Kimberly, Wis. – Crane Engineering announced that they finalized the acquisition of Rapids Process Equipment (RPE), a company providing service and repair primarily to the pulp and paper industry in northern Minnesota.

The deal adds a fourth location for Crane Engineering and further supports their expansion into Minnesota. Crane Engineering added a Service Center in Burnsville, Minnesota in September 2020.

BALTIMORE, Md. – Hazen and Sawyer has announced the appointment of Kate Naughton PE, CFM as Principal Engineer.

Naughton most recently worked in the Dams and Hydraulics Section of a consulting engineering firm for more than seven years, where her duties included performing hydrologic, hydraulic, and safe yield studies for water resources infrastructure projects, as well as facilitating emergency action plans and exercises for high hazard dams.

DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) succession plan in which Lynn M. Bamford, currently President of the Defense and Power Segments, will be named President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors, following David C. Adams’ planned retirement as CEO on January 1, 2021. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Adams, 67, will continue as Executive Chairman of the Board through May 2022, at which time Ms.