PRO Notes: November 2007 - GMPro

 New positions

Mark E. Neterer to turf and ornamentals national accounts manager; Mark Lees to product technology specialist; and Nikki Hall to product communications manager, Dow AgroSciences Urban Pest Management, Indianapolis .

Matt Reed and J.R. Zibrun to regional sales managers, Aquascape Inc., St. Charles, Ill.

David Knight to marketing director, Groundworks, Boynton Beach , Fla.

Mike Boehm to Plant Pathology Department chair, Ohio State University , Columbus .

Thomas Carey to chief marketing officer, Orchard Supply Hardware, San Jose , Calif.

Julie Ardner, Robert Kimball and John Scholten to sales specialists, Hortech, Spring Lake , Mich.

William C. Salmon to president, Syndicate Sales Inc., Kokomo , Ind.

Nancy Garrabrants to director, University Massachusetts Extension, Amherst.

Linda C. Martin to associate dean and director of academic affairs, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus.

Michael V. Johnson to general manager, CO-EX Corp., Wallingford , Conn.

Robert Hunter and Bill Johnson to sales representatives, Cleary Chemical Corp., Dayton , N.J.

Corey J. Connors to director of legislative relations, American Nursery & Landscape Association, Washington , D.C.

Sally van der Horst to interim secretary, Fleuroselect, Holland .

Rick Wurster to sales field representative, Bandit Industries Inc., Remus, Mich.

Kristi Huffman to senior vice president, Horticultural Division, John Henry, Lansing , Mich.

Honors

Eight tools from Fiskars, Madison , Wis. , completed Arthritis Foundation testing and bear the Ease-of-Use Commendation.

Long Island Nursery and Landscape Association established the Alfred H. Hicks Memorial Scholarship to honor Alfred Hicks, Hicks Nursery Inc., Westbury , N.Y. , who died in 2004.

Spectrum Technologies Inc., Plainfield , Ill. , received an AE50 Award from American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers for its WatchDog 2000 Series Mini Stations.

Fresh Produce and Floral Council award recipients: Pat McDowell, Perimeter Sales and Merchandising, Los Alamitos , Calif. , Norman H. “Buz” Bolstad Produce Award; and Tracy Ramirez, Ralphs Grocery Co., Cincinnati , Achievement Award.

American Nursery & Landscape Association award recipients: Richard “Dick” Campbell, Campbell ’s Nurseries and Garden Centers , Lincoln , Neb. , Hall of Fame; and Randall H. Zondag, Ohio State University Extension, Lake County , Nursery Extension Award.

U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., was named Business Champion of the Year by Professional Landcare Network (PLANET).

OFA Alex Laurie Award winners: Joseph Albano, USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, Fla.; Eugene Blythe, Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center, Poplarville, Miss.; Donald Merhaut, University of California-Riverside; and Julie Newman, University of California-Davis, Riverside.

Associations

Helmuth Flecke, Flecke-Saaten-Handel GmbH, Germany , was elected to the Fleuroselect board of directors.

New officers of OFA – an Association of Floriculture Professionals: Bobby Barnitz, Bob’s Market and Greenhouses Inc., Mason, W. Va., president; Danny Takao, Takao Nursery, Fresno, Calif., vice president; board members Ralph Ostendorf, Ostendorf Greenhouses, Cincinnati; Scott Longfellow, Longfellow’s Greenhouses, Manchester, Maine; Pamela Youngsman, Skagit Gardens, Mount Vernon, Wash.; Mike McCabe, McCabe’s Greenhouse and Floral, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; and Bill Ardle, Schneider’s Florist, Springfield, Ohio.

Dave Patterson, Target Specialty Products, Santa Fe Springs , Calif. , was appointed chairman, Sacramento Valley Landscape and Nursery Expo.

New officers of American Nursery & Landscape Association: Dwight Hughes Jr., Dwight Hughes Nursery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, president; Greg Schaan, Imperial Nurseries, Granby, Conn.; and directors Morris Newlin, New Garden Landscape and Nursery, Greensboro, N.C.; and Dale Deppe, Spring Meadow Nursery Inc., Grand Haven, Mich.

Business changes

Athens Select Marketing Association, Athens , Ga. , added Hilltop Greenhouse and Farm, Ellendale , Minn. , to its group of licensed propagators.

Savio Engineering moves to a larger facility in Albuquerque , N.M.

Ball Horticultural Co., West Chicago , Ill. , selected Summit Plastic Co., Tallmadge , Ohio , exclusive distributor of biodegradable, compostable rice-hull pots for the

Arett Sales Corp., Cherry Hill , N.J. , purchased Lose Brothers Inc., Louisville , Ky.

TNI Packaging Inc., West Chicago , Ill. , moved to a new facility.

Bobcat Co., West Fargo , N.D. , signed a strategic agreement with Daedong Industrial Co. Ltd., Korea .

Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chalfont , Pa. , changed its name to Mars Fishcare North America Inc.

Ewing Irrigation, Phoenix , was appointed distributor for AquascapePRO water gardening products.

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Sioux Corp., Beresford , S.D. , acquired SteamGun, SafeStream and SteamPro product lines from Walters Manufacturing, Watsonville , Calif.