SUPPLIER NEWS TEXTRON TO RELOCATE JACOBSEN PRODUCTION TO U.K. FACILITY TEXTRON SPECIALIZED VEHICLES INC., a Textron Inc. company, announced that it will relocate all manufacturing of Jacobsen professional turf equipment to its facility in Ipswich, U.K. The move will begin this fall and be completed in stages over the next several months. Simon Rainger TSV said the move will enable the company to focus its investments, skill, and improvements in mower production on a single facility, and leverage existing resources and expertise at its Ipswich facility. The plant, which currently builds Jacobsen and Ransomes mowers, is the oldest manufacturer of motorized lawn mowers in the world, having been in operation for more than 187 years. The U.K. facility will produce mowers for all regions, including North America. Jacobsen will maintain its sales, parts, and customer-care teams in North America, and its network of North American distributors, to serve its customers in the U.S. and Canada. “We are excited to establish our Ipswich, U.K. facility as the worldwide manufacturing center of excellence for Jacobsen equipment,” said Simon Rainger, Vice President, Turf for Textron Specialized Vehicles. “This move will enable us to operate more efficiently, and expand on the legacy of innovation and quality that our Ipswich plant has built over its long history.” In a conference call on August 27th with editors of U.S. publications covering the club and golf markets, Rainger stressed that the relocation and “factory consolidation” of Jacobsen production to the UK would have no detrimental effect on cost or delivery lead times for North American customers. Over the past 20 years, he noted, more of the brand’s overall production for the North American market has been moved to the Ipswich facility. “This is not really ‘new news,’” Rainger said. Over the past five years, he said, from 30 to 35 percent of machines delivered to North America have been made in Ipswich, and that percentage grew to closer to 50% over the last two years.
TORO ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF “SUSTAINABILITY ENDURES” PLATFORM THE TORO COMPANY HAS launched its “Sustainability Endures” platform, which will strengthen Toro’s strategic focus on sustainability and its long-standing commitment to making a positive impact financially, socially and environmentally worldwide. Sustainability Endures introduces four strategic pillars—People, Products, Process and Planning—that help to define and guide The Toro Company’s sustainability strategies and execution of those strategies. Through these pillars, Toro is focusing on the environmental, social and governance areas that it believes are most material to the company and where it can make a meaningful impact, including health and safety, diversity, equity and inclusion, water conservation, product innovation and operational efficiency.
PEOPLE NEWS CLUB PEOPLE Berkeley Hall Club in Bluffton, S.C. named Adam Kushner as General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. Kushner previously served as the interim GM/COO since April 2020. Adam Kushner He originally joined Berkeley Hall Club in November, 2015 as Director of Golf. Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J. appointed Michael Ferguson as General Manager. Ferguson was most recently General Manager of Rockaway River Country Club in Denville, N.J. 14
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Woodland Hills (Calif.) Country Club named Ron Banaszak as General Manager. Most Ron Banaszak recently, Banaszak was Chief Operating Officer of The Fountaingrove Club in Santa Rosa, Calif. Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Ariz. named Ryan Johnson as Director of Racquet Sports. Johnson was formerly the Ryan Johnson Director of Tennis at Camelback Village Racquet and Health Club in Phoenix. Desert Mountain also named Arnaldo Cocuzza, CCM, as Director of Athletics Arnaldo Cocuzza & the Sonoran Clubhouse.
Most recently, Cocuzza managed clubhouse operations at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md. Wilderness Country Club in Naples, Fla. appointed Kevin Harris as Food & Beverage Director. Most recently, Harris was Director of Food and Kevin Harris Beverage for Countryside Golf & Country Club, also in Naples. Mizner Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla. named Lisa Kyte as Director of Fitness, Lifestyle and Youth Activities. Kyte was most recently Director of Lisa Kyte Spa, Fitness, Aquatics and Children’s/Teen Activities at The Polo Club of Boca Raton (Fla.). www.clubandresortbusiness.com
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