Author: Jeff

Patented, Continuous Process Creates High-Quality Biodiesel (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Complementing its range of petroleum and fuel services, Vecenergy, a unit of corporate parent Vecellio Group, has entered the alternative fuel industry by partnering with BIDA (Biodiesel de Andalucia), a European technology firm which has conducted extensive research with Spain’s University of Cordoba to develop…

Full Vertical Integration Leads To New Division (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Leo A. Vecellio, Jr.  Vecellio Group, Inc. President, Chairman and CEO From commercial aggregates to liquid asphalt supply, with comprehensive roadbuilding services in between, the Vecellio Group is vertically integrated in heavy/highway construction. Since completing integration with South Florida Materials in 2004, we’ve developed…

Vecenergy Provides Global Marketplace With Well-Integrated Services & Products (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Already a leading transportation contractor and quarry operator in the United States, the Vecellio Group is rapidly expanding into the petroleum and alternative fuel industries internationally. Vecenergy is the Vecellio Group’s new energy division, providing a host of advanced, well-integrated services and…

White Rock Sponsors Relay For Life (3rd/4th Quarter 2006) J.C. Bermudez, Mayor of Doral, FL, addresses the crowd at the Doral / American Cancer Society Relay For Life earlier in the year. White Rock Quarries was an event sponsor and received certificates of appreciation from Doral and Miami-Dade County. Return to top   Giving Back To…

White Rock Steps Up Capacity With World’s Largest Aggregate Dragline (1st/2nd Quarter 2006)       Vecellio Group owners Katie, Leo, Michael and Christopher Vecellio stand with North American Mining’s Cliff Miercourt and White Rock’s Jim Hurley at the catered luncheon. In the foreground is a custom-made cake featuring a “Marion 8200” at work. White Rock…

White Rock Production Photos (3rd & 4th Quarters 2005) Loader Operator Manuel Gutierrez extends the pad at White Rock Quarries South in Miami-Dade, FL, after heavy rains raised the water table throughout the area. High-capacity front-end loaders can quickly fill customer trucks at White Rock Quarries main operations. Material is loaded into a haul truck…

Asphalt: America’s Most Recycled Product (1st/2nd Quarter 2005) Asphalt pavement is the most recycled product in the country, pound for pound. Rubble asphalt from road surfaces is taken to recycling centers, such as White Rock Quarries’ portable Recycled Asphalt Products division, which operates onsite at its customers’ asphalt plants. There, the rubble is converted into…

  Aerial view showing both the new plant (dark gray conveyors) and existing plant. White Rock Steps Up Production In Miami (4th Quarter 2004) Florida is the second largest consumer of limestone aggregate in the nation. The state is also the second largest producer, but the heavy demand still outpaces available supply. To help the…

WRQ’s Craig Evans Named FLAI Chair (3rd Quarter 2004) White Rock Quarries Sales Manager Craig Evans has been elected Governing Board Chairman of the Florida Limerock and Aggregate Institute, which serves as an industry liaison to the legislature and public. Evans has been employed by White Rock since 1997. White Rock Quarries — On-The-Job Photos…

Proper Maintenance An Important Factor In The Vecellio Group’s Success Formula (1st/2nd Quarter 2004) Welder Jose Suarez thickens the metal surface of an impact crusher at White Rock Quarries. White Rock Quarries employee Barbero H. Palomino carefuly inspects a screen used to sort crushed limestone by size. Godofredo Hernandez, a member of White Rock’s belt…