WEST CHESTER, Ohio – Ruthman Companies, a group of global pump and valve manufacturing and service brands, has appointed Joe Hill to the position of regional sales manager, Eastern U.S. and Canada.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Motion Industries, Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, is pleased to announce that Jim May was promoted to director of corporate development, effective April 1.

PARSIPPANY, N.J., – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) installed new leadership during the 2021 Virtual Annual Conference. During this conference, DeLancey Davis, president of Franklin Electric Industrial transitioned from board president into the chairman role and Brian Sweeney, president of Crane Pumps & Systems was elected as the new board president, each for a two-year term. 

APOPKA, Fla. -- M.P. Electronics, a manufacturer of industrial controls for the water and wastewater industry, has purchased the rights to the Automeg Automatic Insulation Tester product line.    

M.P. Electronics has manufactured the motor insulation testing product for Automeg since the product’s inception in 1991 and completed the acquisition in March.

ROANOKE, Va. -- TMEIC Corporation of Roanoke, Virginia, a leading designer and developer of advanced automation systems, large AC and DC motors, photovoltaic inverters, and variable frequency drives, is pleased to announce that effective April 1, 2021 it will merge operations with TMEIC's North American manufacturing operation in Katy, Texas. 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Motion Industries, Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, announced that Aurelio Banda will join the Company as Motion’s new group vice president of automation, effective today.