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GERMANTOWN, Wis. – WAGO has hired James Lubow as its new Product Manager for Electronic Interface. Lubow takes over for and will be reporting to Jason Schmid who was recently named Director of Product Management. Following his graduation from Marquette University with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Labor became a product manager for Dorner Manufacturing and later Yamato Corporation.

Vulcan Seals has announced that they have hired Julie Shindler in the capacity of Technical Sales Engineer.

Julie is a Mechanical Engineer graduate from the University of Oklahoma and will be providing strong and direct technical support in real time to our US customers across our entire product range. Julie will also be supporting the sales team and sales programs. 

Germantown, Wis. – Joseph Kain has recently been named WAGO’s new regional sales manager for the Atlanta metro and Northern Georgia territory.  With nearly 20 years of automation sales experience, Kain brings a wealth of knowledge to his new position. He most recently spent the last few years as a Regional Sales Manager with Aignep USA.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Global water technology company, Xylem, has awarded a team of hackathon participants who developed an innovative app to promote sustainable water consumption. Team WatApp won HackZurich 2022’s Xylem Water Challenge with their social gaming app that helps people make smart water choices in their everyday lives, build long-term water-saving habits and share their results with friends.