Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment Asphalt Recycling Technology Enables Road Repairs to be Made With Recycled Asphalt

MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. Magazine recently published its 2010 Fast 5000 list recognizing the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. Of the 5,000 companies listed, Midland, Michigan based Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment ranked number 1,645. Over the past three years Falcon RME has been the 30th fastest-growing manufacturer in the United States as well as the fastest-growing manufacturer in the State of Michigan and the fastest-growing manufacturer of road maintenance equipment.

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Falcon Asphalt Recycling Hot Patchers utilize a proprietary heating technology that enables road repairs such as utility cuts, patches, and potholes, to be made with recycled asphalt.  Maintaining roads with recycled asphalt reduces repair costs and helps build environmentally sustainable communities.

Although only 3% of asphalt waste is recycled, it is still the most commonly recycled material in the U.S. Currently, asphalt plants are the primary recyclers, however, the number of street departments adding asphalt recycling to their road maintenance program is growing rapidly. A Falcon Asphalt Recycling Hot Patcher:

• Provides year-round, on-site access to hot mix
• Reduces disposal costs and landfill use
• Conserves aggregate and petroleum resources
• Eliminates injuries caused by shoveling hard asphalt
• Reduces labor costs by eliminating unnecessary trips to the asphalt plant
• Reduces material costs by eliminating material waste caused by asphalt hardening in an unheated truck bed

Of the four million roadway miles across the United States and Canada, 90% are asphalt.  The responsibility for maintaining these roads rests with state departments of transportation and street departments of the 59,000 cities, towns and counties across North America. Other Falcon target markets include private contractors, public and private utilities, departments of parks and recreation, airports, colleges and universities.  

The company's primary competition is the unheated bed of a truck. Since asphalt begins to harden when the material temperature drops below 170 degrees, transporting asphalt in this manner results in scrap rates and labor inefficiencies no longer affordable.   An additional shortcoming of the "pick up truck" method of transporting asphalt is the inability to repair roads with recycled asphalt.

About Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment

Founded in 2004, the company is the North American category leader. Municipalities in 30 states and provinces, along with Departments of Transportation in 16 states include Falcon equipment in their road maintenance program.

Looking ahead, state and municipal governments will struggle to deal with decreasing budgets. As funds to replace existing roads become increasingly scarce, the emphasis placed on road maintenance and preservation will intensify. Despite the financial challenges ahead, road repairs will continue. More and more, these repairs will be performed with recycled asphalt.

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