Commercial Specialty Truck Holdings acquires Continental Mfg.

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Trailer/Body Builders / September 17, 2014

Commercial Specialty Truck Holdings LLC has acquired the assets of Continental Manufacturing Company, producers of concrete mixers.

Commercial Specialty Truck Holdings produces the EZ-Pack line of refuse bodies. The company plans to retain the Continental brand by manufacturing mixers under a separate company-- Continental Mixer Solutions, LLC.

Continental has been serving the ready-mix industry since 1982. Products include the Bridge Saver and Express rear discharge models.

With manufacturing operations in Houston, TX and Cynthiana, KY, Specialty Truck Holdings will expand product offerings, manufacturing capacity, and its distribution network. The combined companies will offer customers additional options and access to technologies across both market segments.

Specialty Truck Holdings also announced that two experienced industry leaders, Frank Busicchia and Matthew Walter, are joining its management team. Frank Busicchia has been named president of Continental Mixer Solutions LLC. Busicchia has more than 20 years of experience in the ready-mix industry, both domestically and internationally.

Matthew Walter, named president of EZ-Pack Refuse Hauling Solutions, has worked with bodies and chassis for more than 15 years.

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Navistar had acquired Continental in 2009, but sold off both the EZ-Pack unit earlier this year, and now the mixer unit.

In May, Boston-based Overall Capital Partners and Denver-based Pine Street Growth Partners acquired E-Z Pack Manufacturing from Navistar and said they would operate the business as E-Z Pack Refuse Hauling Solutions, LLC. Pine Street is also a principal owner of Waste Equipment and Parts LLC, one of E-Z Pack’s largest dealers.

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Concrete Products / September 17, 2014

Closing on the second of two asset transactions with Navistar, Specialty Truck Holdings has established a new identity for its concrete truck brand, Continental Mixer Solutions, LLC, paralleling the creation of EZ-Pack Refuse Hauling Solutions, LLC after the first deal.

Specialty Truck Holdings will expand product offerings, manufacturing capacity, and its distribution network, affording customers “unparalleled access to technologies across both market segments.” With production in Houston and Cynthiana, Ky., the businesses will each operate under McNeilus Cos. veterans.

“I’m excited to work with an organization that is focused on the customer—not just at the point of sale, but throughout the product’s life cycle with aftermarket service and support,” says newly appointed Continental President Frank Busicchia, who has 20-plus years in the ready mixed industry. “We will continue to support customers with a strong manufacturing base in Houston, as well as with expanded capacity in [Kentucky].”

His EZ-Pack counterpart, Matthew Walter, has worked with truck bodies and heavy-duty chassis for more than 15 years, and will oversee a business that has excelled in integrated, compressed natural gas power solutions.