Etesia UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Giovanni Soare as after sales assistant. In his new role, Giovanni will provide after sales and dedicated support to the company’s specialist Etesia and Pellenc dealers, including involvement with local shows, demonstrations and open days.

Over the past 25 years Etesia has become an established brand relied upon by many industry professionals in a number of European countries. The UK, in particular, is now Etesia’s third largest market behind its homeland France and second placed Germany. It is also the only other market aside from France and Germany, where Etesia has a fully operational team.
With previous sales experience and possessing excellent customer service skills, Giovanni will be further strengthening a team dedicated to delivering the best support to its dealer network and customers.

“Etesia has a great relationship with everyone it works with and I’m looking forward to being a part of that. Every morning I come in smiling because I know I’m working with a good team and that motivates me a lot,” he said.

Giovanni’s appointment signals the increasing popularity of both Etesia and Pellenc’s battery range of products. The last 12 months has seen an increasing number of operators now using these products due to the excellent performance, low CO2 emissions, low vibration levels and financial savings – making them a truly environmentally friendly product for professionals.

Commenting on the battery powered equipment and Giovanni’s appointment, Etesia UK’s operations director Les Malin, said: “With many more products on the horizon and the battery powered products constantly evolving, the marketplace for these products is growing very quickly. Giovanni’s appointment can be attributed to the popularity of these products.

“Because they are in such high demand, Giovanni will be making sure there is no drop in customer service and ensuring that we continue to help our dealer network in every possible way.

“He’s very adaptable and eventually he’ll be taking more control of the after sales as he progresses.”
For further information, please contact Etesia UK on 01295 680120 or visit www.etesia.co.uk

For more news, reviews and insightful views, you can follow Etesia UK on Twitter @EtesiaUK and like the company’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/EtesiaUK. You can also view the latest Etesia videos by visiting www.youtube.com/EtesiaUK.

Etesia UK, market leaders in building high quality grass cutting machinery, has recently been recognised for its commitment to the horticulture industry by receiving an award at the recent Party for Perennial.

The event, which was held at The Roof Gardens in Kensington, London, saw over 300 people from across the industry attend the charity’s party, who have been helping horticulturists since 1839. It was a great opportunity to not only raise funds for the charity to enable it to continue undertaking the excellent work it does, but also to recognise those who have been influential in supporting the charity and raising the profile of the industry.

Catering for both the professional and domestic market, Etesia UK has grown rapidly over recent years and products that include a variety of walk behind, ride-on mowers and the popular Attila range of brush cutters are extremely popular within the groundcare and amenity markets.

Etesia UK was also influential in organising and promoting a charity event which raised over £6,500 for the national charity. The event, called Mowerthon, saw Phil Voice of the Landscape Juice Network website driving an Etesia ride-on lawn mower 1,250 miles from Bergerac in France all the way to John O’Groats in Scotland.

Commenting on the award, Etesia UK’s operations director Les Malin said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this from such a great charity who is working wonders across the industry.”

The Royal Automobile Club Estate Manager Eric Olson and Head Gardener Andy Pearson are two men aiming to make the Club in Surrey as environmentally friendly and efficient as possible, with the purchase of a range of Pellenc battery-powered tools.

Andy, who has been at the Club for 15 years, and his team of three gardeners, who are seen as an extended arm of the 20 strong greenkeeping team, look after all the footpaths, watering of plants, hedge cutting, planting as well as both hard and soft landscaping on the estate. He was looking at purchasing environmentally-friendly equipment that could be used around the clock whilst also improving productivity and cutting operating costs.

“Eric came to me and said I’ve found the solution,” said Andy. “We researched the Pellenc equipment and attended a demonstration day, organised by Surrey Power at Merrist Wood College. We were so impressed that we decided to purchase an Airion blower, Helion hedge cutter and Cultivion power hoe with two batteries.”

The purchase of the equipment means that Andy and his team can work around the clubhouse whilst keeping noise to a minimum. Because of the huge flower beds at the prestigious Club, and the requirement to minimise the use of weed suppressants, the power hoe made perfect sense. “Weed suppressants are so expensive so this product means we can have a ‘green’ machine while saving costs on fuel and chemicals.”

In the last five years, Pellenc has gained market recognition by offering a unique range of ‘zero emission’ battery-powered handheld tools, thanks to the development of Lithium-ion ultra-high performance batteries. This technology, which is exclusive to Pellenc, allows for a drastic reduction in the production of greenhouse gases and noise pollution. It is also comfortable for users, meets new sustainable development demands and offers excellent economic profitability.IMG_5612

“We start work at 5:00am and as we work in close proximity to the main clubhouse, we have to be quiet. It’s not just about being environmentally friendly but also being quiet to ensure members staying are not disturbed. The batteries are also a lot lighter than our petrol equipment and we are now working with less fumes too – it all adds up to less fatigue for the operatives.”

