People and Events

People

Dennis Storm to director of supply chain for Sakata Seed America and Ken Reid to facilities operations manager for Alf Christianson Seed Company.

Mark Taylor to director of marketing and Nancy Stratinsky to brand manager of the Starbar division, Central Life Sciences.

Brandon Green and Bob Raley to the Turf & Horticulture agronomy team, Direct Solutions.

Peter House was elected as its new president, Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association. House is owner/partner of East Haven Landscape Products in East Haven, Conn.

The Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association’s Award of Merit for 2012 went to a CNLA past president, Barry Burton, who owns B.F. Burton Landscapes of Roxbury.

Company news

Everris Americas (an ICL Specialty Fertilizers company) has acquired the manufacturing equipment of X-Calibur Plant Health Co., located in Summerville, S. C. The purchase includes a fertilizer coating line and associated handling, processing and packaging equipment. The newly acquired equipment will enable Everris to introduce a new proprietary product that complements its Osmocote and Poly-S controlled release technologies early next year.

America in Bloom is offering a 12-page, full color educational brochure titled, “Discover the Surprising Side of Plants.” Based on research and publications by America in Bloom (AIB) board member Charles Hall of Texas A&M, and others, the brochure summarizes benefits of plants “beyond pretty” for people, communities, neighborhoods and offices. Illustrated with photos from many participating America in Bloom towns, the brochure concludes that “quality landscapes are a necessity, not a luxury.” A PowerPoint presentation based on the brochure is available for teachers to use in their curricula and for others to share in their own presentations. To download the brochure and related presentation, go to www.americainbloom.org/discover_plants.aspx.

Bobcat and Menlo Worldwide Logistics announced the expansion of operations at Bobcat’s Manufacturing Support Center (MSC) in Bismarck, N.D. Bobcat also announced plans to acquire additional land at the Northern Plains Commerce Center (NPCC), to create an Innovation Center for product development and testing. Production of Bobcat compact attachments will begin moving to the new MSC (the former Bobcat production facility) immediately. Menlo has operated in Bobcat’s facilities as a strategic logistics partner since 2006. As many as 150 new positions will be created to support expanded production operations for the compact attachments line, which is being shifted to the MSC from a Bobcat Company-owned plant in Litchfield, Minn.

EVENTS

June

3-5, NAHSA 25th Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
www.nahsa.org.

6, Growers Supply hydroponics workshop, Dyersville, IA;
www.GrowersSupply.com/TechCenter.

11-13, National Lawn & Garden Show, Frisco, TX;
www.nlgshow.com.

13, California Grown Show, Long Beach, CA;
www.cangc.org.

18-2, International Organic Fruit Symposium, Leavenworth, WA;
www.tfrec.wsu.edu/pages/organicfruit2012.

20, Trial Gardens at UGA Industry Open House, Athens, GA;
http://ugatrial.hort.uga.edu.

21, Darwin Perennials Day, West Chicago;
http://darwinperennials.com.

22, Dallas Arboretum Plant Trials Field Day (Industry Only), Dallas, TX;
www.dallasplanttrials.org/field_days.htm.

25-28, Garden Centers of America Summer Tour, Detroit, MI;
www.gardencentersofamerica.org.

July

4-10, Perennial Plant Symposium, Boston, MA;
www.perennialplant.org.

14-17, OFA Short Course, Columbus, OH;
www.ofa.org.

31-Aug. 2, PANTS, Oaks, PA;
www.pantshow.com.