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Airport paving with a Carlson EZR2 screed and Roadtec RP-190E Paver .
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Nearly three-and-a-half decades on a journey of growth and success
I t has been 20 years since Carlson Paving Products was acquired by Astec Industries , the conglomerate of state-of-the-art , global leaders in the manufacture of equipment for asphalt road building and aggregate processing . And it was 14 years prior , in 1986 , that Carlson Paving Products was founded and began its journey of growth and success . Headquartered in Tacoma , Washington -- a mid-sized , urban port city -- by Jeff Winke
Carlson is considered an asphalt paving industry leader in highway-class asphalt screeds , commercial-class paver platforms , and paving machine attachments that are designed to enhance the safety and longevity of roadways . Carlson designs , engineers and builds all of its products and offers an array of equipment platforms in front-mount , rear-mount and fixed width orientations . Carlson is considered an expert on screed design and performance stretching back to its EZII front mount extensions in 1982 . Along with its full range of highway-class screeds , Carlson offers various attachment technologies that include the Carlson Safety Edge , which is designed to create thirty-degree roadway edges , and the Joint Density Attachments that are designed to improve density figures at the longitudinal joint . Carlson also offers work zone and mobile equipment lighting with its LED www . callape . com [ 6 ] 1.800.210.5923