Service Dealer Newsletter - Viking to merge into STIHL; Garden Trader support; GreenMech win patent battle; Ventrac's new distributor

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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
STIHL clearly believe quite a lot
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs

I visited the Viking factory in Austria last week and there was no talk of the surprise announcement which was made yesterday - there was however lots of talk to reassure dealers that they are very much at the heart of their plans.

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NEWS

VIKING TO MERGE INTO STIHL
Everything green changes to STIHL orange from 2019

The Viking factory in Langkampfen, Austria

As from 2019, the STIHL Group will market the entire product line of garden tool manufacturer VIKING exclusively under the STIHL brand name.

GREAT SUPPORT FOR GARDEN TRADER
From both dealers and manufacturers

The team behind the new Garden Trader website have been delighted with the feedback received from dealers following last week's announcement - and are very pleased to announce a new sponsor in Henton & Chattell.

GREENMECH WIN PATENT BATTLE
German manufacturer stops production

GreenMech’s Patent Infringement action against Jensen in the German Patent Courts, to protect its ‘Safe-Trak’ European Patent has been successfully concluded.

NEW DISTRIBUTOR FOR VENTRAC
Price Turfcare launched at BTME

Price Turfcare founded by Ransomes Jacobsen’s former International Sales Director, Rupert Price, has been awarded the UK and Ireland distribution rights for Ventrac all-wheel-drive compact tractors.

GRIZZLY TOOLS UK WELCOMES MARKETING EXECUTIVE
Shnayde Murphy joins

Grizzly Tools are delighted to announce the recruitment of Shnayde Murphy, their Marketing and Communications Executive.

CUB CADET ACQUIRES ATT
Expanding presence in sportsturf market

Cub Cadet has acquired Advanced Turf Technology (ATT), the UK-based manufacturer of cutting reel mowers and cassettes specially designed for the sports field and golf maintenance markets.

SHERRIFF EXTENDS DEERE TERRITORY
Bought the business of W M Dodds

Thomas Sherriff & Co staff at the new dealership head office premises at Backburn in Haddington, East Lothian.

John Deere dealer Thomas Sherriff & Co, based in Haddington, East Lothian, has set up a new outlet in Hexham to take over the territory previously managed by Everitt & Marshall.

CASE IH APPOINT NEW DEALERS
In Scotland and Northumberland

(L-R) Adrian Everitt and Nick Bowman (Everitt & Marshall); Charles Blessley, Case IH; Adrian Graham (Everitt & Marshall); Ivan Nicol, Mark Garrick (Mark Garrick Ltd); Gordon Lynch & Mike Singer (Balgownie Ltd); Jon May, Case IH.

Case IH announced the appointment of three new dealers at LAMMA - Balgownie Ltd, Mark Garrick Ltd and Everitt & Marshall.

LAMMA '17 MOST SUCCESSFUL YET
Organisers delighted with event

Organisers say the first national agricultural show since the Brexit vote revealed an air of cautious optimism.

IAGRE LAUNCH INNOVATION SURVEY
On behalf of government

IAgrE have launched an agricultural engineering innovation survey

Intends to discover how many UK engineering and manufacturing companies will be in a position to develop the innovative ideas evolving as a result of the government’s Agri-Tech strategy funding?