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'''Blaw-Knox''' is one of the most prominent manufacturers of [[Paver (vehicle)|road paving equipment]] in the world. After [[Ingersoll-Rand]] divested of their road-making equipment operations in 2007,<ref>[http://www.volvo.com/constructionequipment/corporate/en-gb/AboutUs/history/The+company/Ingersoll+Rand.htm Volvo - IR history] {{wayback|url=http://www.volvo.com/constructionequipment/corporate/en-gb/AboutUs/history/The+company/Ingersoll+Rand.htm |date=20100407015612 }} from Volvo.com</ref> the company became part of [[Volvo]] of Sweden's construction equipment division.
[[File:Blaw Knox paver.JPG|thumb|Blaw-Knox paver in Syria]]
The company was formed from 2 companies, Blaw and Knox, and eventually was purchased by [[White Consolidated Industries]] in May 1968.<ref>[http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/business/pghannualreports.html Annual Reports of Pittsburgh Area Public Companies], Blaw-Knox Co.</ref> Originally a maker of steel concrete forms, as highway construction moved away from rigid concrete construction, the company began making highway pavers for the new method of flexible asphalt paving ([[tarmac]]). Today, the biggest distributor of Blaw-Knox asphalt pavers is [[Craig Plant]], in London.
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