Kubota Tractor Corp. and Kubota Credit Corp. announced Thursday that they will move their headquarters to Grapevine, Texas from the Los Angeles-area city. The relocation is projected to create at least 344 new jobs and $51 million in capital investment in Texas. The state of Texas extended Texas Enterprise Fund grant offer of $3.8 million…
Discounted attendee registration has opened for ASLA’s 2015 Annual Meeting & EXPO, to be held Nov. 6-9 in Chicago at McCormick Place. ASLA’s annual meeting is the largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals and students in the world. The 2015 meeting, themed “Perspectives,” highlights the comprehensive viewpoint that helps enable landscape architects to effectively…
Matt and Chris Noon have released a book designed to help LCOs, landscapers and other small business owners improve their phone sales. “Dialing for Dollars in a Digital World” – available on Amazon – is a part biography and part business book that outlines how business owners can use the traditional cold call to…
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Isuzu Commercial Truck of America announced that it has delivered the 500,000 Isuzu-built truck since the Isuzu brand entered the North American market in 1984. The N-Series truck was sold to Farmers Home Furniture in Dublin, Ga. The unit marked the 235th Isuzu truck the home-furnishings retailer has purchased. “We…
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) will present its School of Grounds Management Summer Conference in Sacramento, Calif. from Aug. 3-5, 2015. Attendees to the PGMS event will go on behind-the-scenes tours of the University of California, Davis campus, a 4-star landscape management and operations accreditation campus, Raley Field, home of…
Gasoline retailers Kum & Go and Sheetz announced recently that they will sell E15 fuel in three new states and 125 stations, Reuters reported. By the end of 2016, those two retailers plan to add E15 at pumps at 125 stations. That will more than double the number of U.S. outlets offering cheaper fuel with…
The Weathermatic Board of Directors has elected Malcolm S. Morris as its chairman of the board. Morris currently serves as chairman of Stewart Title Guaranty Company. He is also vice chairman of Stewart Information Services Corporation. Morris is a member of the American Bar Association, member of the State Bar of Texas and the…
JOHNSON CREEK, Wis. – BOB-CAT announced the addition of the XRZ Pro to its line of zero-turn radius (ZTR) mowers. Designed to handle obstacles and diverse terrain, the mower is equipped with the BOB-CAT TufDeck Pro cutting system to prevent scalping. HG ZT-3400 twin hydrostatic transaxles and a Kawasaki engine propel the…
The Toro Company presented Reinders, of Sussex, Wis. with its 2014 Partner in Excellence award for Best in Parts Operations. Reinders has won the award three times in the last four years – 2011, 2013 and 2014. The award is based on a variety of criteria including overall fill rate, inventory turns, distributor quarterly…
Morbark is adding a new 12″ chipper to its Beever product line. The Morbark Beever M12RX is scheduled to go into production late May and be available in June. The M12RX is lighter and more economical than the M12R, while remaining just as robust, rugged and reliable. Powerful, compact and easily transportable, this unit is…
