DORTMUND, Germany -- Wilo has announced significant changes to its management with the resignations of two executive board members and a refocus on technology, sales and finances.

Effective August 1, Wilo will reshuffle the board to pursue the long-term implementation of program "Ambition 2020+". Executive board members Markus Beukenberg and Eric Lachambre have also announced their intentions to resign from the board on July 31.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- The WateReuse Association, a trade association dedicated to advancing water recycling, has named Patricia Sinicropi its news executive director.

Sinicropi will take on the position effective September 5.

She replaces Melissa Meeker, who left WateReuse for the CEO position at the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation, which works closely with WateReuse.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Atlas Copco has completed a partial acquisition of Mobilaris MCE AB, a Swedish company that provides advanced software for underground mining operations.

Atlas Copco first announced its plans in June to acquire 34 percent of Mobilaris. The companies have not disclosed a purchase price, and Mobilaris will continue to operate as a separate company.

ZURICH -- ABB last week completed its acquisition of Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH, Austria-based independent provider focused on product- and software-based, open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide.

ABB first announced its acquisition plans in April 2017. The transaction was financed in cash.

SEATTLE -- Seeq Corporation is expanding with five new U.S. hires.

According to a Seeq release, the expansion is aimed at getting faster insights on production data. The company has hired Todd Amy, sales executive in Houston; Jennifer Bentzel, director of marketing in Pennsylvania; Cody Ray Hoeft, software developer in Oregon; Michael Talmadge, analytics engineer in Houston; and Joanna Zinsli, analytics engineer in the Bay Area.

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