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A new Superpave solution is available from James Cox and Sons

James Cox and Sons, based in California, has enhanced its equipment range in order to offer the complete Superpave solution. The Hamburg Wheel Tracker, Superpave Gyratory Compactor and new four point bending fatigue machine join its existing range. This move comes at a time when the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is transitioning to the Superpave method for pavement design. With the asphalt testing machine market in the States dominated by two large companies, James Cox and Sons’ general
April 11, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
A new Superpave solution is available from James Cox and Sons
RSS7283 James Cox and Sons, based in California, has enhanced its equipment range in order to offer the complete Superpave solution. The Hamburg Wheel Tracker, Superpave Gyratory Compactor and new four point bending fatigue machine join its existing range.

This move comes at a time when the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is transitioning to the Superpave method for pavement design. With the asphalt testing machine market in the States dominated by two large companies, James Cox and Sons’ general manager Jack Sanders said that the company’s move into dynamic testing machines has been well received by the market.

“This year was the first that James Cox and Sons presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB). The welcome we received was phenomenal,” said Sanders.

“Customers both old and new welcomed the news that our business has transformed and now presents a high-tech product portfolio manufactured here in the United States”.

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