Heritage Landscape Supply Group acquired Normac, a family-owned distributor of irrigation and landscape supplies. Normac, headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., has a network of eight branches across the Central Valley. Heritage will operate these branches under the Normac banner. Normac’s sales and operations team will continue with the company to ensure consistency for its customer and supplier partners. Heritage Landscape Supply... read more
SiteOne Landscape Supply acquired Atlantic Irrigation. Started in 1976, Atlantic is headquartered in Portland, Maine. The acquisition expands SiteOne’s reach with an added 33 locations across 13 states in the Eastern U.S. and two provinces in Eastern Canada. Atlantic is a distributor of irrigation, lighting, drainage and landscaping equipment. Doug Black, SiteOne chairman and CEO, says the company is looking... read more
PrimeraTurf added Tri-Turf and Nassau Suffolk Turf Services as the newest distributors of Primera. Tri-Turf, headquartered in Traverse City, Mich., is a distributor of specialty turf and ornamental products serving the Michigan specialties market since 1982. Nassau Suffolk, headquartered in Farmingdale, N.Y., is a distributor of specialty turf and ornamental products, serving the Long Island specialties market since 1988. “With the... read more
Green industry distributor Advanced Turf Solutions (ATS) merged with AgroLogics, a distributor serving most of Missouri and Illinois. “Agro-Logics and Advanced Turf Solutions have enjoyed working together with mutual suppliers for many years,” said Alex Cannon, CEO of Advanced Turf Solutions. “Uniting these two brands will be beneficial for the employees and customers of both companies.” The combined service areas include... read more
Morbark added eight new dealers for its Boxer line of compact utility loaders and two new dealers for its Morbark Tree Care Products line. The eight most recent Boxer distributors include AB Hydraulics in Carencro, La.; Best Line Equipment, with three Pennsylvania locations carrying Morbark equipment and one location carrying Boxer equipment; Elk Grove Power Equipment in Elk Grove, Calif.;... read more
Turf and ornamental care professionals share their thoughts on the pros and cons of participating in early order programs offered by chemical and fertilizer manufacturers and distributors. If it’s true the early bird gets the worm, maybe the turf and ornamental care manufacturers and distributors are on to something with their early order programs. These buying plans, which commonly require... read more
