PRO Notes: February 2007 - GMPro

 

New positions

Maurice Husson to managing director, Grodan Group, Denmark .

Danny Summers to director of sales, Carolina Nurseries, Moncks Corner, S.C.

Sam Galloway to interim executive vice president, Southern Nursery Association, Atlanta .

Tanya K. Tolpegin to chief executive officer, Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), Herndon , Va.

Dale Rutherford to independent sales representative, Fafard Inc., Agawam , Mass.

Jim O’Donnell to vice president of sales and marketing; and Mike Trebing, Mark Fowler and Barry Gregory to regional sales managers, Hines Horticulture, Irvine, Calif.

Brian Dixon to manager, Ewing Irrigation, Golf & Industrial, Redding , Calif.

Mike Dunning to weather products manager, Spectrum Technologies Inc., Plainfield , Ill.

Warren Liken to operations manager; and Dan Harvell to computer programmer/analyst, Zelenka Nursery, Grand Haven, Mich.

Warren Banner to director of operations, Northwest Horticulture, Mabton , Wash.

Cathy Ellis to sales representative, McGregor Plant Sales, Carlsbad , Calif.

Bob Thomas to president, Initial Tropical Plants, Riverwoods , Ill.

Joseph P. Krausz to head, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Clemson University , Clemson , S.C.

Jeff Burgess to national sales and marketing manager, Solo Inc., Newport News , Va.

Russ Mitchell to product director, Quali-Pro, Seattle.

Chuck Riley to production manager; and Jon St. Clair to sales manager, J. Berry Nursery, Grand Saline, Texas .

John Fernando to customer service/technical support representative, Delta T Solutions, San Marcos , Calif.

Honors

William Randolph, Millstone Valley Nursery, Montgomery Township , N.J. , was named to New Jersey State Board of Agriculture.

Lawn and Garden Yellow Pages, Woodbine, Md. , received two Standard of Excellence awards from Web Marketing Association.

Floragem, Vista , Calif. , won the Home Depot Product Innovation Award.

Havahart Animal Repellents, Lititz , Pa. , received first place in the 2006 Innovation Awards from Home Improvement Executive.

Business Changes

Skinner Nurseries opened a landscape distribution center in Orlando .

Bio Control S.A., Costa Rica , is a new distributor for Biobest Canada Ltd. and Biobest Biological Systems N.V.

Riverbend Nursery Inc., Riner , Va. , opened a growing and distribution center in Atlanta .

FMC Specialty Products, Philadelphia , changed its name to FMC Professional Solutions.

N-QUERY, Atlanta , changed its name to Standpoint.

Nivek, Colfax , N.C. , changed its name to Green Resource LLC.

Green Industry Yellow Pages Inc., Woodbine, Md. , changed its name to 10-20 Media Inc.

BFG Supply Co., Burton , Ohio , merged with Minnesota Distributing and Manufacturing, Minneapolis .

Jiffy Canada Inc., Shippegan , New Brunswick , Canada , acquired McKenzie Seed Co., Brandon , Manitoba .

Delta T Solutions, San Marcos , Calif. , named Solaris, Sumner , Wash. , its western territory distributor.

National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association has new headquarters:

4305 N. Sixth St.

, Suite A, Harrisburg , PA 17110 ; (800) 792-6462; fax (717) 238-9985; www.ngma.com.

 

Hanley Wood, Washington , D.C. , purchased Aqua Show from Athletic Business Publications, Madison , Wis.

Deaths

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Foster Yancey, founder of Y-C Nurseries Inc., Dallas, died Oct. 4, 2006.