DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – SJE has announced that Bjorn Haldorsen has been promoted to chief executive officer. Haldorsen joined SJE in May 2022 as president of the Engineered Division. Mike Suter, the current chief executive officer, will transition to the SJE Board of Directors.

LAWERENCE, Mass. – Asahi/America, Inc. has announced the addition of Brian Zagrodny to its outside sales team as national sales manager for fabricated products.

LAWERENCE, Mass. – Asahi/America, Inc. has announced the addition of Edwina Merin Johns as valve and actuation product manager to its technical service team.

Johns will be responsible for maintaining all product documentation and technical sales tools for the company’s portfolio of valve and actuation products. She will be working closely with the company’s sales team to support customers’ industrial valve and actuation applications.

GROVETOWN, Ga. – Sid Higdon has been promoted to director of service GIW Industries, Inc., part of KSB SupremeServ. Higdon will oversee the growing service business and centers in Mulberry, Florida; Thomson, Georgia and Ft. McMurray, Canada.

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Ingersoll Rand Inc.has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Howden Roots LLC (“Roots”) from Chart Industries, Inc. for an all-cash purchase price of approximately $300 million.

GERMANTOWN, Wis. – WAGO Corporation has recently named Brandon Draper their new zone manager for the Western United States.  This territory includes California and parts of Northern Nevada. Having received his Masters in Engineering from Cornell as well as a Masters in Business from Purdue University, Draper has held various management positions.