IRVING, Texas (Jan. 7, 2015) – Flowserve Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of SIHI Group B.V., a global provider of engineered vacuum and fluid pumps and related services.
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MONROE, Conn. (Jan. 6, 2014) – Stancor, Inc. announces the addition of Phillip Nelson as the National Sales Manager.
Nelson has more than 20 years of experience in the pumping industry as a sales manager, covering the U.S., Canadian, & South American markets.
Stancor Pumps provides a host of submersible and control solutions for a wide variety of markets.
PARSIPANNY, N.J. (Jan. 6, 2014) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has entered a Training Partner Agreement with Grundfos USA that allows both organizations to leverage high quality, co-branded educational and training programs designed for pump end users, distributor and engineering consulting firms.
CHICAGO (Jan. 6, 2014) – Littelfuse, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of SymCom, Inc. Headquartered in Rapid City, S.D., SymCom provides overload relays and pump controllers primarily to the industrial market. The company has sales of approximately $23 million and employs approximately 170 associates. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
PALMYRA, N.Y. (Jan. 1, 2014) – The Garlock family of companies announced the appointment of Barb Ross as the Director of Rotary Seals. Ms. Ross will be working closely with our Power Transmission Distribution Channel Partners, focusing mainly on our KLOZURE® and Bearing Isolator product families.
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (Dec. 26, 2013) – BJM Pumps welcomes Jeff Kulas to the team as Financial and Accounting Manager. He will report to Jorgen Bjorkman, Director of Finance and Human Resources. Kulas' responsibilities include managing financial operations and accounting and spearheading human resources improvements that streamline processes and procedures.
NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. (Dec. 23, 2013) – The ExOne Company ("ExOne" or "the Company"), a global provider of three-dimensional ("3D") printing machines and printed products to industrial customers, announced that Rainer Hoechsmann has been appointed as Chief Development Officer of ExOne. This newly established global position is in addition to his existing responsibility as General Manager of ExOne GmbH.
HELSINKI (Dec. 3, 2013) – The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon expands its operations in Brazil and Latin America, and on account of this, Vacon's sales office in Brazil is moving to new premises in São Paulo. The inauguration of the premises took place 2 December 2013.
ESSEN, Germany (Dec. 16, 2013) – Metso has signed a Letter of Intent with KRAFTWERKSSCHULE E.V. (KWS) of Essen, Germany, to develop virtual training in plant automation for power plant operators. The target of the cooperation is to create training concepts with Metso's training simulators and to build a process and automation laboratory in the KWS facilities.
ERLANGEN, Germany (Dec. 17, 2013) – Siemens Energy has been awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the San Gabriel combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in Southeast Asia with a capacity of 414 megawatts (MW). The customer is First NatGas Power Corp., a 100 percent owned company of the Philippine independent power producer First Gen Corporation. Siemens will build San Gabriel as a turnkey facility and then operate it.