FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced 2019 as the company’s 75-year anniversary. A lot has changed at Franklin Electric since E.J. (Ed) Schaefer and T.W. (Wayne) Kehoe founded the company in 1944 in Bluffton, Indiana. Since then, the company has grown from a small motor manufacturing company into a global provider of systems and components for moving water and fuel.

LAFAYETTE, La. - Health and safety company Pharma-Safe Industrial has recently added DeWayne Misner to their team as the new executive vice president of health, safety and environmental management (HSE).

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Caleffi North America, Inc. announced the hiring of Ben Freeman to the position of regional sales manager for the southern United States. In this new position, Freeman is responsible for growing Caleffi’s sales in the south by working with manufacturer representatives, designers, contractors and wholesalers.

ESSEX, U.K. - Gibbons Engineering Group has cause for celebration this year, with 2019 marking its 50th anniversary.

Half a century ago, friends Wilfred Gibbons and Roy Templeman, with the help of Wilfred’s son Martin, formed T.G. Consultancy – a company specializing in electric motor rewinds and repairs.

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – Thompson Pump & Mfg. Co. has sold its rental assets and related operations to the Fluid Solutions Group of United Rentals. Thompson Pump plans to invest in and grow its pump manufacturing operations.

CHICAGO - May River Capital, together with Longview Asset Management and Knox Capital Holdings LLC, completed a merger that brings together Stancor, L.P. with BJM Pumps LLC. The merged businesses will be a part of Industrial Flow Solutions, a portfolio company of May River Capital, which specializes in the design, manufacturing, sales and service of pumping and fluid management solutions for harsh, rugged environments.