Astec Industries Inc (NASDAQ:ASTE) to Release Q3 2008 Earnings October 21

Astec Industries, Inc (NASDAQ:ASTE) will release the third quarter earnings for 2008 on Tuesday, October 21 at 7:00 am ET.  The company will host a conference call at 10:00 am ET that morning to discuss the financial results.  The call will be lead by Astec chairman of the board and CEO J. Doon Brock, chief financial officer F. McKamy Hall and secretary and director of investor relations Stephen C Anderson.  Interested parties may access the call by dialing 877-407-9210 ten minutes prior to the call.  International callers must dial 201-689-8049.

Astec Industries, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures and markets equipment and components used primarily in road building, utility and related construction activities. The Company's products are used in each phase of road building, from quarrying and crushing the aggregate to application of the road surface. It also manufactures certain equipment and components unrelated to road construction, including trenching, auger boring, directional drilling, industrial heat transfer equipment, whole-tree pulpwood chippers, horizontal grinders and blower trucks.

The company’s subsidiaries hold 106 United States patents and 53 foreign patents, have 41 patent applications pending, and have been responsible for many technological and engineering innovations in the industry. The business segments are Asphalt Group, Aggregate and Mining Group, Mobile Asphalt Paving Group and Underground Group. On July 31, 2007 the Company acquired Peterson, Inc. In October 2008, the Company acquired Dillman Equipment, Inc.

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