Ditch Witch Honored by True Value Co. at The Rental Show
Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works Co., was honored by the True Value Co. as its 2015 Lawn & Garden Vendor of the Year at the The Rental Show in Atlanta.
From left: Dave Feuerhelm, merchandise manager-rental, True Value Co.; John Karl, rental product manager, True Value Co.; Michele Custer, inside sales representative, Ditch Witch; Colby Spielbusch, senior global accounts manager, Ditch Witch; Shan Kirtley, vice president, sales and marketing, Ditch Witch; Eric Lane, vice president of specialty business, True Value Co.
Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works Co., was honored by the True Value Co. as its 2015 Lawn & Garden Vendor of the Year at the The Rental Show in Atlanta. Awarded annually, the award recognizes outstanding contributions, dedication to quality, and a positive impact on True Value members and rental customers.
The award highlights Ditch Witch’s continued innovations within the trencher and compact equipment market and position as a rental industry leader.
“We are honored to be selected as a True Value Lawn and Garden Vendor of the Year,” said Shan Kirtley, Ditch Witch vice president of sales and marketing. “At Ditch Witch, we continually strive to provide our rental partners and customers with outstanding service and support worldwide. To be recognized for our contributions to the rental industry is a remarkable achievement.”
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.
