Allen Engineering Corporation

Dewayne and Mary Ann Allen wanted to own their own business. In 1964 they started Allen Engineering Corporation, a small ready-mix concrete business. In 1968 they bought the Allen-Hixson ready mix plant, and that is the location of their business today.

By 1974, they had sold their ready-mix business in Northeast Arkansas and began to transition into becoming a heavy equipment manufacturer. By 1977, they had made their first piece of concrete equipment, the Razorback.

AEC is now a designer, manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of the Allen line of Concrete and Related Equipment that is sold across the country and around the world. The company employs about 140 and is still under the control of the Allen family.

In 2022, Jay Allen, the son of Dewayne and Mary Ann became the company’s CEO.