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The Davey Tree Expert Company acquired Cortese Tree
Specialists of Knoxville, Tenn. This follows the company's
acquisitions in January of Maier Forest and Tree in Rochester, Minn., and Supe-
rior NW Tree & Shrub Care Inc. in Seattle. Pat Covey, chief operating offcer for
Davey's U.S. operations, said the company is committed to future growth, fo-
cusing on businesses with similar customer demographics within select markets.
Bandit Indus-
tries, a manu-
facturer of hand-fed and whole tree
chippers, stump grinders, and other
power equipment, added seven new
dealers to its U.S. network. According
to company president, Jerry Morey,
Bandit is experiencing record growth.
The newest dealers will cover north-
ern Louisiana, central and southern
Mississippi, central and southern Ala-
bama, the Florida Panhandle, eastern
Tennessee, central Virginia, western
Kansas, and South Dakota.
After acquiring
Dixie Chop-
per, Jacob-
sen Textron
announced its plans to maintain the
brand name in the U.S. and decide
what brand name to use in foreign
markets as it looks to open up export
channels, which Dixie Chopper cur-
rently does not have according to
Jacobsen president David Withers.
Blue Thumb Distributing Inc., which
carries an extensive line of profes-
sional PondBuilder equipment and
other water feature equipment, ac-
quired Aqua Bella Designs, a manu-
facturer of custom fountains. Blue
Thumb is in the process of moving all
inventories from Aqua Bella to their
main shipping warehouse in Sagi-
naw, Mich., which, they state, will
provide an overall lower delivered
cost for customers and an expedited
and effcient ordering process.
Outdoor struc-
ture manufac-
turer Backyard America entered into
a licensing agreement that will allow
it to develop and market outdoor
shade structures from Brown Jordan,
a leading brand of outdoor furnish-
ings. The collection will initially be
offered in two all-aluminum models,
the Serenity and the Serenity Solis,
each in three sizes.
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