” blog for boom pumps and Telebelts®, featuring helpful tips to handle material placing jobs with ease.

3. Protect Brand Identity.Finally, we refuse to cut corners that would affect the high quality products or valuable services that customers expect from Putzmeister. Instead, we remain committed to improving upon our company’s solid foundation, realizing that Putzmeister customers mirror our goal, as they must also serve their customers with reliable products and vital services, which in turn, will set them apart from their competition.

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Recap – 2010 World of Concrete

2010 Service Schools Promoted

Esser Pro-5 Pipe Introduced

Pro-Tech Repairs Competitors’ Pumps

ProPaRT™ — Offering Multi-Vendor Parts adapt-a-Ram Part Introduced 2010 Price list available ProPaRT Expert advice

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Upcoming 2010 Trade Shows ITA World Tunnel CongressVancouver, Canada • May 17 – 19North American Tunneling Conference (NAT)Portland, Oregon • June 19 – 23

ASCC Annual ConferenceSalt Lake City, Utah • September 16 – 19

We again say ”thanks” to all who helped

with this year’s World of Concrete show.

We're proud of our dedicated team who

goes the extra mile every year to make

our involvement at the show a success.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

The 15th Annual Putzmeister America

Golf Outing, which benefits our local

United Way chapter, will be August 20.

Brave 2010 Putzmeister Polar

Bears who plunged into Lake

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UPCOMINg 2010 HOlIDaY ClOSINgS aT PUTZMEISTERPutzmeister America will be closed the dates below. Please take special note of the July 5 – 9 closing and plan accordingly. For emergencies, our customer support hot line at (800) 890-0269 will be staffed.

Memorial Day May 31Independence Day July 5 through July 9Labor Day September 6 EVEN GREENER

Going even “greener”, Putzmeister America recently installed new light bulb fixtures in our production and warehouse areas. Although this may sound like a small effort, it should net big results in energy efficiency and cost savings, plus provide some added benefits.

These benefits include purchasing the fixtures locally from Ruud Lighting to help our area’s economy, along with our employees installing the new fixtures in a short time to realize the benefits even faster. Plus, the new lighting (now, without an orange overcast) brightens up the plant to reduce eye strain, lessen the risk of accidents and make it an even more inviting place to work.

OUR “TRICKS OF THE TRADE” BLOG

NOW INCLUDES BOOM PUMPS

Go online to www.putzmeistertricks.com

Jim FleesRico HeinzChris Kegel

Sue PinzgerJoe ThoennesChris Wells

EMPLOYEE AWARDSThe 2009 Sensational Six awards were presented to employees at a luncheon this past December. Congratulations!

Aaron Cook was honored with the 2009 Customer Service award.

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