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| Allen Borgen Named Territory Manager 4/11/2012 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Target Specialty Products welcomes Allen Borgen as a new territory manager serving the professional landscape market in Oregon and Washington. more... |
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| Target Specialty Products’ Supports CANGC PAC and One Voice Fund 3/28/2012 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Target Specialty Products contributed $5,000 to the California Association of Nursery and Garden Centers Political Action Committee Fund (CANGC PAC) and $2,000 to the Nursery One Voice Fund on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The donation was made at the CANGC Legislative Day in Sacramento, California. more... |
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| Aaron Bolado Named Territory Manager 3/27/2012 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Target Specialty Products welcomes Aaron Bolado as its new territory manager serving the professional landscape market in Austin and San Antonio, Texas. more... |
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| Wes Tanksley Named Territory Manager 3/27/2012 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Target Specialty Products welcomes Wes Tanksley as the new territory manager serving the professional pest management market in Austin and San Antonio, Texas. more... |
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| Mike Nichols Named Target Vector Business Manager 4/18/2011 |
| Target Specialty Products announces Mike Nichols as the business manager for the company’s vector control market. Based out of Target’s Houston branch, he directs the company’s vector business in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Louisiana, Washington, Texas, and Oklahoma. more... |
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| Erik Smith Joins Target 1/31/2011 |
| Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – Target Specialty Products announces Erik Smith as the newest member of its Fresno team. A former Agricultural Standards Inspector with the Madera County Department of Weights and Measures, Smith will call on pest control, fumigation and public agency customers in the southern San Joaquin Valley. more... |
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| Jason Robbins Named Vegetation/Pest Management Specialist for Target 1/24/2011 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Target Specialty Products has announced Jason Robbins as the new vegetation and pest management specialist for the San Joaquin Valley. He is based out of Target’s branch office in Fresno, California. more... |
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| Target-B&G Name Change 12/17/2010 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – B&G -Target, formerly B&G Chemicals and Equipment Company, will begin operating under the name Target Specialty Products as of January 1, 2011. Under a joint venture plan announced in May of this year, B&G branch offices in Texas and Oklahoma began operating as B&G-Target. “While the name and logo have officially changed to Target Specialty Products, we want to assure customers that the people they are used to working with in Texas and Oklahoma will remain the same,” stated Target’s Vice President and Regional Manager Rich Records. “The ‘B&G team’ remains intact – this is just the final step in the process of merging the two companies into one.” more... |
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| Dolan and Maston Named Business Managers for Target Specialty Products 7/1/2010 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. - Target Specialty Products has named Candy Dolan as the business manager for its fumigation market, and Bobby Maston as business manager for the company’s pest control market. Both promotions came on the heels of Target’s earlier announcement that Dean Osborn, former business manager for both structural pest control and fumigation markets, would move to Texas to become the business manager for B&G-Target in Texas and Oklahoma. more... |
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| Target and B&G Joint Venture Official 6/7/2010 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Target Specialty Products and B&G Chemicals and Equipment Company’s joint venture became official Friday May 29, 2010. Under the business plan, B&G branch offices in Texas, as well as a branch in Oklahoma City, Okla., will operate under the name B&G-Target. more... |
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| Target and B&G Announce Joint Venture 4/26/2010 |
| Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – Target Specialty Products and B&G Chemicals and Equipment Co. Inc. are pleased to announce their plan to enter into a joint venture. more... |
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| Andrew Cain Joins Target Specialty Products 1/15/2010 |
| SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Andrew Cain is the newest member of Target Specialty Products’ golf team. His territory includes golf courses in Orange and Riverside counties, and sections of San Bernardino County. more... |
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| Schmitt Named Equipment Specialist For Target 1/19/2009 |
| Target Specialty Products is pleased to announce Joe Schmitt as its equipment specialist. Schmitt will work closely with Target’s sales team to make recommendations and research equipment solutions for specific customer needs more... |
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| Karen Robb Joins Target Specialty Products 1/19/2009 |
| Target Specialty Products announces the addition of Karen Robb as a senior horticultural specialist. Based out of Target’s Fresno office, Robb will call on nurseries in California’s Central Valley and Central Coast, as well as more... |
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| Charity Golf Tournament Raises Over $57,000 8/21/2008 |
| Target Specialty Products’ 9th Annual Charity Golf tournament raised over $57,000 for the American Cancer Society. One hundred and forty-four golfers participated more... |
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| Target Names Susan Vance Director of Marketing Com 7/29/2008 |
| Target Specialty Products announces Susan Vance as its new director of marketing communications. Before joining Target, Vance was a principal in an advertising and marketing more... |
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| Target Associates Send Care Package to Marines in 7/29/2008 |
| 1st Lt. Ian Plummer of the U.S. Marine Corps and 74 of his fellow Marines received a 4th-of-July care package from the associates and friends of Target Specialty Products. Plummer and his unit shipped off for Fallujah more... |
