“ARRO Crushing is more than just a concrete crushing company,” says Jared Kuepfer, owner and co-founder of the business. “We offer full processing services to deal with leftover concrete from construction, demolitions or concrete plants. Our capacity for recycling concrete is essential for providing sustainable construction.” Jared was raised in a farming community, where his family runs a company that works with natural stone for the faces of houses and buildings. Growing up, he used to go with his father to visit different quarries in Ontario, which sparked his interest in the industry. He went on to work with his father for eight years in the family business, before spending a couple years doing sewer and water main work for a local excavation contractor. Eventually, Jared had the “entrepreneurial itch,” he decided to start his own business. He got the idea to get into custom crushing, and in the summer of 2019, he formed ARRO Crushing with his business partner. They began in the small town of Millbank, equipped with only some small crushing equipment that they had purchased from auction. From there, the company grew at a rapid pace. They started doing small-scale agricultural work, but they quickly earned the opportunity to bid on some larger projects. After winning some of those “decentsized” projects, they upgraded their equipment, hired some employees, and the growth just kept coming. “Those clients kept sending us to more and more of their sites, and word got around that we had good customer service,” Jared recalls. “As we picked up more work, we picked up more equipment. It was all driven by customer demand.” In the last few years, ARRO Crushing has expanded aggressively in terms of both their fleet size and their service offering. Today, that offering NOVEMBER 2023
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