Profile Products honored the outstanding work of several of its distributors at its awards banquet Feb. 18, held during the annual International Erosion Control Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

“Our group of distributors is always on the forefront of innovative projects and business solutions, and we’re honored to be a part of their successes and recognize their accomplishments,” said Wally Butman, vice president of sales for Profile Products.

JMD Company was one two distributors selected for Profile’s 2015 “Project of the Year.” JMD Company worked with contractors Precision Pipeline and Indianhead Pipeline Services to stabilize the 70-mile linear Millennium Pipeline project through the mountains of West Virginia.

Ramy Turf Products also received a “Project of the Year” award for its work with contractor Sherbrooke Turf in vegetating the right-of-ways around 40 miles of newly laid railroad track in North Dakota.

Other finalists for the award included Pennington Seed for repair work of depleted soil at Plant Scherer Power Plant in Georgia, and Team EJP for its runway repair work at JFK Airport in New York.

The individuals and companies awarded for outstanding sales performance included:

• Construction ECO Services was given the 2015 “Ground Assault” Award for submitting the most Profile Soil Solutions (PS3) soil test analysis requests.
• Triton Environmental won the 2015 “In The Fast Lane” Award for generating tremendous growth and selling a variety of Profile Products. They also received the honor in 2014.
• S&S Seeds was honored as the 2015 “President’s Club” winner for sustaining excellence and growth over a period of years, while promoting Profile’s diverse product categories.
• PGG Wrightson Turf, based in New Zealand and Australia, was named the 2015 “International Distributor of the Year” for four consecutive years of strong sales growth, expansion into new markets and product segments, and a strong educational focus.
• Ramy Turf Products was given the 2015 “Top Gun” honor, awarded to the distributor who achieved the highest total sales of Engineered Specified Products.
• The 2015 “All Pro Team” winners, consisted of sales professionals who exemplified outstanding promotion and sales of Profile Engineered and Specified Products (ESPs) included: Daryle Bennett, Granite Seed; Tony Blatnick, JMD Company; Grant Bunting, PGG Wrightson; Scott Fisher, Pennington Seed; Doug Graham, S&S Seeds; Brent Hardy, ACF West; Joe Johnson, PGG Wrightson; Steve Krehbiel, Quick Supply; Denny Long, JMD Company; Amy Matthews, Pennington Seed; Doug McCluskey, EJ Prescott; Jack Mulligan, Green Resource; John Parenza, Quick Supply; Mike Ramy, Ramy Turf Products; Jim Rudis, Valley Green; Dan Salsinger, Ero-Tex/Hanes; Jamie Van Fleet, Pennington Seed; and Rick Williams, Pennington Seed.

“Our awards may acknowledge individual companies, but we also want to salute and thank our entire distributor network. We’re fortunate to partner with the most exceptional distributors in the industry,” said Butman.

Profile’s support of their distribution was recently expanded with the acquisition of Central Fibers Erosion Control and Landfill business, providing additional manufacturing and warehouse capacity in Ohio. The move was made shortly after Profile Products was acquired by an investment company bullish on Profile’s growth in the market.

To learn more about the products and innovative solutions Profile Products’ distributors represent, visit ProfileEVS.com.

For more information, please contact Allen Forkner, Swanson Russell, 402-437-6428, allenf@swansonrussell.com.

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2. ELIGIBILITY: Contest entrants must be a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia, and eighteen (18) years of age or older as of January 4, 2016. Employees, officers and directors of Profile Products LLC (“Sponsor”), its parent, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, suppliers, printers, distributors and advertising, promotional and judging agencies, (and their respective IRS dependents, immediate family members [parents, children, siblings and spouse]) and individuals residing in their same household (whether or not related) are not eligible to participate in or win the Lawn & Landscape Promotion (“Contest”).

3.  TIMING:  Entry for the Contest will begin on April 25, 2016 at 12:00:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) and end on May 20, 2016 at 11:59:59 p.m. CT (the “Contest Entry Period”). 
   
   
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When the course designer is named Tiger Woods, only the best greens will do. That’s why Profile® Porous Ceramic (PPC) Greens Grade™ soil amendment was at the top of the list of greens materials specified by Bluejack National, the first U.S. course designed by the legendary golfer.

Bluejack’s Director of Agronomy Eric Bauer pushed from the start to make sure all 18 USGA-spec greens on the championship course in Montgomery, Texas, as well as the practice greens, were all built using Profile PPC as part of the mix.  

Prior to Bluejack, Bauer oversaw the Fazio Course at The Club at Carlton Woods, which utilized PPC as part of its greens. When compared to the Nicklaus course at the same facility, which used straight sand for the greens, Bauer said the difference was staggering. 

“I saw an accelerated grow-in (at Fazio),” Bauer said. At Bluejack National, Bauer said he’s seeing similar results. “The greens really grew together very well, very quickly,” allowing grounds crews to get to start mowing sooner and get a jump on grooming the course for opening day.

PPC also made for a more efficient use of fertilizer during the grow-in period. This created a savings of not just money, but also time and resources. Bauer said this was also his experience comparing the Fazio and Nicklaus courses at his previous position.

Profile’s unique ceramic particles provide a uniform grain size and shape, which offers improved performance over straight sand. Before a PPC mix is developed, Profile agronomists test the sand for infiltration, total porosity, non-capillary porosity (for air), capillary porosity (for water), and its uniformity coefficient. From those results, the optimized mix of PPC to sand is developed. “Our ceramic particles are always consistent in size and shape, where in contrast, sand can vary greatly,” said John Maeder, golf business manager for Profile Products. “That’s why we test it.”

This specialized blend of sand and amendment helps grass quickly and deeply take root. By allowing better access to air as well as water and fertilizers, PPC helps even varieties with shorter root masses dig in deep.

“Ultradwarf Bermuda grasses are not known to have deep root cores or significant root mass,” Bauer said. “In the cores we’ve taken out, we have seen a dramatic improvement with root mass.”

Knowing the eyes of the golfing world would be on the initial course from Tiger Woods Design, Bauer felt the pressure to deliver world-class greens. In his mind, there was no other choice for the job than Profile PPC.

“I strongly believe in what I’ve seen with these products,” Bauer said. “I wouldn’t go down without a fight trying to convince the owners building a new golf course or new greens to really look into the cost and benefits of using Profile.”

For more information, please contact Allen Forkner, Swanson Russell, 402-437-6428, allenf@swansonrussell.com.