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1030 W. Higgins Road, Suite 230, Park Ridge, IL 60068 Phone: (847) 720-5600 • Fax: (847) 720-5601 www.outdoorpowerequipment.com OPE Staff Group Publisher Jeff Patterson Associate Publisher John Kmitta Editor Steve Noe Art Director Brian Snook Production Manager Karen Kalinyak Direct Mail List Sales MeritDirect, Jim Scova, (914) 368-1012; e-mail jscova@MeritDirect.com Reprint Service Debra Welter, Circulation and Audience Development Manager, e-mail dwelter@SpecialtyIM.com Editorial Advisory Board Former Executive Director, EETC (retired) Jim Roche Senior Advisor, Servantage Dixie Sales Jim Starmer Pres., Plano Power Equipment and Whipper Clipper Glen Whitt Director of Sales and Marketing, Central Power Distributors, Inc. John D. Hedges Circulation For subscription inquiries and customer service questions, please call (845) 856-2229 or fax (845) 856-5822 business hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EST Publisher's Notice: We assume no responsibility for the validity of adver- tising claims in connection with items appearing in Outdoor Power Equipment. Commercial product names are used for the convenience of the reader. Mention of a commercial product does not imply endorse- ment by Outdoor Power Equipment or Specialty Information Media, or preference over similar products not mentioned. Account Representatives: WEST Leslie Palmer Senior Account Manager Phone: 248-530-0300 ext. 1402 lpalmer@specialtyim.com MIDWEST Peggy Tupper Senior Account Manager Phone: (763) 383-4429 ptupper@epgmediallc.com EAST Chris Pelikan Senior Account Manager Phone: (954) 964-8676 cpelikan@epgmediallc.com Upfront Editor Steve Noe snoe@specialtyim.com 6 O U T D O O R P O W E R E Q U I P M E N T w w w. o u t d o o r p o w e re q u i p m e n t . c o m 1030 W. Higgins Road, Suite 230, Park Ridge, IL 60068 Phone: (847) 720-5600 • Fax: (847) 720-5601 ach year, starting with the Green Industry & Equipment Expo (GIE+EXPO) in October, the fast and furious Green Industry trade show season kicks off for me and my colleagues at OPE's Green Media sister publications Landscape and Irrigation, Arbor Age and SportsTurf as we try to bring you the latest information on our respective markets. At these shows, we are bombarded with media requests to attend press conferences, booth visits, and seminars or presentations during show hours and then receptions after show hours, leaving us very little time to do much of anything else. However, we do manage to do our best during our limited "free" time to walk the show floor, kick some tires, and test drive products because, like all show attendees, we want to see what's new and exciting with all of the exhibitors. Along the way, we also collect several media kits (many of them thankfully on flash drives versus the bulky binders and folders back in the day) and pour through their contents upon returning to our offices when pulling to- gether our post-show coverage. This year, all of the Green Media editors decided to pool our vast resources together and compare notes on many of the products that grabbed, or were called to, our atten- tion at the trade shows, and share those products with you in the "Industry Innovations" story (see page 12). Before you read the story, I want to make it crystal clear that by fea- turing these products in the article, we are by no means endorsing them, nor are we sug- gesting that they are any better than other competitive products currently available on the market. We featured the products simply because they caught our eye or were brought to our attention by other means, and we wanted to share them with you — since we're assuming you would be hard pressed to attend all of these trade shows and certainly wouldn't be privy to all of the information that we receive. As you may recall, I also highlighted several new products in my "GIE+EXPO 2013 Show Recap" in December 2013 OPE, so please be sure to reference that article as well when looking for information on the latest products. Also, check out the online version of that article for bonus new product coverage at www.outdoorpowerequipment.com. And, of course, please continue to follow our new product coverage throughout the year both in the print and digital editions of OPE, as well as on our website and our Facebook page at GreenMediaMags. "Industry Innovations" insights E OPE