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COVER STORY | ADVERTORIAL COOKING UP ANOTHER WINNER Cimline serves up another cutting-edge INNOVATION By Katie Johnson The MA4 staying ahead of the pavement train. T he common idiom, “the proof is in the pudding,” represents the idea that one’s effort and planning – or lack thereof – are always evident in the finished product. And, given how precise one needs to be in order to make a good batch of pudding, it’s a great metaphor for the asphalt industry. Even with the perfect ingredients, a few misjudged details can make the whole dessert a flop; too runny, too lumpy. But, when everything is accounted for and timed perfectly, the pudding is something that is spectacular. Sound familiar? Opened in 1970, Minnesota-based Cimline, Inc. has been cooking up innovations for the past 50 years. Within that time the company has established a simple, yet effective recipe: to implement processes that create solutions to their customers’ problems – even the ones they don’t know about. The result has been products that extend the life of pavement in safer, more productive, and less intrusive ways. While the company has built a catalogue of products that fit that description, there may not be a better example of these ideals than Cimline’s latest offering, the MA4. Finding a fix For the past 15 years, the mainline asphalt paving market has been tirelessly testing and researching ways to prevent longitudinal paving joint failure. www.callape.com [6] 1.800.210.5923