ALABAMA: The Ashmore Bros., a third-generation Tennessee asphalt company (TAC) founded in Greer, has been sold to the Rogers Group, a fourth generation company based in Nashville, Tenn.Mark Ashmore, president of the 200-employee company, made the official announcement annual company picnic while introducing Rogers Group Chief Operating Officer Darin Matson and Dave Rechter, Divisional Vice President and the new Greer plant general manager.
Rogers Group officials welcomed the employees into the company and traced the company’s heritage family tree.Rechter is the great-grandson of company founder Ralph Rogers. The sale price was not disclosed.Mayor Rick Danner attended the picnic and stopped by the Chamber of Commerce’s First luncheon where he informed other community leaders of the Ashmore Bros. sale.
Rechter said the company matched up with the Ashmore-run business. “When we first approached one another their core values, in regards to safety, employees and their involvement within the communities they serve, is very much in alignment with our core values at Rogers,” Rechter said.“As a three generation, 85-year-old business, Ashmore’s roots and commitment to the Greer community run deep,” Danner stated.
