DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (April 4, 2013) – SJE-Rhombus®, a leading manufacturer of pump control solutions for the water/wastewater industry, is pleased to announce Northeast Sales Associates (NESA) to represent their product line in Upstate New York.
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MIDDLETON, Wisc. (April 4, 2013) – Thomas Gavinski has joined Fristam Pumps as Sales Manager - Americas. In his new position, Gavinski will oversee Fristam’s North, South and Central American Sales Departments as well as the Customer Service Department.
Gavinski comes to Fristam with 18 years of sales and sales management experience. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications/Marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (April 2, 2013) – Registration and housing is now open for WEFTEC® 2013, the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) 86th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference. Scheduled for Oct. 5 – 9, 2013 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, this year’s event includes a new pricing structure that accommodates for ongoing economic challenges and gives greater access to the hallmarks of WEFTEC.
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (April 2, 2013) – Pump Solutions Group (PSG®) is further exhibiting its commitment to the growing Chinese and Asia-Pacific industrial-pump markets with the opening of a new PSG Shanghai Commercial Sales Office in Shanghai, China. This office will be a cornerstone of PSG’s sales and marketing efforts and technical product support in the region, with an emphasis on continued growth in China over the next three to five years.
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (March 28, 2013) – Danfoss announced the partnership of its Arkadelphia, Ark.-based facility with the local high school’s STEM Works program to facilitate the professional development of science, technology, engineering and math students.
STEM Works is a program implemented in 2011 by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe and his Workforce Cabinet to help ensure the state’s workforce will be able to meet escalating demands for employees in high-tech fields.
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (March 28, 2013) – Xylem’s Paul Ruzicka, chief mechanical engineer and James Roberts, chief product engineer were recently honored by the Hydraulic Institute for their technical leadership and contributions in the creation of new ANSI/HI Standards for pumps.
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. – (March 27, 2013) - Charles Cappellino, vice president of research, development and engineering at ITT Corporation's Industrial Process business, has been recognized by the Hydraulic Institute (HI) for his leadership in helping develop two new pump industry standards. Cappellino leads product development efforts for the company's Goulds Pumps brand and other leading product lines.
GOTHENBURG (March 27, 2013) – SKF’s newly built bearing factory in Ahmedabad, India was awarded the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by IGBC (India Green Building Council). With this certification, the Ahmedabad factory became the first bearing factory in India to be certified by LEED rating and the third SKF facility across the globe to attain a LEED certification.
CHICAGO (March 27, 2013) – The Top 10 companies in the air and water monitoring market had 2012 revenues of $4.4 billion representing 21 percent of the $21 billion market. This ranking analysis has just been posted to the McIlvaine report, Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets.
Top 10 Air and Water Monitoring Companies
1. Emerson
2. Endress + Hauser
MISSION WOODS, Kan. (March 25, 2013) – Layne Christensen Company announced its partnership with Water For People, a global non-profit that is dedicated to developing sustainable and reliable drinking water resources and sanitation facilities for communities in Africa, Asia, Central and South America.