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Underground Irrigation
Six additional manufacturers of underground irrigation products in the U.S. are Orbit Irrigation Products, K-Rain Manufacturing, Rain Bird, Toro, Weathermatic, and Woodford Manufacturing Company. All the available, requested information is included in the attached spreadsheet.
Findings
1. Orbit Irrigation Products, LLC
- This link is to the company's website.
- The following is an overview of the company, in its own words: "With facilities worldwide, Orbit is the world leader in manufacturing and supplying irrigation, misting, and home improvement products to homeowners in forty countries across five continents. Our manufacturing capabilities span the scope of national and international product development and design, skilled engineering resources, and state-of-the-art injection molding facilities."
- Mitch Lord is the company's Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer.
- His email is mitchl@orbitonline.com and phone number is (801) 299-5592.
2. K-Rain Manufacturing
- This link is to the company's website.
- The following is an overview of the company, in its own words: "Incorporated in 1974, K-Rain Manufacturing started on the path to become one of the largest manufacturers of irrigation rotors, sprays, valves and controllers in the world. . . . K-Rain persists in leading the industry globally with new developments in rotor and nozzle engineering. . . . Over 300 men and women make up the K-Rain team, serving customers in the United States and more than 60 countries worldwide."
- Eileen Wilkins is the company's Marketing Manager. Her email is eileenwilkins@krain.com and phone number is (561) 844-1002 ext. 121.
3. Rain Bird
- This link is to the company's website.
- The following is an overview of the company, in its own words: "Rain Bird Corporation, a privately held company, was founded in 1933 during the agricultural boom in California. We are the leading global manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. Since the beginning, Rain Bird has produced and offered the industry’s broadest range of irrigation products for farms, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments and homes in more than 130 countries around the world."
- Jed Price is the company's Marketing Manager. His email is jprice@rainbird.com and phone number is (520) 741-6513.
4. Toro
5. Weathermatic
6. Woodford Manufacturing Company
- This link is to the company's website.
- Woodford Manufacturing Company has been in business since 1900. The company describes itself as "the leading manufacturer of frostproof outdoor faucets and yard hydrants in the USA." The company is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company's "products include yard hydrants, wall faucets, wall hydrants, thermalines, vacuum breakers and plumbing parts."
- Ellen Clark is the National Marketing Manager for WCM Industries, Inc. (Woodford Manufacturing is a division of that company). Her email is eclark@wcmind.com and phone number is (719) 572-2667.
Your Research Team Applied the Following Strategy:
For the companies listed in rows 4-8, we began our research by looking for a list of underground irrigation manufacturing companies in the U.S. In so doing, we found this list published by PlumbersStock. From there, we next looked for the marketing leader for each of the companies. The companies we ultimately included from that list are the ones that we were able to find a person leading the marketing operations for, since that information was an essential part of our research. Their job titles varied somewhat, as not all were either CMOs or VPs of Marketing, though they are top-level leaders of the companies' marketing operations nonetheless. Furthermore, we listed their specific job titles above. For those individuals, we found their contact information from the contact search tools Zoom Info and Skrapp.
For the companies listed in rows 2-3, we were able to find overview information about those companies and a phone number for Michael Severyn. However, we could not find any of the other information pertaining to those companies despite searching their websites, for articles, and on business-contact-lookup tools.