Andy particularly likes the four-speed selector on the Helion hedge cutter and Airion blower: “I like the fact that you are able to work at variable speeds which are easy to adjust to the correct working speed. For what we do here, this technology is perfect as you have a lot of control and get a really good finish, whilst being extremely versatile.”

Pellenc is exclusively distributed in the UK by Etesia UK.

For further information, please contact Etesia UK on 01295 680120 or visit www.etesia.co.uk

For more news, reviews and insightful views, you can follow Etesia UK on Twitter @EtesiaUK and like the company’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/EtesiaUK. You can also view the latest Etesia videos by visiting www.youtube.com/EtesiaUK.

Etesia UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Green Choice Limited, based in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, as their exclusive robotic mower dealer for East Anglia. The company will supply, service and install the complete range of ETMower robotic mowers as well as other Etesia models from the Green Technology™ range.

Green Choice believes there is a ‘technology revolution’ underway in groundscare machinery and this new partnership underlines the company’s eco-friendly philosophy. Using lithium-ion batteries, the ETmower; a range of three robotic mowers which can maintain areas up to 20,000m², is a non-polluting alternative to the typical petrol or diesel powered mower. Robot mowers reduce the cost of grass maintenance considerably, not only in terms of labour and maintenance costs, but also by cutting energy bills and maintenance costs.

“Green is the future – it’s quiet, it’s safe, has low or nil emissions and of course it’s much more cost-effective which is why we first started looking at the range of Etesia robot mowers. If you look at it, the figures do stack up. So from a commercial point of view, if it stacks up for us then it stacks up for everyone else and of course with the environmental benefits and noise benefits – it makes perfect sense,” said John McCallum, Director of Green Choice.

Mulch mowing is 100% natural as it does away with the need to gather up, store and dispose of the grass clippings. It also fertilises the soil, helps the grass stand up to drought conditions and because the ETMower can make for an easier life for many groundscare professionals, John insists that it can enable them to concentrate on other areas of their work.

“It’s just another great tool for any groundsman to use. It’s not to replace them; in fact the robot mower allows them to get on with all the important tasks such as soil analysis and scarification. You can leave more of the hard work, so to speak, to the machine!” he said.

John believes that their market will predominantly be sports grounds, organisations like the National Trust, schools, hospitals, and large domestic properties and although the robot mower is new to Green Choice, the grounds maintenance specialists have built up a good working relationship with Etesia over recent years.

“We have been using Etesia machines for the last two or three years and we’ve had a great service from them. The back-up we receive is really good and we just like their style. We can trust them, we can work with them and so we thought that if we are going to partner with someone in the UK then we want to partner with someone we trust.”

For further information, please contact Etesia UK on 01295 680120 or visit www.etesia.co.uk. You can also follow Etesia on Twitter @EtesiaUK for much more news, reviews and insightful views.

You can also contact Green Choice Limited on 01284 789 661 or visit www.greenchoiceltd.co.uk

Etesia UK has announced a special offer which will enable anyone to trade in their old petrol machine which can be used as a cash discount on a brand new Pellenc battery-powered model.

This special offer will allow you to swap your old petrol chainsaw, hedge trimmer or brush cutter for a brand new Helion hedgecutter (£150 discount), Airion leaf blower (£150 discount) or an Excelion 2000 brushcutter (£175 discount).

With no more starting problems, no more filling of a petrol tank; your old machinery will belong in the past with these new light, odourless and noise-free machines.

Layout 4 (Page 1)Then there are the fuel savings to consider. 3,000 litres of fuel costs on average £3,900 and using, on average, five litres per day will last 600 days costing an average of £6.50 per day. A Pellenc battery is priced at just £1,200 and will last a minimum of 1,200 charges while costing just 85p per day!

Pellenc’s zero emission concept offers a full range of truly professional handheld power tools are powerful, silent and emission-free thanks to the lithium-ion technology and ‘brushless’ electric motors which are patented to the company.

These environmentally-friendly tools are now offered with a three year commercial warranty as standard – the first manufacturer to offer this.

Employing 1,150 people, Pellenc has 15 subsidiaries in France and further afield with a presence in 50 countries. 800 distributors take care of over 50,000 customers worldwide. In the UK, Pellenc tools can be seen in every major city, as well as the majority of national trust sites around the country.

This special offer begins on 1st October 2014 and will end on the 31st March 2015. Terms and conditions apply.

Pellenc is sold exclusively in the UK by Etesia UK.

For further information, please contact Etesia UK on 01295 680120 or visit www.etesia.co.uk to view your nearest participation dealer.

For more news, reviews and insightful views, you can follow Etesia UK on Twitter @EtesiaUK and like the company’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/EtesiaUK. You can also view the latest Etesia videos by visiting www.youtube.com/EtesiaUK.