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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. announced the promotion of Milton Coleman to senior vice president of sales and marketing. Coleman has nearly thirty years of experience in the automation industry, and previously held the position of vice president of sales at the company. In his new role, Coleman will focus on improving alignment between sales and marketing.

LONDON-- Pentair, a provider of water treatment and sustainable solutions, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pleatco, a manufacturer of water filtration and clean air technologies for pool, spa and industrial air customers. Pleatco is a current portfolio company of Align Capital Partners, a private equity firm with investment teams in Dallas, TX and Cleveland, OH.

BJERRINGBRO, Denmark - Grundfos has entered into an agreement to acquire Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc. (MECO). Based in the United States, MECO is in the industrial water treatment market with manufacturing and sales offices in the United States as well as international offices in Singapore and Ireland.

ELGIN, Ill. - NTN Bearing Corporation announced the promotion of Matt Boganowski, to industrial aftermarket (IAM) regional sales manager for the South Central region. Boganowski brings over 10 years of IAM experience, seven of which have been with NTN.

Boganowski has been instrumental in attaining large corporate accounts and year-over-year growth with our major distribution partners.