Exmark names distributor the year

Exmark manufacturing -- maker of commercial mowers -- has named Power Equipment Distributors (PED) in Richmond, Mich. As the 2001 Exmark Distributor of the Year.

"PED truly sets the standard that others strive to follow. The company is innovative in all areas of operation, and weak in none," said Exmark's Paul Blankenfield, PED's territory manager. www.exmark.com.