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Ian Howard, Managing Director of Dennis is delighted to announce that as from 4th January 2011, SISIS has become a division of Howardson Ltd, alongside Dennis. SISIS, based in Macclesfield Cheshire, is a long established manufacturer of professional grounds maintenance equipment for natural and artificial surfaces.

Superbly balanced and ideal for golf greens and tees, cricket pitches and other fine turf surfaces, the Razor features a 560mm (22in), 11 blade cutting cylinder for a perfect finish. An ultra short wheelbase ensures easy maneuverability and excellent performance, even on undulating greens. “We understand that groundsmen and greenkeepers are highly skilled individuals with personal preferences on how they do their job.

Following on from a successful series of seminars in 2010, Dennis Mowers is now focusing its attention on the specific needs of Cricket groundsmen. Hosted by Uxbridge Cricket Club, in conjunction with Dennis and Cricketworld, the specialist seminar will take place on Thursday 10th February 2011 (9.30am registration).

Following on from a successful and exciting 2010, Dennis will kick-off 2011 by displaying their range of British manufactured, high quality professional groundcare products on stand A4 at BTME. Favoured by many of the country's top sporting venues, local authorities, contractors, gardeners and local clubs, the range has been developed with continual customer feedback.

Following on from a successful show at Saltex, Dennis will be displaying its comprehensive range of British manufactured, high quality, professional groundscare products at Scotsturf. Favoured by many of the country's top sporting venues, local authorities, gardeners, contractors and local clubs, the range has been developed with continual customer feedback.

Against the backdrop of the ‘Golden Mile' and expansive sandy beaches, a Dennis FT610 mower is hard at work keeping Great Yarmouth's Britannia Bowling Greens in tip top condition. The greens maintenance team at Great Yarmouth Borough Council, who look after seven greens in total, have their work cut out during the month of September, when the popular seaside resort plays host to The Festival of Bowls each year.

Dennis shows its commitment to meeting customers' needs by unveiling the new Razor Standard at Saltex. The Dennis range of British manufactured, high quality, professional groundscare products, meets the needs of groundsmen, greenkeepers and gardeners who often have highly individual requirements.

Dennis returns to Saltex on stand W58 showcasing their range of British manufactured, high quality, professional groundscare products. The company is synonymous with ornamental and fine turf sports surfaces, meeting the needs of groundsmen, greenkeepers and gardeners who often have highly individual needs.

Rounding off their 2010 Spring Seminar programme, Dennis Mowers recently held a Fine Turf Maintenance Seminar at Uxbridge Cricket Club. The event was organised in conjunction with Richard Taylor Machinery of Aylesbury who was delighted with the attendance figures. Over 50 Groundsmen heard presentations from Richard Brown of British Seed Houses, Geoff Yelland from AmegA Sciences and grounds maintenance expert Dave Bracey.

Midlands based mower manufacturer Dennis have won a prestigious order to supply a total of 27 machines to the stadia and training facilities at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. These will be supplied through Dennis' partner Smith Turf, one of South Africa's largest dealers based in Johannesburg with a network of support centres around the country.

With strict regulations in place to protect worker's exposure to hand-arm vibration (HAV), professional grounds maintenance equipment manufacturer Dennis, are continually striving to improve their machines in recognition of the need to counteract harmful vibration. Vibration can damage blood vessels and nerves in the fingers, leading to a loss of feeling in the fingers and hands. It can cause the industrial disease ‘vibration white finger' which, in extreme cases can make it too painful for workers to hold equipment.

Whilst the outdoor conditions weren't great more than 150 groundsmen heard presentations from Richard Brown of British Seed Houses, Roy Daniels from the IOG, Dr Christian Spring, Jay Dobson and Fiona Crossly from the STRI, Ian Henderson from Golf Finance and grounds maintenance expert, Dave Bracey. Bowls Clubs, Local Authorities, Contractors and private users were amongst the attendees keeping the speakers busy with questions from the floor.

St Mirren Football Club relocated from their old stadium on Love Street to a modern, state of the art stadium on Greenhill Road in January of this year. “This signified not just a change in location, but also a total change in pitch construction,” says Thomas Docherty, head groundsman at the Club. “The old pitch was a traditional soil construction with no proper irrigation, whilst the pitch at the new ground is made of Fibresand together with an up-to-date irrigation system”.

George Mansfield who lives in East Sussex is typical of the Dennis customer who expects the best from his machinery and finds all of his requirements fulfilled by the Derbyshire company. George runs a water effluent treatment company, Wendage Pollution Control, which includes a maintenance division that keeps pumping stations and sewage treatment plants tidy with hedging and strimming services, so he is well acquainted with professional quality groundscare machinery.

Speakers from Dennis are Alan Ronaldson (Scottish venues) and Toby Clarke (Yorkshire), providing an insight into the company's market leading range of machinery for bowling green maintenance with ‘on green' demonstrations. Seminar delegates will get the chance to inspect the new Razor Ultra 560 mower and S500 Plus spiker/slotter at close quarters and learn how these exciting new machines can improve playing conditions on greens.

Taking a prominent position on the Dennis stand M9 at BTME is the new Razor Ultra 560 mower. The newest addition to Dennis's range of professional grounds maintenance equipment, the Razor's development was fine tuned using feedback from greenkeepers and groundsmen after it was previewed at the 2009 event.

Greenkeepers and Golf Course Managers should it a make it a priority to visit Dennis on stand M9 at BTME this year to inspect the new Razor Ultra 560 mower. Developed with input from industry professionals following its exclusive preview at BTME 2009 and designed for a high quality cut on greens and tees, the new 22” mower features an eleven blade cylinder and groomer along with a host of other advanced features.

Dennis Mowers has seen sales almost triple since 1998, and they've been bursting at the seams because of it - but not for much longer. Building work started in mid August 2009 for a new building of 9,600 sq ft next to their existing factory. This will effectively double their existing manufacturing and assembly capacity.

John and Raymond Dennis were brought up in Huntsham in Devon. John then moved to Guildford where, whilst working for an ironmonger Filmer & Masons, he started making bicycles in his spare time. These sold at a profit and in 1895 he set up his own business, the Universal Athletic Stores in Guildford High Street, selling bicycles and other sports goods.

Dennis launches an exciting new mower at Saltex on stand W58, developed with the help of its customers, who were invited to give their feedback when the design was previewed at BTME this year. The Razor Ultra 560 is an exceptionally versatile cylinder mower for applications ranging from golf greens and tees to cricket pitches and bowling greens.