Hesston primes its dealers for '85.

From: Implement & Tractor | Date: September 1, 1984| Author: Fogarty, Bill | Copyright information

THE WEEK before Hesston started hosting its 900 North American dealers at Wichita for a series of new product showings, the company's president, Howard Brenneman, had been in Montreal for the NFPEDA convention (reported on pages 24-26). He came back with the same view as many others about the business outlook: It's tough out there, and it shows no signs of letting up soon.

When he greeted the dealers in advance of the product unwrappings, Brenneman made no attempt to mini...

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