CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Feb. 4, 2015) – Volvo Penta of the Americas announced the appointment of Marcelo Puscar as director of marketing.

Puscar will be responsible for managing and implementing a strategic marketing plan that builds, promotes and communicates Volvo Penta’s brand, products and services in the marine and industrial market sectors. He will report directly to Ron Huibers, president of Volvo Penta of the Americas.

GERMANTOWN, Wis. (Feb. 2015) – WAGO is pleased to announce the addition of Carlos Ruiz as Regional Sales Manager for the South Florida region.

“Carlos brings to the table a thorough knowledge of the needs of our customers in the region. His technical expertise and business acumen will help our customers find the right automation, interface and interconnect solutions for their application,” says Toby Thomman, vice president of sales.

BALTIMORE (Feb. 3, 2015) – On January 28, Danfoss hosted its 20th annual press briefing during the 2015 AHR Expo in Chicago. This year’s press briefing included discussions of four industry megatrends impacting the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) industry, and showcased a successful retrofit project with a 3-month payback.

KYOTO, Japan (Feb. 2, 2015) – Nidec Corporation has completed the acquisition of all of the shares in Gerate- und Pumpenbau GmbH Dr. Eugen Schmidt ("GPM") from its shareholders, through its subsidiary, Nidec Motors & Actuators (Germany) GmbH (NMA(G)), on Feb. 2, 2015. As a result of the transaction, GPM became a consolidated subsidiary of Nidec. The new subsidiaries are listed below.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2015) – Bentley Systems, Inc., a company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, announced that it has acquired France-based Acute3D, provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modeling.

Through reality modeling, observations of existing conditions are processed into representations for contextual alignment within design modeling and construction modeling environments.

WATERBURY, Conn. (Feb. 10, 2015) – Hubbard-Hall announced that Gerry Mastropietro has been appointed as the chief operating officer and executive vice president. Mastropietro will be reporting to Molly Kellogg, president and CEO of Hubbard-Hall.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Feb. 10 2015) – Since 1982, women have earned almost 10 million more college degrees than men. Yet, only 11 percent of practicing engineers are women, a stunning disparity that is robbing America of innovation, creativity and diverse thinking, and most women of the higher salaries available in the engineering field.

HOUSTON (5 February 2015) – InterMoor announced that Cohen Guidry has been appointed regional manager, West Africa. This is InterMoor’s lead West Africa management role, and Guidry will report to Tom Fulton, InterMoor’s global president.

Fulton said, “Cohen’s dedication, initiative and knowledge of the West Africa region will support our further business development in an important growth region for InterMoor and for the industry.”