ERLANGER, KY (Dec. 12, 2014) – Smith Flow Control (SFC) has added ACE Controls & Equipment Inc to its distributor network in the U.S.

Located in Bakersfield, California, ACE Controls serves the oil, gas, water and processing industries, offering a complete suite of services, including start-up and commissioning, valve actuator adaptation and mounting, certified calibration and repairs.

DES PLAINES, Illinois (11 December 2014)—More than half of Americans support the development of additional infrastructure to expand the use of natural gas in the U.S., according to a poll conducted for Honeywell's UOP business, a supplier of technology and equipment to natural gas producers. An even larger number, three-quarters of respondents, agreed that the development of natural gas is driving economic growth in the U.S., underpinning the support for infrastructure development.

KYOTO, Japan (Dec. 11, 2014) – Nidec Corporation has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Gerate- und Pumpenbau GmbH Dr. Eugen Schmidt (GPM) from its shareholders through Nidec’s subsidiary, Nidec Motors & Actuators (Germany) GmbH (NMA(G)). For this purpose, Nidec entered into a share purchase and transfer agreement with each of GPM's shareholders.

RABAT (31 October 2014)—Morocco’s energy strategy is very much on target, with notable advances in wind and solar power and on fuel subsidy reform, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its in-depth review of Morocco's energy policies. The new report notes that while the country’s power sector restructuring is underway, there is scope for further progress in energy efficiency.

YONKERS, N.Y. (Dec. 10, 2014) – Graphite Metallizing Corporation has appointed Kirk Staller as sales engineering representative for the Midwest U.S. and Ontario, Canada.

Staller holds a B.S. degree from Purdue University and has more than 20 years of experience in the industrial marketplace, much of it with a manufacturer of centrifugal pumps. He will be based out of his Michigan office.

WINONA, Minn. (Dec. 10, 2014) - RTP Company has announced the acquisition of three production facilities from Alloy Polymers, Inc. The three plants, located in Richmond, Virginia, Crockett, Texas, and Orange, Texas, will be merged with the previous RTP Company acquisition of Alloy Polymers’ Gahanna, Ohio, plant. Cary Street Partners LLC represented Alloy Polymers in both transactions.