C2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,2003
Officers of former AGRMNC., now ACI Construction,
from left: Leon F. Martin, vice president sales; J. Daniel
Buch, president; Rodney L. Moyer, vice president con
struction, review plans for a new community center in
Chester County.
AGRI-INC. Changes Name
To ACI Construction
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) —
ACI Construction, formally
known as AGRI-INC., recently
announced that the company
would officially be operating
under the new name ACI Con
struction with AGRI-INC. re
tained as the parent corporate
entity
J. Daniel Buch, president of
ACI Construction said, “In
changing our name we wanted
to find a name which expanded
our identity in the construction
business beyond the agricultural
community. Currently the
greater portion of our client base
is focused on commercial and
industrial, retail, office facilities
and church construction in the
southeastern Pennsylvania
region.”
Over twenty employees make
up the ACI Construction work
force and several of the experi
enced staff has been with the
company since 1968 when
AGRI-INC. was founded.
New construction projects in
clude a 26,500 sq. ft. two-story
Tammy Nichols Joins
Agway Feed & Nutrition
SHIPPENSBURG—Agway
Feed and Nutrition has named
Tammy Nichols as a dairy nutri
tion specialist in southwestern
Pennsylvania. She works with
dairy farmers in Fayette, Somer
set, and Westmoreland counties.
Nichols, of Confluence, is a
graduate of Penn State Univer
sity with a B.S. in Animal Sci
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meat processing and warehouse
addition for John F. Martin &
Sons, Inc. in Lancaster County;
and recently Spring Run Associ
ates in Coatesville conti acted
ACI for construction of a 5,000
sq. ft. one-story community
center with a projected comple
tion date of May 2003. Both of
these projects are typical design
build relationships ACI forms
with its clientele.
ACI has established a reputa
tion for high standards and
quality construction over the
years with relationships based
on the Design Build concept.
Business owners have found this
method fulfills their primary
goals with less time involve
ment, and project completions
are better controlled within
budget guidelines and on-time
schedules.
For over twenty years, ACI
Construction has been the re
gional authorized dealer of Ceco
Building Systems, a leader in the
pre-engineered steel building in
dustry.
ence and a focus on dairy
production.
Since 1995, Nichols has en
hanced her academic training by
holding various positions on
Northeast progressive dairy
farms. Last spring, she partici
pated in the North American In
tercollegiate Dairy Challenge at
Michigan State University.
Gardner Named Dairy Sales Manager For
Agway Feed And Nutrition
SHIPPENSBURG (Cumber
land Co.) Charles E.
Gardner, DVM, MBA, has been
named Agway Feed and Nutri
tion’s dairy sales manager for
eastern Pennsylvania.
The announcement was made
by Frank A. Ziacik Jr., vice
president of marketing and sales
for Agway Feed and Nutrition.
Gardner brings strong dairy
and business credentials, includ
ing 26 years of experience as a
veterinarian in private practice,
to his role directing the eastern
Pennsylvania sales force. He has
been with Agway since 1999 as
the director of the company’s
Tested-Specific Pathogen Free
heifer program, which he will
continue to supervise.
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“Charlie is well-respected and
well-known by dairy pioducers
throughout the Northeast,”
Ziacik said. “Both our custom
ers and our sales staff will bene
fit from his knowledge.”
Gardner is a frequent speaker
on both herd health manage
ment and dairy farm business
practices. Last month, he was a
featured speaker on youngstock
health at the Fifth International
Dairy Housing Conference in
Kuhn Knight Introduces New Box Spreader
BROADHEAD, Wis. Kuhn Knight Inc. has introduced a
new model 1150 box spreader. It has a 500 heaped cubic
foot capacity and features an hydraulic drive, dual apron,
and two 20-inch diameter, heavy-duty rooster-comb beat
ers with replaceable beater paddles. Five box spreader
models are available from 300 to 700 heaped cubic foot
capacities.
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