February 2015, Vol. 70, No. 2

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Vermeer Launches National Search For Ultimate HDD Crew

Vermeer Corporation is looking for the Ultimate Crew and seeking entries from horizontal directional drill (HDD) contractors and their crews from across the country.

The Ultimate Crew will win the use of a new Vermeer D24x40 Series II Navigator drill for 12 months and be featured in future Vermeer marketing efforts.

During 2013, Vermeer launched the Ultimate Operator campaign to celebrate HDD drill operators, recognize their impact on the world and identify the ultimate HDD operator. Derrick Pursley was crowned the Ultimate Operator out of more than 100 HDD operators nominated for the award. Now Vermeer wants to showcase the importance of the entire HDD crew through the Ultimate Crew campaign.

“During the Ultimate Operator campaign, drill operators made one thing clear – they could not do their job or be successful without a great crew,” says Jon Kuyers, senior global product manager, Underground for Vermeer. “Vermeer wants to showcase the importance of an entire drilling crew rather than just one individual. Therefore, Vermeer is launching the Ultimate Crew campaign in 2015 to identify the best directional drill crews across the United States and Canada.”

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