Industry News

Oregon Products launches new website

November 6, 2017 By
Oregon Products recently launched some new features and updates to its website, OregonProducts.com. The site officially went live on Aug. 8, 2017, and offers cordless equipment customers an online experience that aims to simplify the process of finding and purchasing ...

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Greenworks Commercial to donate equipment to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma affected golf courses

November 3, 2017 By
Greenworks Commercial, a battery-powered outdoor equipment provider for landscaping and turf management professionals, is joining forces with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Disaster Relief Fund, in efforts to aid golf course maintenance staffs in Texas and throughout ...

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David W. Gordon, ASGCA Fellow, dies at 95

November 3, 2017 By
David W. Gordon, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), died Oct. 20. He was 95. The son of one of ASGCA’s original members, William F. Gordon, David was a life-long resident of Doylestown, Pa. After ...

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Briggs & Stratton to move V-Twin Vanguard engine production to the U.S.

November 2, 2017 By
Briggs & Stratton Corporation will move production of its V-Twin Vanguard engines from a joint venture partnership in Japan to its existing manufacturing facilities in Statesboro, Ga., and Auburn, Ala. The production at the U.S. facilities is expected to be ...

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Rossi to receive GCSAA’s 2018 President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship

November 1, 2017 By
The board of directors of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) recently named Frank Rossi, Ph.D., associate professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., the winner of its 2018 President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship. Rossi, 55, will officially ...

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Advanced Turf Solutions adds 4 new sales reps

November 1, 2017 By
Advanced Turf Solutions added four new sales representatives to its team: Jeff Kolbe and Joe Leimbach in the lawn and landscape markets in Chicago and Cincinnati, respectively; Brad Fry in the golf course market in Southwestern Michigan; and Brian Winka ...

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