Snow Thrower Safety Tips from the Experts at OPEI
Clearing snow and ice from driveways, sidewalks and parking lots is no small job. You rely on your outdoor power equipment to do the heavy lifting, and it’s important to keep safety in mind. The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) reminds home…
Spring Safety Tips for Lawn Mowers and Other Outdoor Power Equipment
Spring is here and as we get out our lawn mowers and other outdoor power equipment out from storage to work in our yards, businesses and other green spaces, it’s important to keep safety in mind. “Think safety first,” says Kris Kiser, president and CEO…
OPEI Shares Tips on How to Ready Outdoor Power Equipment for Winter Storage, Prep Your Snow Thrower
After your lawn gets its last seasonal cut, it is time to put away spring and summer outdoor power equipment, like lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and trimmers. What’s next? Snow throwers, generators and other small engine equipment need to be readied for…
OPEI Offers Tips for Safe Generator Use
Increasingly, consumers are turning to generators for power in emergency situations, because the world is unpredictable. Year-round weather challenges are now the norm with snow, ice, wind, tornadoes, hurricanes and record-breaking rain and flooding…
OPEI Welcomes New Board Members at Its Recent Annual Meeting
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) recently held its 2022 Annual Meeting, welcoming more than 100 members to the Fairmont El San Juan for three days of education and networking. Three new members were also named to its Board of Directors. …
Tradeshows Are Back: The Cool Equipment We Discovered at The Utility Expo and GIE+EXPO this Fall
Big machine events revved back up in September and October. Tradeshows like The Utility Expo and GIE+EXPO (now called Equip Exposition) drew equipment pros back out to explore the world of off-highway construction and landscape machinery. Commencing…
OPEI Launches Equip Exposition, Opens New Offices in Louisville
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) announces that GIE+EXPO will rebrand and relaunch in 2022 as Equip Exposition, evolving the industry’s largest tradeshow and starting a new chapter for the event while reinvesting in its host city. “We’re…
Infographic: OPEI Shares Tips for Homeowners on Fall Landscape Prep and Winter Outdoor Equipment Prep
OPEI Announces Planned Ownership Change of GIE+EXPO
On the heels of the largest GIE+EXPO ever, the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) has announced that in 2022 it will move into 100 percent ownership of the tradeshow, the international landscape, outdoor living and equipment exposition. “GIE+EXPO…
What Lies Ahead: Key Trends in the Outdoor Power Equipment Industry
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) is the advocacy voice for the outdoor power equipment industry, representing power equipment, small engine, utility vehicle, golf car and personal transport vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. As such, OPEI…
Mutt Madness Heads to GIE+EXPO
If you spend five minutes with Kris Kiser, president of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), you’ll learn he’s passionate about four things: OPEI, the industry’s GIE+EXPO, dog rescue and adoption, and his own rescue pooch, Lucky the TurfMutt.…
Outdoor Power Equipment Institute Opens New Headquarters in Virginia
Building purchase marks next stage in continued growth of the trade association More than 100 members, partners, and friends were on hand as the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute officially opened its new headquarters building in Alexandria, marking a…