HOUSTON – The Valve World Americas Expo and Conference will be held June 7th and 8th at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Downtown Houston, Texas.

The biennial Expo and Conference will host hundreds of exhibitors, thousands of attendees, a world-class conference program, educational courses and a career fair. Panel discussions and conference sessions are presented by subject matter experts from the most renowned companies in the industry.

Virginia Beach, Va. – Busch Vacuum Solutions U.S. has announced the acquisition of the business of VESCO-McLaughlin, Inc. (VESCO) in East Windsor, Conn. With the addition of VESCO, Busch Vacuum Solutions expands its business by adding complementary services to its offering of global field service, overhaul, repair and installation.  

WESTERVILLE, Ohio  – Nikola Labs has rebranded to become "AssetWatch". 

According to CEO Brian Graham, “The future of proactive maintenance is now. We’ve worked with organizations across many industries and of all different sizes, budgets, and digital sophistication. The challenge, however, is the same― how to maximize maintenance and reliability teams’ time so they can make data-driven, purposeful actions to prevent unplanned downtime."

DULUTH, Minn. – GPM, Inc. (GPM), has added to its team by promoting Nick Nelson to Service Manager and hiring Pamela Pierce as order and administrative specialist, Amanda Bedell as administration–receptionist, Jeff Foline as inside support specialist and Calli Maki as marketing director.

Nick Nelson, service manager

ZURICH, Switzerland – ABB has reached an agreement to sell its Power Conversion division to AcBel Polytech Inc. for $505 million in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2023.