A.E. Stone, Inc.

In 1921, Standard Bitulithic, a division of Warren Brothers of Boston, built a half-ton batch plant on the site that now houses A.E. Stone, Inc. At the beginning of 1939, Standard Bitulithic transferred A. E. (Ned) Stone, their superintendent on the Merritt Parkway Connecticut project to Pleasantville, NJ to manage their operations.

When the decision was made to sell the plant following World War II, Ned Stone purchased the plant and land, calling his new company, A.E. Stone Contracting. The plant operations were expanded under Ned Stone over the next 12 years and this expansion enabled A.E. Stone Contracting to batch one ton of material. Ned Stone retired in 1955 and sold the business to Sidney Hewett and C. Clifford Allen. The new owners renamed the business A.E. Stone, Inc., the company name in use today.

Hewett and Allen made a major plant modification in 1959, upgrading from a steam-powered belt driven system to a plant powered by electric motors. Hewett continued the operation alone when Allen passed away in 1969, while on a job in nearby Northfield, NJ.

In 1972, Hewett installed a solid state batch control system manufactured by Libra Systems Corporation. Circa 1980 Hewett upgraded the Libra solid state batch control to a self-contained computerized system and also installed a 300 ton per hour continuous mix drum plant.

With the addition of the new drum mix plant, Hewett became the first asphalt pavement recycler in southern New Jersey. In the early 1980's A.E. Stone also began to crush and recycle concrete rubble, for use as a sub-base material in road construction.

Hewett retired in 1985 and sold the business. In 1992, Thomas Ritter became the sole owner of the business.

A.E. Stone has worked with many groups over the years, including the New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Highway Authority, South Jersey Transportation Authority, Government Facilities, Federal Aviation Administration, Counties and Municipalities, Commercial Developers and Residential Developers. A.E. Stone is committed to quality workmanship and dedicated to work zone safety. They have been recognized by many of their clients for these commitments.

Recent projects include supplying and laying 80,000 tons of hot mix asphalt paving to the Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector, better known as the "Atlantic City Tunnel Project" and the Rehabilitation of Runway 13/31 at Atlantic City International Airport. The airport project involved supplying and laying 64,000 tons of P-401 hot mix asphalt as well as rehabilitation the runway lighting system. The Airport Paving Test Facility at the Atlantic City Airport is one of the most unusual projects A.E. Stone has ever supplied hot mix asphalt and sub-base materials to. Located on the premises of the FAA Technical Center in Pomona, the $21 million testing equipment operates 24 hours a day and simulates aircraft wheel loading. The testing is performed on nine different mixtures of concrete and asphalt at one time. The results of these tests will provide the FAA with information for improved mix designs to support future aircraft weights.

Today’s A.E. Stone, Inc. remains committed to the community. The company is a perennial sponsor of youth sports team and other civic organizations. A.E. Stone also provides support to employees who volunteer their time for community activities, donating equipment and materials required for their projects.