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NALP Awards 2024 Leadership Awards To Green Industry Pros
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FMC’s Codner Receives E. Allen James 2022 Leadership Award
FMC Corporation’s Director of Consumer and Environmental Solutions, Wendell Codner, was named the recipient of the 2022 E. Allen James Leadership Award by RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) at its 32nd annual meeting held in Georgia. The award is the organization’s most distinguished volunteer honor and recognizes exemplary leadership and outstanding contributions to the specialty pesticide and fertilizer industry, and to RISE. “We are thrilled to see Wendell receive this recognition. As an FMC employee for the last 38 years, there is no one more committed to our specialty business. It is because of his genuine dedication to the industry that he is respected and trusted by all those who know him,” said FMC Global Specialty Solutions Business Director Nadia Sinno. With his entire professional life spent at FMC Corporation while focused on the chemical industry, Codner first joined the company as a regional sales representative in the Agricultural Chemical Group and since then, has held numerous positions, including national sales manager for the Professional Solutions and North America Agricultural Division, marketing manager for Professional Solutions and business manager for FMC Software Solutions. Currently, he is the director of Consumer and Environmental Solutions, which develops and markets active ingredients to the consumer marketers who sell their branded products into the global consumer channel. His portfolio also includes other non-crop segments, such as Vector (Mosquito Control Districts) and FMC’s recent entry into the Industrial Vegetation Management (IVM) market to combat weeds around the nation’s infrastructure. Codner is a graduate of ...
Green Industry News Round-Up: Husqvarna, Landscape Workshop, Kubota & More
K-Rain Makes Fortune’s Best Workplaces List For the 2nd year in a row, Fortune Magazine announced the news that K-Rain Manufacturing is one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Production. The link to the complete list can be found here. “We’re thrilled to be recognized again by Fortune Magazine as one of the best workplaces.” says Chip Kah, K-Rain President. “It’s a testament to our commitment to work/life balance but also our commitment to workDAY balance. We want people to come to work and enjoy what they do, who they work with and take pride in the outcome of their efforts”. Landscape Workshop Acquires Burning Bush Landscape & Turf Care, LLC Landscape Workshop recently completed the acquisition of complete landscape operations of Burning Bush Landscape & Turf Care, LLC based in Atlanta, GA. Landscape Workshop’s Tim Christie will continue as General Manager of Atlanta operations. This is the fifth acquisition Landscape Workshop has completed in 2022. Landscape Workshop is a full-service grounds management company that has been providing service and maintenance for outdoor commercial spaces since 1984. Cumberland Landscape Group Acquires Three Atlanta Companies Cumberland Landscape Group, a regional, full-service commercial landscaping company, has expanded its presence and services in metro Atlanta with the acquisition of three companies: Property Masters Landscape & Design; Property Masters Landscape Maintenance; and Property Masters Commercial Landscaping. Through this acquisition, the company is broadening its services to include Commercial Maintenance, Commercial Landscape Construction, and Residential Landscape Design and Build. Approximately 110 employees from ...
