Textron Specialized Vehicles, a Textron company, will relocate all manufacturing of Jacobsen professional turf equipment to its facility in Ipswich, U.K. The move will begin this fall and be completed in stages over the next several months. This move will enable the company to focus its investments, skill and improvements in mower production on a single facility and leverage existing... read more
American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), the national organization for builders and suppliers of materials for athletic facilities, has canceled its in-person 2020 Technical Meeting and Trade Show in San Antonio, Texas, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place Dec. 4-7. In place of the meeting, ASBA said it will deliver a virtual technical... read more
Briggs & Stratton Corp. has entered into a stock and asset purchase agreement with KPS Capital Partners (KPS), a private equity firm. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports KPS has agreed to buy all Briggs’ assets for approximately $550 million. “Over the past several months, we have explored multiple options with our advisers to strengthen our financial position and flexibility,” said... read more
SynLawn, a large manufacturer of artificial grass in North America, announced Vande Hey Company, a landscape business in the Fox Valley and greater Green Bay areas in Wisconsin, is now an official distributor of its range of products. “We are very pleased to join the SynLawn family,” said Andy Vande Hey, owner of Vande Hey Company. “We look forward to... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) says the organization is moving ahead with plans to hold its annual conference in Palm Springs, Calif. The event is scheduled for Jan. 11-14, 2021. “Our first priority is the safety of our participants, exhibitors, speakers and staff,” the organization said on its website. “We are currently working with our hotels and the Palm... read more
