Appointments

Moving places

The Landscaper Magazine congratulates the following in their new roles across the landscaping and turf care industries

New CEO for Quartix

Amenity seed company Germinal has recruited Stuart Quartix, a leading supplier of subscription-based vehicle tracking systems, software and services, has announced the appointment of Richard Lilwall as successor to Andy Walters. Andy retires after 20 years' service to the company and Richard will join the Company as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its plc Board in early October.

Richard is currently VP and European Managing Director of Teletrac Navman, a leading international supplier of vehicle tracking and telematics services and systems. Having gained a degree in civil engineering from Kingston University, he spent a brief period in project management and consultancy before setting up his own company, ACT Communications (UK) Ltd., in January 2002. ACT became the most successful vehicle tracking distributorship in the UK and was subsequently acquired by Navman Wireless in 2011.

At Navman Wireless Richard progressed rapidly from Major Accounts Executive to Head of Enterprise in 2014, following which he was appointed as Managing Director of Teletrac Navman Automotive in January 2017. In June 2018 he was promoted to his current position as VP and European Managing Director for Teletrac Navman.

Of his future role Richards adds, "I am proud and excited to be joining the team at Quartix. Having spent 20 years in the tracking and telematics business I have observed the success of Quartix over that time. To be joining and leading this organisation is a real honour and I am confident we can continue and accelerate the growth trajectory."

European service manager for Rain Bird

Alastair Higgs has been promoted to the role of Europe Service Manager for irrigation suppliers Rain Bird. In this new position, working from Rain Bird Europe’s office in France, Alastair’s responsibilities will include developing and driving forward service activities for Rain Bird across Europe.

Joining Rain Bird in 2016 as a golf sales specialist, Alistair became golf district manager for the UK, Ireland and Iceland in 2018, managing and promoting the distribution of Rain Bird Golf products and services through trusted partners, providing support and guidance about best practice to end users.

“My new role widens my remit significantly and covers the full spectrum of Rain Bird products over a much larger geographical territory. Having been involved with golf throughout my career to date, it’s a welcome change to be dealing with a range of new sectors from agriculture to residential. It also allows me to manage and guide our team of talented service engineers and support the network of approved service providers to deliver after sale Global Service Plans, installation start-up, training, software and on-site services,” he says.

“As our focus is increasingly software-centric, remote and on-site support is becoming much more important, not only for new installations but also throughout the lifetime of Rain Bird systems. An enhanced service offering puts customers in full control and gives them complete peace of mind, enabling them to maximise efficiency of central control and cloud-based technologies and gain all the benefits that these offer.”

For all your irrigation needs just yell, TWL!

TWL offers an extensive range of hand watering products, tools and irrigation controllers with decoders. The Magnum range of nozzles are of solid metal design internally and have no plastic internal parts to break, stick or wear out. A ratchet mechanism easily adjusts from gentle fan to jet stream. Outstanding distribution patterns make it ideal for high demand areas like greens and tees. Also, an excellent equipment wash-down nozzle - the Firefighter or Pistol Grip make any wash-down very comfortable high and low volume from 27L/min-163L/min at 5.5 bar within the Magnum range.

The Precision range of nozzles are for specific tasks on greens, tees, seed beds transplants and delicate landscaped areas. Collectively the Rainbow, Rainmaker, Cloudburst and Cyclone will syringe, spot water, drench dry spots, pre-game skim or heavily water large areas. Between 56L/min-189L/min, within the Precision range.

PelletPro heavy-duty surfactant applicator gun with the high-flow valve and Precision "Cloudburst" nozzle combo, makes it the finest wetting agent gun available, accepting all wetting agent tablets. Made of ultra heavyduty brass fittings, aircraft aluminum, stainless steel and precision engineered glass-filled materials.

Providing a high volume, yet soft spray for watering or applying surfactants to tight, hydrophobic soils with a pellet rotation that evenly dissolves tablets. 132L/min gets the job done faster!

LiquidPro can virtually "paint" the turf with liquid wetting agents, fertilizers and micronutrients by covering a 92 square metres area in less than a minute! EasyOut spray head removal and replacement tool makes light work of replacing a broken sprinkler and fits all major spray head brands. Two different sizes available.

No digging or damage to turf, saving time and money by removing broken sprinkler in three minutes or less!

The Drain Blaster nozzle has a name that says it all! With high velocity jets, guiding itself to clean out drains, removing debris with ease. Special feature includes a wire attachment connector, enabling a wire locator to determine drain routes under greens, bunkers etc.

The Gulp range of hand pumps discharge water from sprinklers, valve boxes, fountains, pipes, boats, toilets, spas; just about anywhere! From a compact to a large with a 72" discharge hose, they remove unwanted water easily. Made from aircraft aluminum and the highest quality materials. Easy to disassemble and clean.

Irrigation Controllers range from the low-cost TW-3 to the Internet-based RM-2, operated from a web browser. TW-3, compact and low-priced, controls up to 127 decoders: Tonick, Gemini or Toro/Trident. Low cost remote control though your mobile phone.

RM-2 is wall-mounted and does not need a dedicated PC, as all its web pages are contained internally. It does not need a dedicated server. Any of the usual web browsers can be used to access the RM-2 which can be connected to the Internet using Ethernet, WiFi, or 4G mobile data. Maximum 508 stations. Amazingly lowpriced compared to similar controllers.

Please visit www.twl-irrigation.com to view all TWL products.

RM-2 RAINMAKER INTERNET BASED 2 WIRE DECODER SYSTEM IRRIGATION CONTROLLER

Market Sectors

• Agriculture Irrigation • Large Scale City Watering • Golf Irrigation

Benefits

• 25% - 40% Savings with Water Balance control • Remote Monitoring using PC, Smartphones and

Tablets over GPRS,3G Wi-Fi, Radio & Satellite • Water Balance & Timed irrigation • Up to 762 decoder stations • Decoders proven in nearly 300,000 stations over 15 years • Centralised control will work with most SCADA Systems • Multi language support

Overview

The RM-2 Rainmaker irrigation controller provides a solution for large scale irrigation applications. Providing both remote connectivity and water balance control, the RM-2 is a very powerful and scalable irrigation controller. The RM-2 comes with both an Ethernet and an integrated 3G modem providing remote access via your smart phone, tablet, PC or centralised monitoring system. The unit is configured using its own web interface, enabling the user to setup watering stations and program times.