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DUBUQUE, Iowa - A.Y. McDonald has acquired Val-Matic Valve & Mfg. Corporation, of Elmhurst, Illinois on December 31, 2020. Val-Matic Valve was founded in 1966 by Andrew Nuter and is a manufacturer of fourteen valve product lines for the water and wastewater, industrial, commercial building construction, and plumbing industries with an additional manufacturing facility in Addison, Illinois.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Longtime Warren Controls sales representative Noel Henderson passed away on Dec. 22, 2020. Here is his obituary, provided by Warren Controls.

Those in industry throughout the Ohio Valley lost a dear friend and colleague on December 22, 2020. Four days after his 73rd birthday, Noel Henderson left us. Leaving behind his wife, Debbie, children Colin and Danielle, and grandson, Alex.

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- Herc Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HRI), a North American equipment rental supplier operating as Herc Rentals Inc., announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Houston-based Champion Rentals, Inc. (Champion). Terms were not disclosed.Champion is a full-service general equipment rental company comprising approximately 100 employees and four locations serving contractors and industrial, manufacturing and government customers in the Houston metropolitan area.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The Clean Air Group, LLC, commonly known as “CR Clean Air”, has selected Diego Tebaldi of Newton, MA to fill the role of general manager.

Tebaldi joins CR Clean Air at a time when the company continues to grow fast and expand its market globally; his role will include overseeing the day to day operations of the firm, including recruiting additional talent, expanding the technical capabilities and client management and acquisition.