TOPSFIELD, Mass. (Jan. 3, 2017)—The International Desalination Association (IDA) announced that Holly Johnson Churman, P.E., technology manager at Water Standard, has been named the recipient of its 2016-17 Fellowship Award.

MANSFIELD, Ohio (Jan. 3, 2017)—The Board of Directors of The Gorman-Rupp Company elected James C. Kerr to the position of chief financial officer effective January 1, 2017, in accordance with the company’s succession planning announcement of July 6, 2016, according to a statement from the company.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (Jan. 3, 2017)—IDEX Corporation announced that William K. Grogan has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company.

Grogan has been at IDEX for five years and has served as vice president of finance, operations since 2015. Prior to that, he was chief financial officer for the company’s Health and Science Technologies and Fire, Safety and Diversified Technologies segments from 2012 to 2015.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 3, 2017)—APR Energy, a global leader in fast-track power solutions, and GE announced they have renewed their strategic alliance to provide mobile turbine technology into the fast-track power rental market.

WILMINGTON, Mass. (Jan. 2, 2017)—Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) announced the opening of a new Canadian sales and support hub, Watson-Marlow Canada Inc. in Concord, Ontario, according to a statement from the company.

The new office was established to deliver Canadian customers full local sales support for customer service, engineering and supply of all WMFTG products, the company said.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Dec. 22, 2016)—The Hydraulic Institute announced that member company Taco Inc. had its pump test laboratory approved through the HI Pump Test Lab Approval Program.

The approved pump test lab is located at the company headquarters in Cranston, Rhode Island.