MTD merge with Robomow maker; Barrus to expand; Husqvarna dealer training; GGP appoint; Swardman choose Kawasaki

EQUIPMENT THEFT INCREASES
What can dealers do to help customers?
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs

NFU Mutual have released their latest data on machinery theft from farms, which has doubled in March compared with the same month in 2016.

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NEWS

MTD MERGES WITH F. ROBOTICS ACQUISITIONS LTD
Robomow brand to be continued by MTD

From July the Israeli company F. Robotics Acquisitions Ltd. will be operating under the umbrella of US company MTD.

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E.P BARRUS TO EXPAND
Moving to 16-acre site

Company is relocating, enabling them to consolidate operations under one roof, and remain in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

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HUSQVARNA OFFER ROBOTIC TRAINING
To dealers around the country

Manufacturer aiming to upskill and help educate dealers on the selling points of the Automower for the end user.

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NEW TEAM MEMBER FOR GGP
E-commerce & Key Account Manager

GGP UK Ltd has appointed Will Timmis in a new role as E-commerce & Key Account Manager.

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SWARDMAN CHOOSE KAWASAKI
For international mower launch

Czech manufacturer Swardman have launched their Edwin cylinder mower, powered by Kawasaki’s FJ100D 4-stroke petrol engine, to the international market.

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Founder of Swardman Tomáš Šena with the company's Edwin cylinder mower

CLAAS TO BUILD NEW TEST CENTRE
Seven-figure investment at the site in Harsewinkel

CLAAS is significantly increasing its testing capacities for the development of new agricultural machinery by building a new centre at its site in Harsewinkel.

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An impression of what the new test centre will look like

SERVICE SUPPORT STRENGTHENED
At Amazone UK

To support end users and the dealer network, Amazone UK have recruited two new faces to the service team, one in the field and one office-based.

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NORTHERN IRELAND DEALER SUPPLIES 'COPAGATOR'
Specially liveried crime prevention vehicle

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has unveiled its new vehicle at the Balmoral Show, supplied by Johnston Gilpin & Co Ltd of Lisburn.

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PSNI superintendent Sean Wright takes the keys of the specially liveried John Deere Gator utility vehicle (aka the Copagator) from Randal McConnell of John Deere dealer Johnston Gilpin & Co (right), with Constable Ricky Taylor (left) looking on

DRIVING A DEERE FOR DEMENTIA
From John O’Groats to Land’s End

HMP Kirkham prison officer Andy Maxfield from Inskip in Lancashire is aiming to break a six year old Guinness World Record while raising money for Alzheimer’s Society.

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Andy and Kathryn Maxfield are planning to break the Guinness World Record for driving from John O’Groats to Land’s End on a lawn tractor, while also raising money for Alzheimer’s Society

AND FINALLY . . .
Pair jailed for smuggling tonne of drugs in lawnmower shipment

Two men who used shipments of lawnmowers to smuggle more than a tonne of ecstasy, cannabis and ketamine into the UK have been jailed for 14 years.

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The drugs were shipped in a crate containing a lawnmower

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