NEWS

SURREY, British Columbia (April 23, 2014) – Singer Valve announced the appointment of Gary Wyeth as account manager for South East Asia. Jody Malo, international sales manager for Singer Valve said, “We are very pleased to have Gary join our team with his local knowledge and special expertise in advanced pressure management. He will be extremely valuable for helping utilities in these regions.” His territory includes all of South East Asia, India and Pakistan.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 22, 2014) – Avalon Precision Casting is pleased to announce completion of the acquisition of Precision Metalsmiths, Inc. (PMI). Both companies are headquartered (with manufacturing) in Cleveland, Ohio. Additional production facilities are located in Jackson, Wis. (Avalon) and Markesan, Wis. (PMI). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

FALMOUTH, England (April 22, 2014) – Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is supplying a leading Moscow-based epidemiology research institute with three Flexicon FMB210 fully automatic filling and capping systems. The systems will be at the forefront of providing anti-epidemic drugs for communicable and parasite-borne diseases. The design features modular tool blocks on a central tool platform, and can fill up to 38 micro-tubes per minute and up to 30 bottles (20-100 milliliters) per minute.

WESTPORT, Conn. (April 16, 2014) – According to a post-show survey of visitors that attended the 2014 AHR Expo, 41 percent of the more than 2,000 respondents said they came to the event seeking products related to “Renewable Energy Resources” (Geothermal, Solar, etc.).

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (April 15, 2014) – Ruthman Companies of Cincinnati opened a 12,000- square-foot warehouse in Titusville, Fla. The new warehouse is home to Great Southern Pump, a division of Ruthman Companies, which has recently celebrated 100 years of innovation in the pump industry. Great Southern Pump services the water, wastewater and industrial markets in Florida.

ERLANGEN, Germany (April 15, 2014) – Siemens received an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in the North Sea. In a consortium with Petrofac, Siemens will supply the complete technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the BorWin3 grid connection as the consortium leader. The consortium partner Petrofac will be responsible for the construction and offshore installation of the project's platform.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (April 15, 2014) – The City of Hamilton, Ontario, Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) collect both sanitary and combined sewage (wastewater). The collection system services not only the City of Hamilton, but also the surrounding areas including the towns of Dundas, Ancaster, Water Down, Glanbrook Township, and the former City of Stoney Creek.

ERLANGEN, Germany (April 14, 2014) – Siemens Energy received its third order within a year from Bangladesh for the delivery of power plant components and spare parts. All three power plant blocks are being built in Ashuganj in eastern Bangladesh, about 100 kilometers northeast of the capital city Dhaka.

BERWYN, Pa. and MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. (April 11, 2014) – AMETEK, Inc and Zygo Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AMETEK will acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock of Zygo at a purchase price of $19.25 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 31 percent to Zygo's closing share price on April 10, 2014.

IRVING, Texas (April 11, 2014) – Flowserve Corporation announced that it received multiple orders for key pumping systems for the Lichterfelde Cogeneration Power Plant. The orders were booked in the first quarter of 2014.The new 300 MW Lichterfelde facility, which replaces an old coal plant, uses natural gas as a fuel and uses the otherwise wasted heat energy for district heating.