Kris Kiser, president and CEO of OPEI: "... the agency didn't go far enough. We fear consumers will remain confused and inadvertently misfuel their small engine equipment, in particular."

VP Racing Fuels, Inc., in partnership with B3C Fuel Solutions, today introduced the newest addition to its VP Small Engine Fuel product line -- "Fix-It Fuel," a fuel system treatment that cleans and rejuvenates poor/non-running small engines damaged by ethanol.

Briggs & Stratton Corp. has begun a phased rollout of placing quick response (QR) code labels on its small engines.

In an effort to ignite a renewed appreciation and understanding of small engines among high school and technical college students nationwide, Kohler Engines recently donated more than 10,000 engines to hundreds of educational institutions across the country.

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), an international trade association representing 100 small engine, utility vehicle and outdoor power equipment manufacturers and suppliers, today announced that it is ramping up its regulatory, standards and market reporting and statistics efforts to meet the unique needs of the corded electric and battery product segments.