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products are sold through distributors, who then sell to owners new line of Precision姠 Series Spray nozzles, featuring our pat-
and/or managers of sports fields, municipal properties, and resi- ented H2O Chip Technology that reduces runoff and water use
dential and commercial landscapes. In fiscal 2009, we introduced without affecting plant health.
the redesigned Groundsmaster姞 4500-D and 4700-D that features Our retail irrigation products are marketed under the Toro and
our Contour Plus姠 rotary cutting units, SmartCool姠 system with Lawn Genie brand names. These products are designed for home-
auto-reversing cooling fan, and full-length striping rear rollers. In owner installation and include sprinkler heads, valves, timers, and
fiscal 2009, we also introduced the redesigned Toro Workman姞drip irrigation systems. Our ECXTRA姠 sprinkler timers can be
HD series of utility vehicles, featuring increased hauling and towing used with a home computer, and our Scheduling Advisor姠 recom-
capacity. mends the proper watering schedule based on the local weather,
plant type, and sprinkler.
Golf Course Market. Products for the golf course market include
large reel and rotary riding products for fairway, rough and trim Micro-Irrigation Market. Products for the micro-irrigation market
cutting; riding and walking mowers for putting greens and specialty include products that regulate the flow of water for drip irrigation,
areas; turf sprayer equipment; utility vehicles; aeration equipment; including Aqua-TraXX姞 PBX drip tape, Aqua-TraXX姞 PC (pressure-
and bunker maintenance equipment. We also manufacture and compensating) drip tape, Blue Stripe姞 polyethylene tubing, and
market underground irrigation systems, including sprinkler heads; Drip In姞 drip line, all used in agriculture, mining, and landscape
controllers; turf sensors; and electric, battery-operated, and hydrau- applications. In addition to these core products, we offer a full
lic valves. Our golf course irrigation systems are designed to use complement of control devices and connection options to complete
computerized management systems and a variety of technologies the system. These products are sold primarily through dealers and
to help customers manage their consumption of water. Our distributors who then sell to end-users for use primarily in vegeta-
835S/855S Series golf sprinklers are equipped with a unique ble fields, fruit and nut orchards, vineyards, landscapes, and
TruJectory姠 feature that provides enhanced water distribution con- mines.
trol as well as uniformity, nozzle flexibility, and system efficiency. Residential – We market our residential products to homeowners
Our Network VP姞 Satellite combines modular flexibility, ease of through a variety of distribution channels, including outdoor power
use, and increased control in a single controller with programming equipment dealers, hardware retailers, home centers, mass retail-
to the individual station level that supports station-based flow man- ers, and over the Internet. These products are sold mainly in North
agement. Our Turf Guard姞 wireless soil monitoring systems are America, Europe, and Australia, with the exception of snow
designed to measure soil moisture, salinity, and temperature removal products that are sold primarily in North America and
through buried wireless sensors that communicate through an Europe. We also license our trade name to other manufacturers
Internet server for processing and presentation to a user through and retailers on certain products as a means of expanding our
the web. In fiscal 2009, we introduced the ProCore姞 SR series of brand presence.
deep-tine aerators that feature remote depth adjustment for aera-
Walk Power Mower Products. We manufacture and market
tion depths of up to 16 inches. Late in fiscal 2009, we acquired a
numerous walk power mower models under our Toro and
versatile line of topdressing and material handling equipment that
Lawn-Boy brand names, as well as the Pope brand in Australia
enhances our product offering of application and cultivation equip-
and the Hayter brand in the United Kingdom. Models differ as to
ment to help customers achieve improved agronomic conditions of
cutting width, type of starter mechanism, method of grass clipping
turf.
discharge, deck type, operational controls, and power sources, and
Residential/Commercial Irrigation Market. Turf irrigation products are either self-propelled or push mowers. We also offer a line of
marketed under the Toro and Irritrol brands include sprinkler rear roller walk power mowers, a design that provides a striped
heads, plastic and brass valves, and electric and hydraulic control finish, for the United Kingdom market. In fiscal 2009, we intro-
devices designed to be used in residential and commercial turf duced a new line of Lawn-Boy walk-power mowers, designed for
irrigation systems. These products are professionally installed as price sensitive buyers seeking the quality and features of a
new systems and can also be used to replace or retrofit existing Lawn-Boy. In fiscal 2009, we also introduced a new line of Toro
systems. Most of the product line is designed for underground irri- Recycler姞 walk-power mowers with our innovative Bag on Demand
gation systems. Electric and hydraulic controllers activate valves feature and a line of Toro Super Bagger walk-power mowers with
and sprinkler heads in a typical irrigation system. We also offer our newly designed Superior Bagging System.
wired and wireless rain and freeze switches on some products in
Riding Products. We manufacture and market riding products
an effort to conserve water usage. Our IntelliSense姠 and Rain
under the Toro brand name worldwide and under the Hayter brand
Master姞 controllers self-adjust their watering schedules based on
name in the United Kingdom. We also manufacture riding mower
current environmental conditions. In fiscal 2009, we introduced a
products and attachments for a third party under a private label
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