Tag: Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Virginia Industry Forum recently awarded Fred J. Whyte, president of STIHL, with the Frank Armstrong III Service Award. The...

D.C. area rescue dog and adopter offer options for healthy living landscapes for pets, family.

Attacks on the managed landscape aren't going away. OPEI's Kris Kiser talks about how landscapers can best prepare to fight them.

Multi-million dollar investment coincides with demand for company’s twin-cylinder engines.

Additional Members Will Help Lead OPEI’s Vision, Mission and Goals in 2015-2016.

For landscapers looking to replace or upgrade their leaf blowers for the first time in several years, the first thing they'll notice is that...

Here are 6 common operator mistakes that lead to equipment downtime.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute has announced its 2015-2016 Officers and Board of Directors. The officers and new board members were...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute and the National Association of Landscape Professionals will hold a joint press conference at GIE+EXPO on...

It has only been within the past decade that the industry began to recognize the growing impact that individuals with Spanish-speaking heritages are having...

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI)’s Research and Education Foundation and Scholastic announced the winners of TurfMutt’s national “Be a Backyard...

Mowing on slopes is never an easy task. All too often, landscape contractors find themselves stuck with downed equipment when first mowing slopes in...

For years the industry has had the mindset that Hispanic employees are not interested in becoming managers and are more comfortable being crew laborers....

Operating any lawn mower on a slope requires caution, vigilance Yards, sports fields and other mowing areas are not always flat, and consumers should exercise...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – TurfMutt, an environmental stewardship and education program funded and managed by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute’s (OPEI) Research and Education Foundation,...

The OPEI Education and Research Foundation and Discovery Education has announced that Deborah Icard's fourth-grade class at Cloverleaf Elementary School in Statesville, North Carolina,...