Industry News

Companies merge to form ICL Specialty Fertilizers

June 5, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Everris, Fuentes, Nu3, Novapeak and F&C merged to form ICL Specialty Fertilizers, whose turf and amenity brand serves golf courses, sports fields, sod production and municipal landscaping, among others. The newly formed company has established three segments: ornamental horticulture, specialty ...

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Platte River Equity acquires Profile Products

June 5, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Profile Products, a portfolio company of Mid Oaks Investments, has been sold to Platte River Equity. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company’s (BGL’s) industrials practice and environmental services practice collaborated on the transaction ...

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FMC offers instant rebate on Dismiss herbicide products

June 4, 2015 By Joelle Harms

FMC Professsional Solutions is offering instant rebates on both sizes of its Dismiss South and Dismiss CA herbicide products now through August 15. The savings include a $12.50 instant rebate on each half-gallon jug of Dismiss Turf Herbicide; a $10 ...

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Toro names director of marketing

June 4, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Toro Company‘s vice president of irrigation and lighting businesses, Phil Burkart, has appointed Dan Winterton as director of marketing. Winterton, an 18-year veteran of Toro, replaces Pete Moeller, who was promoted to managing director of business development. Winterton started his career as a financial ...

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Hunter Industries and OnGolf strike partnership

May 29, 2015 By Grant Gannon

OnGolf, a cloud-based decision making platform for improving golf course management, has partnered with Hunter Industries. The partnership comes after OnGolf’s recent addition of eight new system integration partners. “Our alliance partnership with Hunter Industries is significant for both OnGolf, Hunter and the industry ...

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Toro honors past president David M. Lilly

May 28, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Toro Company has established “The Toro Company-David M. Lilly Faculty Chair” to honor the legacy of David M. Lilly, Toro’s fourth president and former dean of what now is the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Toro also ...

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