BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF NEW
DIRECTOR
Briggs & Stratton Corporation announced
that its board of directors unanimously
elected Frank M. Jaehnert as a director of the
company. Jaehnert will serve as a member of
the class of directors whose terms of office
expire in 2015.
Jaehnert is the retired chief executive of-
ficer and president of Brady Corporation, a
leading provider of high-performance labels
and signs, safety devices, printing systems and
software, headquartered in Milwaukee. He
also serves on the board of directors of
Nordson Corporation.
VALENT AND NUFARM JOIN FORCES
Valent U.S.A. Corporation Nufarm Americas
Inc. announced that Valent has entered into
an agreement that appoints Nufarm as the
exclusive distributor of its branded products
for professional turf, ornamental and aquatic
uses in the United States.
In doing so, Valent and Nufarm will ef-
fectively
combine the product portfolios of
the two companies into one broad portfolio
that will be sold by Nufarm in the U.S. and
will feature Nufarm's leading product of-
ferings such as Escalade and Millennium
Ultra Herbicides and its Cleary line of
fungicides, along with Valent's best-in-class
brands such as Safari Insecticide, Arena In-
secticide, SureGuard and Clipper Herbi-
cides and Tourney Fungicide.
The newly combined portfolio of the two
companies will be powered by a team of top
talent from both Nufarm and Valent, as the
sales and technical teams of both companies
join forces to bring enhanced service and
support to customers.
"This partnership will unite two highly
complementary businesses to bring our
customers one of the largest and most com-
plete portfolios in the industry," said Andy
Lee, executive vice president and chief op-
erations officer at Valent. "Combining our
strengths in technical development, product
development and operational activities will
enable
accelerated delivery of innovative,
value-added solutions to the turf, ornamen-
tal and aquatics market."
Darryl Matthews, general manager for
Nufarm in North America, added, "We are
excited to join forces with Valent to create
substantial value for our customers. We each
bring complementary strengths to the mar-
ket, and by combining these resources with
customer collaboration, we will generate new
and innovative solutions that uniquely fit the
needs of the market."
Under the terms of this agreement, Nu-
farm will offer the entire line of Valent
branded products for professional golf course,
lawn and landscape, production ornamental
and aquatic use under the Valent brand name.
This agreement excludes Valent's business in
the agricultural crop protection, seed protec-
tion, consumer home and garden, industrial
vegetation management, forestry, pest control,
timber treatment, public health and animal
health markets.
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