Origin Amenity Solutions created a buzz at SALTEX 2022

By Alistair November 9, 2022 10:39

The Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) team has declared SALTEX a successful show. It ended on a high with the OAS stand being announced as the ‘Stand Award Winner’ by the Grounds Management Association (GMA), as it was voted the best in the large spaces category due to the excellence in stand design and customer experience.

Speaking about the experience, OAS marketing director Kate Humes commented, “This was our first major show under the new marketing stewardship, and we were delighted with how it went.

There was an impressive turn out with high profile visitors and exhibitors old and new. The Origin Amenity Solutions stand was buzzing from the minute the doors opened. It was well organised and provided an ideal platform to catch up with customers, suppliers and industry friends. Winning the ‘Best Stand’ was the icing on the cake. A lot of work goes into designing and building a stand of this scale and it was nice to be recognised for the team’s efforts.”

Origin Amenity Solutions combines four major industry brands – Headland Amenity, Rigby Taylor, Symbio and Turfkeeper. The group was established just over a year ago and their impressive presence at SALTEX demonstrates their commitment to the industry and positions them as a leading force in amenity and grounds management.

The stand was a hive of activity with live demonstrations of the Beacon application, the newest feature of the digital Turfkeeper platform offering push-notifications direct to mobile devices. One visitor commented, “This is a fantastic new feature. Just what I needed. It means I can keep my eyes on the jobs and my team’s workload while I’m away from my desk. Simple but brilliant.”

The new Tiny Pro X robotic line marker made its debut appearance at the show and was incredibly well received. Kate continues, “there was so much interest in the GPS Tiny Mobile Robots range and particularly the most recently launched robot, the Tiny Pro X. We actually sold three machines on the stand which was a cause for celebration.”

Elsewhere on the stand Dr Deidre Charleston profiled Symbio’s compost tea packages that are specially formulated using Symbio’s composting microbial technology. Many visitors to the OAS stand viewed the microbes in HD highlighting the types of microbes present after different brewing lengths.

Not just restricted to the stand, research and development director Geoff Fenn and Angus Finlayson, OAS turf trials research manager took to the seminar area to explain about the Origin’s £1 million Turf Science & Technology Centre and the importance of research in the amenity industry. It was well received, and the audience learnt about the variables to consider when conducting trials, the trial process itself, and how the team ensures all trials are completely unbiased.

The OAS team came out in force to support the GMA Awards, sponsoring the Young Grounds Person Of The Year category. Origin Amenity Solutions’ commercial director Andy Russell presented to the worthy winner Dylan Thompson of Doncaster Rovers FC.

Andy Russell adds, “We were delighted to support the industry and the GMA. Saltex is always a good event for networking, catching up with customers and launching new products. We had a lot of visitors to the stand, some great meetings, and some interesting leads. Overall it was a valued and worthwhile event for us.”