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Bucky Brooks Inducted into Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA) Hall of Fame

GLEN ELLYN, IL, March 18, 2024 – At the 51^st Annual Meeting of the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA), held February 19-23, 2024 in Palm Harbor, Florida, Bucky Brooks, retired from Asphalt Materials Inc., was honored for his lengthy and considerable service to the asphalt emulsion industry and to AEMA and was inducted into the AEMA Hall of Fame.

AEMA’s Hall of Fame Award is given to a person who has made a substantial contribution over a long period of time to the development of AEMA or the advancement of the emulsion industry. 

Brooks has been involved with AEMA for over 20 years. As a distinguished past president and passionate pavement preservation advocate for the industry, he exemplifies what the hall of fame award was created for. Brooks has served on the Nation Center of Pavement Preservation advisory board and has been a part of the Michigan Department of Transportation arbitration committee for pavement preservation products.

Brooks worked tirelessly to provide agencies with the most cost effective and longest lasting pavement solutions available.  Brooks has always been a proponent for AEMA while representing the organization with nothing but class. The asphalt emulsion industry in the Midwest would not look like it currently does today were it not for Brooks. He has been a mentor and leader to Asphalt Materials, hundreds of counties and states across the Midwest. As well as being a mentor, he has been a teacher of best practices of chip seals, cape seals, Micro, slurry and various styles of recycling.

ABOUT THE ASPHALT EMULSION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (AEMA):

The Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA), founded in 1973, is an international non-profit trade association of asphalt emulsion producers and sellers, suppliers, users, research personnel, public officials, consulting engineers, and contractors working together to promote the increased and more efficient use of asphalt emulsions.

AEMA is a founding member of the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance along with the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association and the International Slurry Surfacing Association. PPRA is a partnership of leading industry associations (AEMA, ARRA, ISSA) to advance sustainable, eco efficient, and innovative pavement applications.

To learn more, visit www.aema.org or call us at 630-942-6579.

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