New positions
Walt Weir to sales representative, New England regional manager; Aris Horticultural Services, Barberton, Ohio.
Harry Deng to general manager, Pump Solutions Group and Dover Fluid Management, China.
Ann Hunter-Welborn to vice president of human resources, Hunter Industries, San Marcos, Calif.
Scott T. Jonap to vice president of sales and marketing, Good Ideas Inc., Lake City, Pa.
Tim Grygera to Western regional sales manager, Schreder Lighting USA, Chicago.
Tim Hassinger to vice president, Crops Business unit; David Blakemore to vice president, Europe, Latin America and Pacific, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis.
Patty LeCompte to territory manager for Texas, Deep Fork Tree Farm, Arcadia, Okla.
Natalee Schoettler to nursery team, Target Specialty Products, Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
Kathryn M. Santos to director of research and development, Costa Farms, Miami, Fla.
George Graeber to exclusive northwest sales representative, Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, T&R Company, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Cozette Hadley to horticulture and specialty product sales manager, U.S., Bill Romp to strategic accounts lead, U.S., Steve Bergschneider and Glen Wiggins to director inoculants and seed enhancements sales teams,
Charlie Hale to head of marketing team, Chris Feiden to head of operations Seedbiotics facility, Caldwell, Idaho, Becker-Underwood.
Honors
David Austin’s rose ‘Graham Thomas’ was named World’s Favorite Rose by the World Federation of Rose Societies. ‘Graham Thomas’ becomes only the 14th rose in 33 years to win the triennial accolade.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture has awarded Walters Gardens, Zeeland, Mich., 2008 Michigan Agriculture Exporter of the Year.
Schoneveld Twello is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Plumstone, Grand Rapids, Mich., makers of SunStick, SunStick Home and ShrubGuard, have been awarded the 2009 Innovation of the Year award from the Small Business Association of Michigan.
Plant pathologist and GMPRO "Plant Health" columnist Ann Chase received the Fellow award from the American Phytopathological Society, the highest award granted by the society.
Parwinder Grewal, a professor of entomology with Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and OSU Extension has been named a Fellow of the Society of Nematologists.
Associations
OFA created a search committee to recommend the organization’s new CEO. The goal: to have a new CEO by January 2010.
Business changes
M&M Plant Sales, Hollister, Calif., has launched its Web site at www.mmplants.com.
T.O. Plastics, Clearwater, Minn., acquired certain assets of Rapid Molded Products, Houston, Texas.
Newton Nursery, Houston, Texas, has new owners. The company has been re-branded as the New Nursery and offers expanded service and direct sales teams.
Poppelmann Plastics USA, Claremont, N.C., has doubled the size of its complex in Catawba County’s Claremont Industrial Park.
Myers Industries Lawn & Garden Group, Akron, Ohio, has acquired Amerikan from Florikan, Sebring, Fla.
Selecta First Class, Encinitas, Calif., updated its Web site for its Trixi/TrixiLiner line: www.firstclassplants.com.
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