Husqvarna has extended its line of articulating riding mowers with the introduction of the versatile R 120S Rider. Like its forerunners, the R 220T and R 322T, the new R 120S Rider* offers consumer-friendly features that deliver performance and convenience for homeowners. It provides a front mount 42-inch side discharge deck which offers excellent visibility and makes trimming and mowing underneath overhanging objects easier than ever.

Scag Power Equipment and its parent company, Metalcraft of Mayville, are pleased to announce the acquisition of Giant-Vac. The acquisition of Giant-Vac assets was completed by Metalcraft on November 5, 2012.

Dan Roche, marketing manager at Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power on Vanguard engines at GIE+Expo 2012.

Lincoln Jore, president and CEO of CORE Outdoor Power on new products by the gasless equipment manufacturer.

Jukka Lyly-Yrjanainen, president of Avant Tecno USA, reintroduces Avant Tecno to the US market. As Jukka explains, the Avant brand made it's way into the US through GEHL in the past. Now the manufacturer is building a more permanent home here.

Kris Kiser, president and CEO of OPEI, talks about the issue of E15 fuel coming into the marketplace. The standard of E10 has been approved for use in outdoor power equipment, however, this new E15 fuel is not guaranteed to work in the same pieces of equipment.

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) is leading the path to develop an advisory task force to initiate a public relations campaign to warn consumers regarding fuel with 15% ethanol (E15). The committee will include OPEI member companies.

With the introduction of its Commercial 30 walk-behind at the 2012 GIE+EXPO trade show, Exmark gives landscape professionals a new option that can significantly improve productivity compared to the typical 21-inch commercial walk-behind mowers they're using today. With a 30-inch cut width, the new model offers 43-percent more cut area per pass, yet maneuverability and balance remain similar to a 21-inch model.

Bobcat Company has introduced the 500 frame size skid-steer and compact track loaders. In this video, Chris Knipfer from Bobcat talks about the new machines and how they fit into the M-Series of loaders already in Bobcat's family of products.