Last week, the Partful team headed to the SALTEX show at Birmingham NEC, one of the UK’s leading events for turf care, lawn care, and grounds management professionals. We had an incredible two days meeting OEMs, dealers, distributors, and industry specialists who stopped by our booth.
A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to speak with us, test-drive the platform, and share your challenges around aftersales, spare parts, and training. We loved hearing how turf care manufacturers are thinking about digital transformation and how Partful can help accelerate it.
The conversations we had at SALTEX echoed the same challenges we hear across the industry, particularly from OEMs producing:
Professional lawn mowers and cylinder mowers
Turf-care machinery
Grounds management equipment
Landscaping and amenity-care equipment
Many OEMs still rely on PDF manuals, static diagrams, or outdated parts lists. For field technicians, dealers, and customers, this means:
Hard-to-find parts
Incorrect orders
Slow service turnaround
Frustration for both end users and aftersales teams
Partful’s 3D digital parts catalogue transforms complex assemblies into clear, interactive models anyone can navigate, even without CAD knowledge.
Fast visual part identification
Fewer incorrect orders
Reduced support overhead
A better experience for dealers, service teams, and customers
OEMs like Allett Mowers already use Partful to simplify their aftersales ecosystem and improve serviceability for professional grounds teams.
Another major theme this year: training.
Turf care OEMs are under pressure to:
Speed up technician onboarding
Reduce downtime
Train seasonal or temporary staff
Ensure consistency across distributed teams
And the old “PDF binder + verbal knowledge transfer” approach simply can’t keep up.
Our new Work Instructions software enables turf care and lawn care equipment manufacturers to create:
Step-by-step digital instructions
Visual procedures using 3D models
Standardised training for assembly, servicing, and maintenance
Easily updated, version-controlled content
This is especially valuable for seasonal workforce ramp-up and dealer network consistency — something multiple OEMs brought up at SALTEX.
OEMs are increasingly focused on:
Extending machinery lifespan
Reducing parts waste
Improving maintainability
Supporting greener servicing practices
A digital parts catalogue supports these goals by enabling accurate repairs, fewer incorrect orders, and longer equipment life.
With technician shortages and high turnover in the sector, OEMs need repeatable, scalable training. Digital work instructions (especially visual ones) are becoming a necessity, not a nice-to-have.
We heard strong demand for solutions that bring together:
Parts identification
Technical content
Service instructions
Support resources
Partful helps OEMs centralise these workflows, reducing friction for end users and internal teams.
To everyone we met at our booth - thank you. Your feedback and conversations were invaluable, and we’re excited to support more turf care, lawn care, and grounds management OEMs as they modernise their aftersales and training systems.
If you didn’t catch us at SALTEX, or if you want to see a personalised walkthrough:
👉 Book a demo and see how Partful can support your aftersales, service, and training workflows.