Chairman And Former CEO Of Astec Industries Don Brock Passes Away

(RTTNews) - Astec Industries Inc. (ASTE) announced that Don Brock, Chairman and former CEO of the company passed away earlier today at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As previously announced, he had been diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer in 2012.

J. Don Brock and four others founded Astec in 1972.

In 2013, the Astec Board of Directors approved a management succession plan. On January 1, 2014 Benjamin G. Brock became President and Chief Executive Officer and Richard J. Dorris assumed the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Norman Smith, a founder of the company and Board member since 1982, continues to serve as Vice Chairman.