Golfdom, March 2018

Summarizing THE Summit T ed Fist head of U S business operations for Capillary Concrete is someone you might consider a first time caller longtime listener when it comes to the Golfdom Summit He was aware of it for a long time but participated in the Summit for the first time last year Hes now tuned in Whats been great about the Golfdom Summit unlike a traditional trade show we get solid one on one time to talk directly about our products for a couple minutes Fist says That doesnt always happen at a trade show where its more rapid fire they come into the booth they leave pretty quickly The Summit gives us an opportunity to have a dialogue that I havent found anywhere else in the industry In last months cover story we asked seven of the 15 vendors to give us their pitch at the 2017 Summit we also included a photo of all 70 attendees on our cover This month we round out the balance of vendors with interviews of the remaining eight Quali Pro Its never a bad thing to travel with the boss And the boss of Quali Pro Mark Boyd president and CEO of Control Solutions Inc which is the parent company of Quali Pro attended the Golfdom Summit to meet superintendents in person Because we had Mark Boyd the president of the company there a lot of the conversation was around Who is Quali Pro says Paul Fox Quali Pros Gulf Coast area manager A lot of people arent familiar with who we are so we got to tell our story So whats the story Its a family owned company that started in 1958 and now its a part of Adama one of the largest chemical manufacturers globally Fox says We not only sell post patent products but we also focus on new value added differentiated products like Nimitz Taurus and Enclave Fox says that beyond the Who is Quali Pro conversation the chemical solutions conversation depended on where the superintendent is based He did say that Nimitz their nematicide is doing well and being sold in a large geographic area Theres no doubt that over the last several Part 2 of our 2017 Golfdom Summit recap has a central theme Better conditions with less maintenance 30 Golfdom March 2018 Golfdom com GANNON BY THE GOLFDOM STAFF 2017 Summit keynote speaker Rich Lerner butwe likeNimitz isQuali onwhere thatNimitz doingwell PHOTO BY GRANT B