EDEN PRAIRE, Minn. (Feb. 21, 2014) – Power management company Eaton announced the X20 Challenge, encouraging the company’s customers to submit success stories highlighting where Eaton’s X20 portfolio of piston pumps have positively impacted a customer platform or application. One story will be chosen each quarter and will be featured in the company’s X20 portfolio advertising and social outreach campaign.

ERIE, Pa. (Feb. 25, 2014) – High Pressure Equipment Company (HiP) acquired Staffordshire Hydraulic Services Ltd. (SHS). SHS has been a key distribution partner for HiP for over 40 years. Additionally, SHS markets its own line of standard and customized high pressure equipment with application in the oil and gas, power generation and other industrial markets.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Feb. 25, 2014) – GE Vice Chairman John G. Rice and Lorraine Bolsinger, leader of GE’s new Distributed Power business, gathered with business and government officials in Jakarta to launch GE’s Distributed Power, a new business that combines three product lines – Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, Jenbacher Gas Engines and Waukesha Gas Engines – aimed to better serve the distributed power space.

Parsippany, N.J. (Feb. 25, 2014) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) announced the 2014-2015 Board of Directors and Officers during its Annual meeting recently held in Phoenix, Ariz. The Board is primarily responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the Hydraulic Institute and providing organization oversight.

CRANBURY, N.J. (Feb. 11, 2014) – CRP Industries Inc. has named Caitlin Travers as Senior Applications Engineer for its CRP Industrial business unit.

ALLENDALE and SOMERVILLE, N.J. (Feb. 24, 2014) – Leistritz announced the reorganization of its pumps, machine tools, turbine components and extrusion business units under the name Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp. effective immediately. The change reflects Leistritz’ commitment to further strengthen its North American operations.