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02, October 2015
Husqvarna view future; Kubota factory opens; Gerald Doherty; Dealer Conference panellists; CLA drop Game Fair
IN THIS ISSUE
VIEW OF THE FUTURE
KUBOTA FARM MACHINERY OPENS
GERALD DOHERTY
DEALER PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED FOR OUR CONFERENCE
CLA DROPS GAME FAIR
JEREMY JOINS CHARTERHOUSE
ISEKI DEALERS VIEW NEW MACHINERY
NFU CALL ON LABOUR TO BACK BRITISH FARMING
DEERE WIN GOLD & SILVER MEDALS
SALTEX REVEAL EDUCATION SEMINARS
RCW SPREADER LAUNCHED IN UK
KUBOTA WINNER'S DAY WITH HOY
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VIEW OF THE FUTURE
Husqvarna provides a view of the future with smart machines
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Kai Warn
Batteries with bluetooth connections that talk to users were part of  the Silent City presentation by Husqvarna this week

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KUBOTA FARM MACHINERY OPENS
Full scale production facility in N. France

 
M7001 Series
The 37,000 sq m factory, the result of a €40 million investment by Kubota Corporation, will produce the company's flagship M7001 Series.

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GERALD DOHERTY
Death of B&S Ireland sales manager

 
Gerald Doherty

On Friday 18th September, Gerald Doherty, a valued member of the Briggs & Stratton UK team, passed away peacefully at home after losing his battle with cancer.

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DEALER PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED FOR OUR CONFERENCE
Will represent multi-branch companies as well as smaller dealerships

 
David Sturges of south-east dealers Godfreys, is one of the panellists
We are pleased to announce the initial line-up of dealers who will participate in our programme at the Service Dealer Conference & Awards.

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CLA DROPS GAME FAIR
All future events cancelled

 
Game Fair
The CLA has announced that it will no longer run the annual Game Fair, including cancelling the planned event scheduled to be at Ragley Hall in 2016.

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JEREMY JOINS CHARTERHOUSE
Strengthens sales team

 
Jeremy Vincent
Charterhouse Turf Machinery have announced the appointment of Jeremy Vincent as Area Manager for the Central UK regions.

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ISEKI DEALERS VIEW NEW MACHINERY
At National Dealer Meeting

 
The new Iseki TG series was a major draw for the dealers

Over 80 representatives from distributors across the UK attended a two-day dealer meeting at Trinity Park in Ipswich to view and ride new and current products.

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NFU CALL ON LABOUR TO BACK BRITISH FARMING
Want party to support a national food plan

 
NFU President Meurig Raymond
NFU President Meurig Raymond spoke at a fringe meeting during this week's Labour Party Conference.

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DEERE WIN GOLD & SILVER MEDALS
To be awarded at Agritechnica

 
ProCut self-propelled forage harvester
The innovation committee of the German Agricultural Society (DLG) has awarded John Deere with three gold and 10 silver medals.

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SALTEX REVEAL EDUCATION SEMINARS
Learning Live is five times larger

 
Alan Ferguson from St George’s Park is involved with Learning Live
Learning Live, the educational programme designed for all sectors of the groundscare industry, will comprise of 49 sessions at the NEC.

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RCW SPREADER LAUNCHED IN UK
Yorkshire importer consolidates partnership with Polish manufacturer

 
RCW Spreader
Market Weighton based Manterra Ltd is the is the sole UK importer for agricultural machinery from the Unia Group.

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KUBOTA WINNER'S DAY WITH HOY
Trains at Olympic winner's stables

 
Andrew Hoy
Kubota's #DaywithHoy competition winner, Cath Hall, enjoyed a day of training with Olympic equestrian champion, Andrew Hoy at his Leicestershire stables recently.

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