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PROJECT EVERGREEN ANNOUNCES 202223 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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roject EverGreen has appointed its 2022-23 2022-2023 Project EverGreen officers and board of directors. Executive Board Officers Kevin Laycock of SiteOne Landscape Supply takes President: Kevin Laycock, SiteOne Landscape Supply. over as president of the national non-profit. Joining him Vice president/President-elect: Scott A. are Scott A. Bills, CSFM of Sports Field Solutions as vice Bills, CSFM, Sports Field Solutions. president/president-elect, and Fred Secretary/Treasurer: Fred Haskett, Haskett of TrueWinds Consulting TrueWinds Consulting, LLC. Our collaborative work returns as secretary/treasurer. Past president: Joe Shooner, “Our collaborative work shows Focal Point Communications. shows that healthy parks that healthy parks and green spaces 2022-23 Board of Directors: Beth and green spaces play play a critical role in bringing people Berry, Advanced Turf Solutions; Cayla a critical role in bringing together to improve the overall Chamberlin, Rocket Community environmental and well-being of our people together to improve Fund; Tim Demerath, PBI-Gordon; neighborhoods and communities,” Furrer, Valley Green; Boyd the overall environmental George says Cindy Code, executive Montgomery, Toro Company; Blaine and well-being of our director of Project EverGreen. Pinkerton, Nufarm; Linda Satter, The Project EverGreen Sipcam-Agro; Takisha Truss, Glaxo neighborhoods board and its advisory Smith Kline; Alan White, Turf Systems; council work to measurably Ashley Williams, TKXS; Andrew increase and improve the amount of healthy green Bray, National Association Scan Here spaces in underserved areas across the country. of Landscape Professionals; To continue reading Russ Mitchell, Albaugh. the rest of this story
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ROBOTIC TURF LINE MARKING GETS A BOOST FROM STIHL INVESTMENT
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minority investment deal announced Feb. 4 by German industrial group STIHL through its venture arm STIHL Digital will help the Malling, Denmark-based robotics company TinyMobileRobots raise its profile and extend distribution globally. STIHL Digital acquired 23.8% of the company, buying out a state-funded investment managed by venture capital firm Borean Innovation. Private investor Anders Fauerskov, former co-owner of TC Group, will continue to own part of the company. TinyMobileRobots has in the five years since its founding come to dominate the market for robotic positional marking, and while it owns
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half of the U.S market for like products sees North America as a growth region. The company offers two models aimed at sports field marking — the TinyLineMarker Sport for schools and sports clubs and the TinyLineMarker Pro for municipalities and those with higher volume and more complex sports field marking needs. The TinyLineMarkerPro includes a library of sports field templates pre-installed versus a single template for the TinyLineMarker Sport. It also offers improved traction, faster marking speeds and twice the paint capacity. Both robots mark sports fields accurately, with between 1 and 2 centimeters in
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variance. The robots are controlled through a tablet-based application that enables users to superimpose the placement of the field on a satellite photo of the sports field. Robots orient using built-in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) capabilities and communicate with the tablet controller through cellular data connectivity. Using machine vision, the robots can sense objects in front of them and wait until the way is cleared before proceeding. —Charles Rathmann
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