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"The bottom line is, the Japanese need this particular unit worse than we do, so we're giving it up, " said Jerry Ashmore, whose company, Augusta-based Ashmore Concrete Contractors, Inc, is the concrete supplier for the MOX facility. The 190, 000-pound pump, made by German-based Putzmeister has a 70-meter boom and can be controlled remotely, making it suitable for use in the unpredictable and highly radioactive environment of the doomed nuclear reactors in Japan, he said. Learn more Over the past 20+ years Ashmore Concrete has expanded its operations to include commercial, industrial and residential concrete, waterproofing / drainage systems and concrete pumping throughout the Southeast.