PRO Notes: December 2007 - GMPro

 New positions

T.D. Decker to president, Aquascape, St. Charles , Ill.

Debbie Mucciolo to marketing research/copywriter, Chemilizer Products, Largo , Fla.

Todd Loecke to district sales manager; Dave Ravel to golf market manager; Bob Goglia to lawn care market manager; and Diana M. Nisbet to territory manager, Syngenta Professional Products, Greensboro, N.C.

Paul Rea to director, Specialty Products Division, BASF, Research Triangle Park , N.C.

Arie van der Lugt to export manager, Hawe Systems Europe B.V., Holland .

Brent Mecham to industry development director, Irrigation Association, Falls Church , Va.

Kathleen Pyle to managing editor, Pacific Coast Nurseryman, Jacksonville , Ore.

Will Brown to safety and loss prevention manager; and Avery Shepherd to estimator, Ruppert Nurseries, Laytonsville, Md.

Gay Williams to executive director, Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association, Westerville .

Justin Wallace to director of communication, Sod Solutions Inc.

Honors

Pam Bennett, Ohio State University Extension, Clark County , was appointed president, Ohio Governor’s Residence and Heritage Garden .

Business changes

Poppelmann Plastics USA opened a new factory in Claremont International Business Park , Claremont , N.C.

Central Landscape Supply, St. Cloud , Minn. , opened a new location in Farmington , Minn.

Riverbend Nursery, Riner , Va. , is a new member of the Hort Couture grower network.

BioWorks Inc. moved to a new corporate office:

T&R Co., Rancho Cucamonga , Calif. , opened a branch office in Woodburn , Ore.

Deaths

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Glen D. Jensen, retired from Zarn and IEM Plastics, Reidsville , N.C. , died Aug. 9. He was 80.