Rent Astec Industries
Equipment in Canada

Astec Industries was founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1972 by J. Don Brock, an engineer whose technical background and entrepreneurial ambition drove the creation of one of North America's most diversified infrastructure equipment organisations. From its origins in asphalt plant technology, Astec expanded through acquisition and internal development into a group encompassing equipment for paving, soil stabilisation, aggregate processing, wood processing, and underground construction - a breadth that makes Astec a significant presence across the full spectrum of Canadian infrastructure project types.

The Roadtec division, which produces pavers and material transfer vehicles, is Astec's most prominent brand in the Canadian paving equipment rental market. The RP-series highway paver is a production-class machine designed for high-tonnage paving operations on provincial highways and major arterial roads, offering grade and slope automation systems that maintain pavement geometry without continuous operator attention. Canadian highway paving contractors operating under provincial transportation department specifications - which demand precise elevation control and cross-slope accuracy - rely on Roadtec grade automation for specification compliance.

The Shuttle Buggy material transfer vehicle addresses a persistent quality problem in asphalt paving: the thermal and mixture segregation that occurs in the asphalt mix as trucks approach and discharge into the paver hopper. By interceding between the haul trucks and the paver, the Shuttle Buggy re-mixes and remixes the asphalt continuously before delivery to the paver, eliminating the cold spots and aggregate segregation patterns that appear in the finished pavement surface as irregular streaks and density variations. Canadian provincial specification engineers have recognised this technology, with several jurisdictions mandating or incentivising material transfer vehicle use on premium pavement contracts.

Astec's Tennessee manufacturing base and established North American distribution infrastructure support Canadian rental customers with parts availability and technical assistance across the country.