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GreenTRX acts quickly to provide great color with balanced nutrition and slow-release, so the customers don't get concerned about the application working.  Anuvia Plant Nutrients, a sustainable plant nutrient company, announces its product line expansion for its GreenTRX lawn care fertilizer. These new GreenTRX products are based on Anuvia's proprietary sustainable nutrient delivery technology. Each product provides quick greening and improves soil health efficiently. The GreenTRX products consist of 100 percent nutrients with no filler and no uncoated urea. The GreenTRX Family of Products Extended Feeding Formulas turf professionals can provide complete GreenTRX programs or select the best analysis for their specific requirements based on turf conditions. GreenTRX products have environmentally-friendly poly-coated urea to the base for extended delivery of nutrients and improved visibility while spreading. Anuvia's GreenTRX plant nutrition is founded on sustainable technology that upcycles organic materials into fertilizers. GreenTRX functions with the ecosystem, returning organic matter to feed soil microbes and improve soil health. The new lineup offers more choices that fit lawn care professionals' requirements and the way they work. Traditional fertilizers may contain up to 50 percent filler and unprotected area, prone to volatilization or leaching. Each bag of Anuvia product contains only granules that deliver nutrients. The company also fine-tuned the nutrient analysis to better match customer demands. Lawn care operators and their customers have options that can be based on the best analysis for a specific situation. All GreenTRX products are environmentally-friendly. The slow-release nitrogen mitigates environmental impact as the growing plant uses more nitrogen, and less is lost into the atmosphere and water. More nutrients are used, less are wasted. GreenTRX products are easy to apply. They include Anuvia's TRX technology and incorporate poly-coated urea, which increases the slow-release nitrogen and provides better visibility and an extended feed. The new GreenTRX line up makes it a great option to use year-round, which is a great fit for my customers. ...Read more

EASTON, PA: Victaulic releases the latest version of its dry valve, FireLock NXT, called the 768N. Victaulic are manufacturers of mechanical pipe joining solutions, grooved pipe joining and fire protection systems with their main priorities being safety, reliability and efficiency. Their latest release - the 768N, comes with many upgrades and modifications with simplified setup and maintenance. The new version sees the actuator being moved to the front and the priming manifold being moved down on the right, both for easy access. It has a QR code on the front of the valve, allowing fitters to access setup and maintenance instructions. It also has improved features such as low air pressure, single set points, smaller compressors and pre-set pressure switches. Three new additional innovative features in this version are: Specifically engineered threads on the strainer cartridges for air and priming manifold. The trim is divided by air on the left and water on the right, which are brought to the sides to aid in accessibility The trim has been reduced to three labeled manifolds, namely air, priming and alarm manifolds. “The simplified design of the NXT dry valve and facilitating this kind of access to information and resources shows the industry how committed Victaulic is to our customers and will continue to be as we move into the future,” said Daniel Wake, Product Manager, Victaulic. ...Read more

Robin Autopilot USA announced that it had appointed Hiten Sonpal as its chief product and strategy officer. Robin Autopilot USA, a prominent solution provider in the growing North American robotic mower and lawn maintenance market, announced that it had appointed Hiten Sonpal as its chief product and strategy officer. Sonpal will lead Robin Autopilot's product and software engineering functions and supervise its latest investments and current innovation efforts. Sonpal has a strong background as the leader in worldwide product development, technological innovation, and engineering for the home robotics industry. He has even spent more than 15 years with iRobot, where he was positioned in various leadership roles in engineering. These directed investments increased the innovation at the company and made efforts to reduce time to market. His most recent position in the company was as the iRobot's lawn care program leader. Hiten Sonpal also is the founder of ParaMow/Outwork Robots. He has earned his bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Evansville and currently doing earning a master's degree in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology. "Hiten will help guide Robin Autopilot's efforts to be the technology leader in developing solutions for the growing robotic mowing industry, as we continue to develop our products and technology platform to accelerate adoption of robotic mowing within the US and bring the benefits of autonomous mowing to our landscaping customers," said Logan Fahey, chief executive officer of Robin Autopilot. "With his broad experience in designing complex products, implementing organizational improvements and building exceptional teams, Hiten will be a strong addition to our team." Robin Autopilot's software platform offers solutions that allow the landscapers to provide robotic mowing to their customers with software that can manage their fleet and jobs, training, and educational materials for their staff and customers. Robotic mowers are battery-powered, programmable, and energy- and cost-efficient. It can be utilized regularly for keeping a lawn trimmed to a precise length, which results in a more attractive environment with pollution-reducing benefits, which is equivalent to replacing two family cars with electric vehicles. It even permits the landscapers and lawn maintenance crews to provide a more dependable and eco-friendly lawn care solution than traditional gas-powered mowing. ...Read more