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OUR PURPOSE
To promote the general welfare of power
equipment dealers.
To aid your commercial and industrial
advancement.
To aid and protect you in any and all of
your proper business relations.
To compile and disseminate information,
data and knowledge to you the member.
To encourage and support equitable
practices and methods within the industry.
ASSOCIATION HISTORY
Over a Century of Service
February 14, 1893 -
The first meeting of the Buckeye Implement Dealers
Association took place on February 14, 1893. At that meeting
the Constitution and By-Laws were drafted. Only one other
state or regional association in our business was organized
earlier than the Ohio Association. Around the turn of the
century the Ohio implement dealers joined with dealers of
Indiana and Kentucky to form the Tri-State Implement &
Vehicle Dealers Association. As implement dealers began to
think about a separate organization, the Ohio Retail
Implement Dealers Association was formed in 1916. This
name was used through the years until it was changed in 1935
to the Ohio Farm Equipment Association. With increased
interest in the industrial and lawn & garden segments of our
industry, the name of Farm & Power Equipment Retailers
Association was adopted in 1962. The next major change
came about in 1996 when the Ohio Association merged with
the Michigan Association to form the Ohio-Michigan
Equipment Dealers Association.
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