The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) announces that GIE+EXPO will rebrand and relaunch in 2022 as Equip Exposition, evolving the industry’s largest tradeshow and starting a new chapter for the event while reinvesting in its host city.
The Ferris 500S is designed to fill a need for those landscape professionals looking for a feature-packed zero turn that not only delivers the efficiency and performance that Ferris is famous for but does so at a great value.
Florida Coast Equipment, which has already added new locations in Plant City, Land O’Lakes, and Homestead, Fla., over the last few months, now has 10 stores with the acquisition of Agricon Kubota Superstore’s 3 dealership locations in Apopka, Ocala and Lecanto as part of its major expansion.
On Oct. 14, 10,000 UAW John Deere workers went on strike after the company and union failed to come to an agreement on a new labor contract. This is the first time in 35 years Deere has had a strike. Since the video was recorded, it has been confirmed that the Georgia Deere plant, which manufactures utility and compact utility tractors is part of the strike.
According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, sub-40 horsepower tractor U.S. sales stayed moderately positive, growing 0.4% in September. In Canada, sales the sub-40 horsepower segment saw unit sales grown 13.5% in the month.
On Saturday Oct. 9, 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will ban gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE), used primarily in lawn care equipment, as soon as 2024.
To meet increased demand from customers, the quantity of Kawasaki engines special-built for lawn, garden and industrial applications will get a needed boost next summer when a new production facility opens in Boonville, Mo.
Ingrid Jägering becomes the new Chief Financial Officer and Information Technology Officer at STIHL AG. She is the successor to Karl Angler, who at 66 will leave the company at the end of 2022 when his contract expires.
The 2021 GIE+EXPO is going forward Oct. 20-22 in Louisville, Ky. Show organizers are asking attendees to be vaccinated before attending the show, and if they are unable to do so, to wear a mask.
Sarah Gewert is set to become the new Executive Board member for Marketing and Sales at the STIHL Group. Gewert will take over from Norbert Pick, who will retire when his Executive Board contract expires on Dec. 31, 2022.
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Virginia Beach-based STIHL Inc., produces a full line of high-quality, handheld outdoor power equipment including blowers, trimmers, brushcutters, and multi-task tools, as well as the number one selling brand of chainsaws worldwide. STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world.