John Deere was a sponsor of this week’s AgNite event in Minneapolis and there was green equipment on display. It’s a busy week for the company. Not only were they involved in a big event that was held in conjunction with the RNC but today they announced plans to build a new marketing and sales center in Olathe, KS. We had reporter Mike Rogers on hand to conduct interviews for us. He interviewed John Lagemann, Vice President of Sales and Tim Merrett, John Deere’s Vice President of Marketing together and also Barry Nelson, John Deere Manager, Public Relations.
Listen to Mike’s interview with John and Tim here: deere-sales-center-1.mp3
You can download the interview using this link: John Lagemann/Tim Merrett Interview (mp3)
Listen to Mike’s interview with Barry here: deere-sales-center-2.mp3
You can download the interview using this link: Barry Nelson Interview (mp3)
John Deere and the city of Olathe, KS announced today that John Deere will build a new marketing and sales center in northwest Olathe, in the Corporate Ridge Office Park, near K 10 and Ridgeview Road. This 126,150 square-foot facility will house more than 400 marketing professionals who provide support and service to John Deere sales branches and agricultural dealerships in the U.S. and Canada.
“This state-of-the-art facility will meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Certification, Gold Level,” said John Lagemann, vice president of agricultural equipment, sales for U.S. and Canada. “It will provide an exceptional working environment for our employees who work in our industry-leading marketing organization. We’re proud of our commitment to the greater Kansas City area – a geographic, cultural center for agriculture.”
This picture includes: John Lagemann; Tim Merrett and the Mayor of Olathe.