KENNESAW, Ga.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – MWI Pumps announced their new Marketing Manager, Paul A Laya, who has joined the team on Jan. 3, 2022. Laya comes with 22 years of industrial equipment experience working as a marketing manager for a major heavy equipment distributor in South Florida performing all aspects of digital marketing to lead management. Laya also owned his own digital marketing consulting company from July 2019 to Jan. 2022.

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. announced the promotion of Sloan Zupan to senior director of corporate marketing. Zupan has 22 years of experience in the automation industry.

In his role of senior director of corporate marketing, Sloan Zupan will lead a transformed marketing department at Mitsubishi Electric Automation. He will oversee marketing efforts in several spaces, including strategic marketing, product management, and product marketing.

NEW BERLIN, Wisc. - ACS Group (Sterlco Steam Control Products) has announced the hire of Ande Cushman to the position of steam business development manager. Reporting to Brad Fax, business unit manager, Cushman will be responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the sales channel. Cushman's focus will be on sales channel structure including the management of the OEM, Rep, and Distributor relationships. 

HOUSTON  – KP Engineering, LP (KPE), a player in the design and execution of customized EPC solutions for the refining, syngas, hydrogen and renewable fuels industries, has named William E. (Bill) Preston as its new president and chief executive officer (CEO).

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Motion Industries, Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts, and a provider of industrial technology solutions, has completed the purchase of Kaman Distribution Group (“KDG”) for a purchase price of approximately $1.3 billion in cash, effective January 3, 2022.