MILWAUKEE, March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Briggs &
Stratton (NYSE: BGG) Commercial Power recently joined the
SmartEquip Network to provide more efficient electronic parts and
service support and procurement for rental companies and equipment
fleet owners.
"Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power has always been
committed to doing everything possible to improve efficiencies for
our customers in the rental industry," said Jim Cross, commercial marketing manager for
Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power.
"Joining the SmartEquip Network will ensure
efficiencies in engine and parts ordering, which will ultimately
lead to less equipment downtime and increased customer
savings."
The SmartEquip Network is an advanced product support and
transactional platform for the equipment industry, designed to
provide efficiency gains to owners, manufacturers, dealers and
distributors. It merges support content, parts information and
parts ordering together in one location online for its more than
25,000 users.
The partnership with the SmartEquip Network will allow Briggs
& Stratton to extend its online product support capabilities
and make parts ordering easier for customers. Briggs & Stratton
parts and service support information is already available on the
SmartEquip Networks for rental companies and equipment fleets
utilizing its e-FleetPro technology.
For more information about Briggs & Stratton Commercial
Power and the capabilities of its Vanguard™ engines in
the rental industry, visit www.vanguardengines.com/rental.
For more information about the SmartEquip Network, visit
www.smartequip.com.
About Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power
Briggs
& Stratton Commercial Power is a leading provider of commercial
power solutions. The Vanguard engine family is the company's
premier line of engines and includes single-cylinder engines from
5.5 to 15 gross horsepower1, Vanguard V-Twin engines
from 13 to 23 gross horsepower1 (horizontal) and 13 to
26 gross horsepower1 (vertical), and Vanguard air-cooled
V-Twin BIG BLOCK engines from 25 to 35 gross horsepower1
(horizontal) and 28 to 36 gross horsepower1
(vertical).
About Briggs & Stratton Corporation
Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG), headquartered in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the
world's largest producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power
equipment. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include North America's number one marketer of
portable generators and pressure washers, and it is a leading
designer, manufacturer and marketer of lawn and garden, turf care
and job site products through its Simplicity®, Snapper®, Ferris®,
Murray®, Allmand™, Branco® and Victa® brands. Briggs & Stratton
products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in over
100 countries on six continents. For more information, visit
www.basco.com or www.briggsandstratton.com.
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