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MASON, Ohio (Jan. 9, 2012) - OPW Fluid Transfer Group, A Dover Company that provides solutions for the safe and efficient handling of hazardous liquids, announced that it has named Richard Wei its Vice President – Asia/Pacific. Mr. Wei assumed his new responsibilities effective January 1, 2012, and reports directly to OPWFTG President, Tim Warning. Mr.

Pajonas will assume the role of chief operating officer and will be responsible for both the Flow Control Division and the Flow Solutions Group, which comprise all company operations.

DALLAS (Jan. 11, 2012) - Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced a new operational leadership structure, resulting in senior leadership changes, and certain 2011 financial data.  Highlights include the following:

FULTON, Md. (Jan. 17, 2012) - Colfax Corporation, a manufacturer of gas and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services, announced that Kenneth D. Konopa has been named Vice President of Marketing for ESAB and Vincent Northfield has been named Vice President of Global Manufacturing for ESAB, effective immediately.
    

(Feb. 1, 2012) - Adil Toubia (53) will become CEO of the Oil & Gas Division of Siemens Energy. He succeeds Tom Blades, who has been appointed as a member of the Managing Board of Linde AG. Adil Toubia brings three decades of experience in this branch of industry and was most recently a partner in Energy Capital Group, a private equity investment firm in the oil and gas industry. Prior to that, he held executive positions at GCC Energy Fund and Schlumberger.

PALMYRA, N.Y. (Jan. 20, 2012) - Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC has completed the third and final phase of its Brownfield Cleanup Program, for which it recently received a Certificate of Completion from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

The third phase of the program involved remediation at several areas of the site and removal of sediment from a small section of nearby Red Creek.