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Ground Gains November 201411-04-14 | News

Ground Gains November 2014
Mergers, Acquisitions, Expansions

In celebration of Irrigation Association Smart Irrigation Month, The Toro Company has announced a partnership with the Wyland Foundation in the National Water Is Life Classroom Mural and Art Contest. This year's theme, Our Ocean, encourages students to use research to better understand the impact of smart water management on our coasts and oceans, which may be hundreds of miles downstream, then interpret their findings through art. Painter Robert Wyland of the Wyland Foundation is seen with Rob Starr of Toro's water management technologies group.

ChemSystems Inc. formed a strategic partnership with Decorative Concrete Supply of Shawnee, Kansas. As part of the partnership, Decorative Concrete Supply will become the newest member of the Cement Colors distribution network, which currently has locations in Fort Worth and Houston, providing product sales, technical service, specialty manufacturing and warehousing.

LATICRETE International, a manufacturer of construction solutions for the building industry, has acquired HP Spartacote®. The acquisition will provide LATICRETE customers access to new products and technologies while expanding the company's presence in the restoration, decorative flooring and coatings category. With headquarters in Golden, Colo., HP Spartacote produces a line of resinous floor coatings. The acquisition was completed in July while integration of manufacturing, sales and service functions will occur over the next 12 months.

HammerHead Trenchless Equipment has purchased a new facility for $5.1 million in nearby Lake Mills, Wisc. that provides 136,500 square feet situated on 19 acres and allows plenty of room for growth. Currently celebrating its 25th year in business, the company has doubled in size in just the past five years. HammerHead, an Earth Tool Company of Oconomowoc, Wisc., manufactures a full line of pipe bursting, pipe ramming/HDD Assist, pneumatic boring equipment, HDD tooling and accessories, and CIPP lateral lining systems and consumables.