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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
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Equip Exposition Announces Tree Care Arena, Live Demonstrations
Celebrate Arbor Day: Get Inspired to Grow Tree Care Services LOUISVILLE, Ky. , April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Arbor Day on April 25, award-winning trade show Equip Exposition held this October 21-24, announces the new Tree Care Arena in Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC). Tree Care Arena, sponsored by Altec, will showcase live pruning and limb removal demonstrations using the latest outdoor power equipment on a 50-foot-tall tree transported to the arena for training and education. Trainers from The Davey Institute will host daily training, covering the safety requirements for tree care, the equipment needed, and the many techniques employed by tree care professionals utilizing bucket trucks, lifts, chainsaws, and other commonly used tools. "For landscapers, tree care can be an excellent way to grow their profits and service lines," said Kris Kiser, President and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), an international trade association which owns and manages the trade show. "Trees are key for communities that appreciate green space. For the landscapers, dealers, contractors, hardscape experts, and outdoor power equipment manufacturers attending Equip, Tree Care Arena will be a living laboratory for learning about tree care." Dan Herms, vice president and general manager, the Davey Institute, added, "The educational material the Institute shares at the Expo is designed to teach professionals how to safely and efficiently work around trees while utilizing some of the most common and up-to-date equipment in the trade. [Our] team of experts have spent their careers studying trends, techniques and the latest improvements in the industry." In addition to the live tree demonstrations at Tree Care Arena, Equip attendees also can learn how bucket trucks and lifts are used for tree trimming and care by watching real demonstrations with large equipment, tree removal, planting and mulching, small tree and shrub planting and pruning, and the business opportunities offered by providing tree care services. Tree Care Arena offerings are included in the Equip Exposition registration and are not an additional cost to attendees. For Forestt Greeno, with Greencare in northeast Arkansas, attending Equip helps him grow his tree care business. "I've always learned a lot of useful knowledge … that is super important to being able to provide a quality service to clients," said Greeno. More than 28,500 industry professionals registered for Equip last year, and the trade show is a major economic driver generating over $30 million annually for Louisville. Registration for the show is only $25 through May 31, 2025 at Additional fees apply for select education and certification classes. Attendees are encouraged to download the Equip Expo app, sponsored by CASE Construction Equipment. Photos From the 2024 Show: Embeddable YouTube videos: Press seeking to attend Equip are strongly urged to register and obtain media credentials in advance of the show. Media contactsAmi Neiberger, Four Leaf PR on behalf of OPEI, 703-887-4877, ami@ Mayster, Four Leaf PR on behalf of OPEI, 240-988-6243, debbi@ About Equip Exposition Equip Exposition, the international landscape, outdoor living, and equipment exposition, is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, and is one of the top five largest trade shows in the United States. The show is a Trade Show Executive Gold 100 Grand Award Winner, and is co-located with Hardscape North America. Equip publishes "equip" magazine and is owned and managed by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, an international trade association representing manufacturers of outdoor power equipment, parts, small engines, battery power systems, portable generators, utility and personal transport vehicles, and golf cars, and their suppliers. For more information visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Equip Exposition Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Altec to hire up to 100, has Erwin job fair Monday
ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A growing Burnsville, N.C. employer that builds utility truck bodies and needs dozens of new employees by mid-year will hold a job fair in Erwin Monday afternoon. Unicoi Co. unemployment rate again highest in Tennessee Altec representatives will be at Erwin Town Hall, 211 N. Main Ave., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and direct hiring opportunities will be available for jobs with pay beginning at $20.45 per hour. 'The demand for our product is high and we need to add probably about 100 people by the middle of the year,' Human Resources Business Partner Rob Hardin told News Channel 11. Hardin said the Burnsville plant, which makes the 'box' that sits on the back of utility trucks like those used in the electric power industry, has already hired a number of Unicoi Countians since Hurricane Helene's damage to the Erwin Industrial Park put more than 200 people out of work. The facility is about a 45-minute drive from Erwin. Available jobs range from welder and CNC machine operator to entry-level positions in 'dress out' (finishing assembler) and paint departments. Hardin said business for Altec, which is headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., has boomed since post-COVID supply chain issues eased up. The Burnsville site has about 1,000 employees. Hardin said the main requirement is a GED or high school diploma. Experience is preferred for the welding and CNC positions, but the company can train on the job. The standard workweek is four 10-hour days and most of the available jobs are second shift, which includes a $2/hr shift differential. While the company offers open interviews at its Burnsville location each Friday, Hardin said an Altec supply chain analyst, Anthony White, suggested a specific effort in Unicoi County after learning it had Tennessee's highest unemployment rate as a result of Hurricane Helene. 'We wanted to go to them,' Hardin said, adding that Altec Burnsville, despite being near the banks of the Cane River, had minimal damage from Helene-caused flooding. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
