To Freedom Hall and North Wing
OEM Supplier Pavilion West
Exhibit Area
WEST WING
Exhibit Area
New Product Showcase
Equip Golf Experience
Pod-Row™
Main Entrances
Drone Zone
Infinity Pool Training
Registration
Registration
Certification Center
Mulligan’s Garden Park
Commuter Lounge
Main Entrances
Food Trucks and Seating
Broadbent Dr.
Shuttle Bus Location
Fairgrounds Rd.
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OPEI LAUNCHES MOWER SAFETY CAMPAIGN TO KEEP KIDS OFF MOWERS OPEI’s safety campaign, “Mower’s Aren’t Toys” launched in March on social media and connected TV platforms, with ini- tial focus in southern-most markets where mowing season is in progress or beginning. The campaign will run through June, and shares how parents and caregivers can keep kids safe and avoid injury when operating mowers and other outdoor power equipment. To date, the messaging has gained more than 20 million impressions. Additionally, OPEI launched a supportive landing page at www.opei.org/mowersafety to host the campaign mate- rials and additional consumer information. These materials are further now available for member use through their own channels, to achieve broader circulation and promotion of the campaign. SPRING OPE MARKET FORECAST RELEASED OPEI published its most recent quarterly consensus forecast update Feb. 26, which includes final 2023, and projected 2024 and 2025, total industry OPE shipments in the U.S. and Cana- da. The next update will be published to members in June. The committee’s next meeting is planned for Sept. 25-26, at the OPEI offices. This meeting will include the association’s annual Market Statistics Forum, an invited speaker program on economic and market perspectives, likely to include third-party experts, a national retailer, and commercial land- scapers. For updates on that agenda as they become available, visit www.opei.org/forum .
EQUIP EXPOSITION’S WEST WING WILL SHOWCASE NEW, IMPROVED EXPERIENCES Landscapers, contractors, and outdoor power equipment dealers will find a wealth of experiences that expand how they think about and grow their businesses at Equip Expo- sition this year in the West Wing at the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC), Oct. 16-18. With the KEC gearing up for a major renovation and con- struction project designed to further modernize its facilities, expand its footprint and reorient the building, Equip Exposi- tion organizers are taking steps to make the West Wing more comfortable and offer new experiences for attendees. “Now that Equip shuttles will drop off and pick up attend- ees at the West Wing, we’ve added a commuter lounge, food trucks and seating, and registration,” says Kris Kiser, President and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, which owns Equip Exposition. “Also, with many of the new training and certification classrooms as well as the New Product Showcase located there, we expect the West Wing to be a major hub of activity.” Some of the experiences attendees will find in the West Wing at Equip Expo 2024 include: • A new Classroom and Certification Center, • The annual dog adoption event, Mutt Madness on Thurs- day, Oct. 17, in the new Mulligan’s Garden Park, • New infinity pool training, • The Drone Zone, • The New Product Showcase, • The Equip Golf Experience sponsored by TD Retail Card Services
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