AUSTIN DAILY HERALD
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019
Austin Daily Herald
BUSINESS REVIEW Name of the business: SEMA Equipment Owners of the business: All five owners of SEMA Equipment have active rolls in the company. They include: • Tom Wozney, General Manager • Kevin Schaefer, General Sales Manager • Terry Mikulecky, Northfield Location Manager • Wayne Isenberg, Grand Meadow Sales • Kevin McGraw, Wanamingo Location Manager
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Please provide a brief history of the company: SEMA stands for South East Minnesota Agriculture and the name was born in 2005 after a multi-dealership merger took place to better serve our customers. The merge included Isenberg Equipment in Spring Valley and Leroy, Deer Valley in Wanamingo, St. Charles Equipment in St. Charles, and Plainview Equipment in Plainview. In the years following the merger, three additional dealerships joined SEMA-- Persinger’s Equipment of Austin in 2008, Northfield Tractor & Equipment of Northfield in 2011, and Green Power Equipment of Caledonia in 2011.
Equipment and Trimax Mowing Systems. In addition to genuine John Deere parts, we also provide parts and service for all of our products lines and even other brands of equipment. Our service department repairs and maintains the full line of John Deere equipment and offers mobile service for both large and small equipment. What are some of the new things your business is doing? What are you most proud to tell customers, and why? Our new Ready-to-Mow trailer allows us to provide annual maintenance for homeowners at their home so they don’t have to bother with hauling their mowers into the dealership. Of course, we also offer pick-up and delivery service for larger repairs. With Ready-to-Mow, customers just need to give us a call and we’ll put them on the schedule. They can schedule annual or bi-annual maintenance, especially if they are using their mower for the winter months with a snowblower. We also have several new parts drop sites available for customers if they can’t make it into the store. You can see our parts delivery sites at https://www.semaequip.com/parts/parts-delivery-sites.php What sets you apart from other companies, and why? At SEMA, our goal with the new Grand Meadow store is to provide the ultimate John Deere experience to our customers. In our eyes, that means the highest quality equipment, exceptional parts availability, and impeccable customer service. With a brand-new building, we hope that we can provide the kind of environment that our employees and customers deserve. We strive to make each and every one of our customers feel like our ONLY customer and appreciate the fact that they’ve chosen to do business with us
How many employees do you have? 217 employees including full time, part time and interns.
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Tell us a little about your business. What are your specialties? We are the official John Deere dealer of southeast Minnesota, serving 16 counties and covering nearly 6 million acres. We serve customers both large and small from commercial agriculture operations to homeowners and everything in between. We specialize in commercial mowing and landscape equipment with John Deere ZTraks, commercial walk-behind mowers, stand-on mowers, wide area mowers, tractor-pulled mowers, skid steers, and compact excavators. We carry various complimentary product lines in order to be a one-stop-shop for our commercial customers. Additional lines include STIHL, Honda Power
What is your address? 505 4th Ave NE Grand Meadow, MN 55936 507-754-1100 What is your website? www.semaequip.com
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