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GXi Outdoor Power appoints senior vp of sales

GXi Outdoor Power named Tom Dillon as the company’s senior vice president of sales. Dillon spent the past 10 years working at Lowe’s Home Improvement corporate headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Dillon will direct all sales activities for GXi’s full line of outdoor power equipment, including Stanley, DEK, Beast and private labels for DIY, commercial […]

March 12, 2012

Business

Daimler recalling Freightliner, Western Star trucks

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 103,000 of its Class 8 trucks manufactured between 2006 and this year.

March 9, 2012

Business

How to: Laying a bluestone patio

Although Pennsylvania Blue Stone is quarried from only a small area in the northeast of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, it’s used by contractors across the country in projects from the stairways of grand estates to simple but enduring patios.

March 8, 2012

Business

GM debuts bi-fuel Sierra, Silverado pickup trucks

By Jack Roberts, executive trucks editor Chevrolet and GMC today announced details of General Motors’ bi-fuel 2013 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 HD extended cab pickup trucks at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Indiana. The vehicles include a compressed natural gas (CNG) capable Vortec 6.0L V8 engine that seamlessly transitions between CNG […]

March 8, 2012

Business

Finn names vice president of operations

Finn hired Matt Day as vice president of operations. Day leads the Finn engineering, production, purchasing and service departments and is responsible for their operations. His hiring is effective immediately. Day has held both technical and managerial positions at Delta Airlines, Honeywell and United Technologies. Finn manufactures landscape and erosion control equipment and products.

March 7, 2012

Business

Stihl vice president heads to Germany

Karl Angler, Stihl’s vice president of finance, human resources and information services, will be leaving the Virginia Beach offices to assume new responsibilities for worldwide finance and information systems and services on the Stihl Group Executive Board in Waiblingen, Germany. This transition will be effective May 1. In 2011, Angler was named Virginia Chief Financial […]

March 6, 2012

Business

Deere to expand Iowa tractor plant

Deere & Company will invest $70 million to expand the manufacturing capacity in its Waterloo, Iowa, operations, where the company builds large farm tractors. The $70 million investment will increase capacity by more than 10 percent. Once the improvements announced today are completed, enhancements to John Deere facilities in Waterloo since 2002 will have increased manufacturing capacity […]

March 5, 2012

Business

Confident Vision

Nikos Phelps builds his business with add-on services and an eye for opportunity. Rain fell lightly but insistently the late October day Nikos Phelps gave a walking tour of his business, Utopian Landscapes, on a former 8-acre nursery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that had slipped into disrepair before he purchased it a year earlier.

March 2, 2012

Business

Say Goodbye to Washed-Out Beds

In their 91 years of business, Palazzi Landscape Gardening has encountered numerous instances of downspout rainwater washing out plant beds.

March 2, 2012

Business

Bayer launches fire ant prevention campaign

Bayer Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, launched its TopChoice Fire Ant Prevention Campaign to support lawn care and pest management professionals in educating homeowners and groundskeepers about the importance of fire ant prevention. Professionals can request a free TopChoice Fire Ant Kit to help spread the word to customers about fire ant control.The […]

March 2, 2012

Business

CLCA to offer landscape certification test

The California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) will administer the Landscape Industry Certified Technician test on March 31 at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, California. More than 100 landscapers from across the state will be tested on skills and techniques needed to maintain and install a visually appealing landscape. The test site will be set up […]

March 1, 2012

Business

Komatsu appoints CEO, vice chairman

Komatsu America named Rod Schrader as the CEO and vice chairman, effective April 1. Schrader, a 25-year veteran of Komatsu America, will replace Dave Grzelak, who is stepping down. Prior to being named CEO, Schrader was executive vice president and general manager of the mining division, Komatsu America. Grzelak served as chairman, CEO or president […]

February 28, 2012

Business

Hardscaping Certification Gives Landscapers Competitive Edge

For landscaper Bobby Franz, hardscaping certification and business success fit together as snugly as interlocking pavers. “Getting certified solidified me as a professional,” says Franz, the owner of Franz Nursery in Hamilton, Indiana, and a finalist in Total Landscape Care’s 2012 Landscaper of the Year contest. “It provides us with a competitive advantage … and conveys to customers that we’re serious about hardscaping.”

February 28, 2012

Business

Hunter Industries promotes vice president

Greg Hunter was promoted from vice president of marketing to vice president of operations for Hunter Industries. He will be responsible for executing company strategies and optimizing operations. Hunter is also a member of the Irrigation Association’s board of directors. By trade, he is an engineer with a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. […]

February 25, 2012

Business

Netafim Donates Equipment for School Orchards

While many U.S. schools are busy updating cafeteria menus with healthy alternatives, Common Vision, with help from corporate sponsors, has tried a tastier approach – planting more than 5,000 fruit trees on campuses up and down the state.

February 24, 2012

Business

GXi Outdoor Power appoints senior vp of sales

GXi Outdoor Power named Tom Dillon as the company’s new senior vice president of sales. Dillon spent the past 10 years at Lowe’s Home Improvement corporate headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. He will be responsible for directing all of the sales activities for GXi’s full line of outdoor power equipment, including Stanley, Dek, Beast and […]

February 23, 2012

Business

Caterpillar to build factory in Georgia

Caterpillar will build a $200 million factory near Athens, Georgia, that will employ about 1,400 people and manufacture construction equipment currently produced in Sagami, Japan. A Caterpillar spokesman said the Peoria, Illinois-based company reviewed more than 100 communities before selecting this site.. The new one-million-square-foot plant, due to begin production in late 2013, will make […]

February 21, 2012

Business

Mahindra USA unveils tractor series

Mahindra USA released the Mahindra Max tractor series, comprised of the Mahindra Max 22, 25 and 28 XL. The official launch of the new models came after a two-week cyber-introduction on mahindramax.com. The series will be available in dealerships later this month. The company displayed the models at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, […]

February 17, 2012

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Echo demonstrates new battery-powered landscaping equipment at 2026 Power-On-Athon outdoor event

Total Landscape Care's coverage moving to EquipmentWorld.com

On Oct. 1, Fusable will cease production of Total Landscape Care as a stand-alone website and newsletter and will migrate the brand’s existing coverage of the landscaping industry to sister brand Equipment World.

Man operating green and yellow John Deere lawn mower on residential property with brick house and trees

John Deere refines Z700 ZTrak Mower lineup

Red and white zero-turn radius lawn mower displayed on green grass field with trees in background

Kress expands autonomous mowing lineup with new 60-inch Voyager

Two people in purple shirts holding a black and white dog at an equip 2025 event

The TurfMutt Foundation’s signature events set for Equip Expo 2026

Blue tracked skid steer loader clearing brush in autumn forest

Vanquish vegetation: Brush cutters for skid steers and compact track loaders

The Attachments Idea Book

Landscapers use a variety of attachments for doing everything from snow removal to jobsite cleanup, and regardless of how often they are used, every landscaper has a favorite attachment.

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