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Acumen ClearWater Acumen Clearwater acquired Highspeed in 2017 showcased their new products at BTME for the very first time in 1995. The company planned entering the turf maintenance sector, so BTME seemed the logical solution. Results from that first attendance 24 years ago exceeded expectations, generating excellent business. Every year the company exhibited at BTME and on each occasion new customers
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were found. Over the years at BTME, many products and services, legislative driven, were introduced. Initially, waste management services were established with hundreds of golf clubs and others in turf management. Fuel and oil tanks were in great demand when new legislation was introduced and a range of tanks were exhibited. Workwear and PPE followed but the biggest launch was that of the ClearWater washpad water recycling system in January 2003. Highspeed’s directors decided a few years ago to consider retirement and sell the business. They felt it necessary to find the right company, preferably operating in the waste management sector, to
develop the work and build on achievements. ClearWater was seen to have great potential. In Spring 2017, Acumen Waste Services Ltd acquired the company declaring a commitment to the development of wellestablished ClearWater. and a separate ClearWater Division, led by General Manager Matthew Mears, was set up. Visit Acumen ClearWater at BTME, Stand 206 Red Zone.
lAmazone Amazone’s Profihopper out-front cutting deck, with its SmartCut fine flail rotor, is renowned for its year-round
mowing, mulching, collecting or scarifying abilities in both long and short grass. The simple, tool-less blade change means that it can go from fine turf mowing to rough cutting or scarifying in minutes and the PowerCompactor auger system crams the cuttings in to make frequent emptying a thing of the past. The new Profihopper PH1250 SmartLine certainly looks the part with its new smart grey livery. However, under that bright new exterior lies a new hydrostatic drive line, better wear protection in and around both the cutting deck and the auger feed system, improved access for maintenance, new instrumentation, new ergonomic driver controls, work lighting, cup holder, this list goes on and on…. and you can see the new PH 1250