A n I nte r v iew wit h
Tim Myers
Pr esident, E S C O C onst r uction
& I ndust r ia l D i v ision
2013 proved to be a year full of change for ESCO as we
took the opportunity to re-align the company’s structure
around the audience that matters most: our customers.
The leadership team identified three
critical markets for future success,
1) Construction & Industrial, 2)
Mining, 3) Oil & Gas.
This shift aligned ESCO’s structure
to better serve customers across
global markets and helped the
company deliver on its commitment
to QVS – Quality, Value, Speed.
ESCO veteran, Tim Myers, took
the reins as President of the
Construction & Industrial (C&I)
Division. On the cusp of ConExpoCon/Agg, we sat down with Tim to
discuss his plans for 2014.
Tim Myers
Tell us about your background in the industry and your
history at ESCO.
I have been with ESCO for 28 great years. I am fortunate to
have gained important leadership experience through many
can’t-miss opportunities:
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• anaged operations for the stainless steel processing
operation in Hayward, California.
• ed the Bucyrus Blades organization, with operations in
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Atlacomulco, Mexico; Bucyrus, Ohio; West Jordan, Utah
and Steinbach, Canada.
• uilt out the Latin American organization from Belo
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Horizonte, Brazil.
After about 26 years around the globe, I’m back in my
hometown at ESCO’s global headquarters in
Portland, Oregon.
Each opportunity has provided me with incomparable
experience across multiple business segments, from steel
processing to construction, and mining to industrial products.
This journey has also provided me with
the opportunity to work with – and
build friendships with – cutting-edge
customers, dealers, distributors and
teammates from many countries and
backgrounds.
What are your thoughts about
ESCO’s new C&I Division and
why it was formed last year?
The shift was critical and provides us
with the focus necessary to accelerate
growth with our customers in global
construction and industrial products
markets. We have a portfolio of topquality products and partnerships
with some of the best distributors
and customers in the industry. This
new structure provides us with the
laser-focus we need to effectively support customers’
immediate needs. We have operations that are dedicated
to our construction and industrial businesses, and we are
expanding our customer-facing sales and service positions.
We have also identified an experienced products and
engineering team to further perfect the high-value products
that, in all seriousness, just plain perform better than the
competition.
What are the key products ESCO sells to the
construction and industrial markets?
ESCO has an extensive range of premium products which
are highly engineered and manufactured to provide our
customers with the safest and most productive wear
solutions. ESCO manufactures and markets the world-class
Ultralok®, Super V® and Max DRP™ ground-engaging tools
(points, adapters and lip systems); a complete blade line
covering dozers, scrapers, loaders, graders, excavators and
snow removal equipment; excavator buckets for the toughest
applications; safer and more efficient couplers; crushing
wear parts; and other top-notch products for the aggregate,
construction and infrastructure industries.
What do ESCO customers gain from our construction
and industrial products?
Many types of construction and industrial applications will
benefit from ESCO’s C&I products, but companies with tough
abrasion, difficult impact or high production requirements
see meaningful return on investment from genuine ESCO
products. Our customers foster safe and sustainable
work environments with high levels of productivity and
performance. All of ESCO’s produc