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Project EverGreen has appointed its 2022-23 officers and board of directors.
Kevin Laycock of SiteOne Landscape Supply takes over as president of the national non-profit. Joining him are Scott A. Bills, CSFM of Sports Field Solutions as vice president/president-elect, and Fred Haskett of TrueWinds Consulting returns as secretary/treasurer.
“Our collaborative work shows that healthy parks and green spaces play a critical role in bringing people together to improve the overall environmental and well-being of our neighborhoods and communities,” says Cindy Code, executive director of Project EverGreen.
The Project EverGreen board and its advisory council work to measurably increase and improve the amount of healthy green spaces in underserved areas across the country. Scan Here To continue reading the rest of this story
2022-2023 Project EverGreen Executive Board Officers President: Kevin Laycock, SiteOne Landscape Supply. Vice president/President-elect: Scott A. Bills, CSFM, Sports Field Solutions. Secretary/Treasurer: Fred Haskett, “Our collaborative work shows that healthy parks TrueWinds Consulting, LLC. Past president: Joe Shooner, Focal Point Communications. and green spaces play a critical rolein bringing 2022-23 Board of Directors: Beth Berry, Advanced Turf Solutions; Cayla Chamberlin, Rocket Community people together to improve Fund; Tim Demerath, PBI-Gordon; the overall environmental and well-being of our neighborhoods” George Furrer, Valley Green; Boyd Montgomery, Toro Company; Blaine Pinkerton, Nufarm; Linda Satter, Sipcam-Agro; Takisha Truss, Glaxo Smith Kline; Alan White, Turf Systems; Ashley Williams, TKXS; Andrew Bray, National Association of Landscape Professionals; Russ Mitchell, Albaugh.
ROBOTIC TURF LINE MARKINGGETS A BOOST FROM STIHL INVESTMENT
Aminority 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 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 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.
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Pennsylvania Bans Invasive Plants Sales
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has added ravenna grass, glossy buckthorn and common buckthorn to a list of noxious weeds — plants that cannot be legally sold or cultivated in the state.
The non-native plants spread aggressively into wooded areas and fields, crowding out beneficial plants and disrupting native ecosystems. The ban on sale and cultivation will take effect April 5, 2022 with enforcement phased in over the next year.
“Pennsylvania is working to repair the damage done by plants that were introduced to our landscape decades ago without foresight into how they might harm our environment and food supply,” says Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding. “Banning the sale of invasive plants and educating homeowners and consumers to plant native species today are both vital for protecting our environment, our food supply and our economy tomorrow.”
Property owners should consider eliminating these plants and seek native alternatives.
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Irrigation Association Announces Newly Elected Directors
The Irrigation Association has new members of its board of directors: • Aaron Budimlija, executive vice president of business development, Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Supply (Olathe, Kan.). • Stuart Eyring, CEO, HydroRain (Bountiful, Utah). • Mike Hemman, president and CEO, Netafim (Clovis, Calif.). • James C. Reid Jr., president, Reid Brothers Irrigation and Equipment Co. LLC (Americus, Ga.).
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Yanmar Engine Manufacturing India has started production at its new industrial engine manufacturing plant in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
The plant will produce 80,000 units of 15 kW to 37 kW class industrial engines per year with production capacity planned to increase to 160,000 units. The engines will be sold globally.
The plant will first produce engines for Yanmar brand tractors manufactured by International Tractors Ltd (a joint venture company of Yanmar) and for other agricultural and construction industry OEMs.
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Briggs & Stratton Showcases EFI/ETC Engine, Swappable Batteries at WOC
Briggs & Stratton was at World of Concrete 2022 to display its lineup of Vanguard power solutions. Highlights at the Vanguard booth included the 1.5kWh swappable battery technology and the new single-cylinder Vanguard 400 engine equipped with electronic fuel injection (EFI) and electronic throttle control (ETC), as well as the Vanguard Commercial Lithium-Ion Battery Packs and the lineup of singlecylinder horizontal shaft engines.
“Our customers’ needs are everchanging, so Vanguard has designed a product lineup to meet the growing demand for diverse power solutions,” says Amy West, Briggs & Stratton marketing manager, commercial power.
The new single-cylinder Vanguard 400 EFI/ETC 14.0 Gross HP engine is launching in March 2022. This is the latest Vanguard model to incorporate EFI and ETC technology, which improves performance, load acceptance and fuel efficiency.
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