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| Pete Bowman Joins Tareget Specialty Products 6/30/2008 |
| Pete Bowman recently joined Target Specialty Products’ sales team. Based out of Target’s West Sacramento branch, Bowman will focus on golf courses in Northern California. more... |
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| 12th Annual Fumigation School Benefits UCR’s Urban 5/21/2008 |
| Target Specialty Products hosted its12th annual fumigation school in cooperation with Dow AgroSciences and the University of California Riverside. The event took place February 5-6, 2008. more... |
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| Becker Named Nursery Representative 6/30/2008 |
| Tenaya Becker is Target Specialty Products nursery and horticulture representative for San Diego County. Before joining Target, she was a more... |
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| Rudy Zazueta Joins Target's Golf Team 6/30/2008 |
| Rudy Zazueta is Target’s newest golf account representative for the southern California market. more... |
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| Gabe Towers Joins Target 4/9/2008 |
| Gabriel Towers has joined Target Specialty Products as a Plant Pathologist. As a member of the golf team, Towers will call on superintendents in the Arizona market. more... |
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| Target Sends Care Package to Joint Forces 1/25/2008 |
| An American Flag flew for Target Specialty Products over the Forward Operating Base in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The flag was flown by the Joint Forces Provincial Reconstruction Team more... |
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| Target Specialty Products Hosts HAZMAT Training 4/23/2008 |
| Several southern California fire departments conducted hazardous materials/chemical spill training at Target’s Santa Fe Springs, Calif. warehouse. more... |
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| Chuck Dal Pozzo Joins Target Specialty Products 11/14/2007 |
| Chuck Dal Pozzo is the new account representative for Target Specialty Products. He is working with golf course superintendents and landscape accounts in northern Los Angeles, as well as Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. more... |
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| Target’s Golf Tournament Raises $54,000 for ACS 7/23/2007 |
| Target Specialty Products hosted its 8th Annual Charity Golf tournament benefiting the American Cancer Society at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club in Tustin, Calif on July 18, 2007. more... |
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| Target Specialty Products Opens Las Vegas Branch 7/13/2007 |
| Target Specialty Products announced the opening of a new facility in Las Vegas, Nev. The branch officially opened its doors for business Monday, July 16, 2007. more... |
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| Target-Jenkins Athens’ raise $14,965 for UCR 7/6/2007 |
| Over 200 pest management professionals came out for the silent auction and hospitality held in conjunction with the Pest Control Operators of California’s 64th annual Convention in Coronado, Calif. more... |
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| Aaron Anderson Joins Target Specialty Products 7/2/2007 |
| Target Specialty Products is pleased to announce Aaron Anderson as a new account representative. more... |
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| Mike DeNote Joins Target Specialty Products 6/15/2007 |
| Mike DeNote is Target’s newest account representative for the pest management market in southern California. more... |
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| Target Sends Care Package to Navy Seals 6/13/2007 |
| Employees, customers and local businesses send comforts of home to SEALS serving in Iraq. more... |
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| Target Expands Sales Team in Southern California 4/30/2007 |
| Harrison brings expertise to vegetation management and landscape markets. more... |
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| Target Introduces New Account Representative 4/13/2007 |
| Lisa Kirchner brings technical expertise to the nursery market. more... |
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| Target's Drivers Join Highway Watch Program 12/13/2007 |
| Target Specialty Products’ drivers participated in a national transportation security program called Highway Watch® on November 11, 2006. more... |
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| Target Sends Christmas Package to Marines 12/8/2006 |
| Target Specialty Products sent a Christmas care package to Pvt. James Carruba and his Marine platoon. more... |
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| Target Introduces New Golf Representative 12/1/2006 |
| Ryan Klein is Target’s new account representative for the golf and sports turf markets in San Diego. more... |
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| Target’s Golf Tournament Raises $61,000 for ACS 8/8/2006 |
| Over 140 golfers turned out for Target’s 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at Tustin Ranch Golf Club in Tustin, Calif. The tournament honored the life of Malcolm Stack, the founder of Bell Laboratories, Inc., and celebrated the lives of two recent cancer survivors, Chuck Dal Pozzo of Monterey Agricultural Products, and Steven Stringer of Cleary Chemical Company. more... |
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| Target Adopts Army Soldier and His Platoon 7/13/2006 |
| Target Specialty Products recently adopted a U.S. Army soldier and his platoon. more... |
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| ProBlend Line Offers Premium Grade Products 7/12/2006 |
| Target Specialty Products has launched a new line of ProBlend seed mixtures. more... |
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| Auction Raises $8,700 for UCR’s Research Fund 7/17/2006 |
| A silent auction and hospitality raised $8,700.00 to benefit the University of California Riverside’s Endowed Research Fund. more... |
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| Tournament Raises Funds for Cancer Research 7/28/2005 |
| American Cancer Society receives over $50,000 for support programs and research more... |
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| Target Donates to Muscular Dystrophy Association 4/20/2005 |
| Target Specialty Products donated $1,200 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s South Bay/San Gabriel Valley Chapter. more... |
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| Target Donates to Tsunami Relief in Southeast Asia 1/21/2005 |
| Target Specialty Products donated $5,040 to the American Red Cross - Southeast Asia Tsunami Relief Fund. more... |
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