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. 

NEW YORK & KENTWOOD, Mich. -- Andronaco Industries (Andronaco), a vertically integrated designer, manufacturer, and distributor of specialty polymer and composite-engineered, corrosion-resistant flow control products, and EagleTree Capital on behalf of its private equity fund EagleTree Partners V (“EagleTree”), announced today that EagleTree acquired Andronaco Industries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The impeller and casing must be matched to each other or the results will be a disaster.