CHARLESTON, S.C. (July 18, 2013) – Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) announced the appointment of Joel Levitt as the director of international projects for the Reliability Consulting Group (RCG). Levitt has been facilitating training courses at the Life Cycle Institute for over 10 years while also serving as the president of Springfield Resources, a maintenance management training and consulting firm. The new role is an expansion of the existing partnership and is effective immediately.

Monroe, N.C. (July 24, 2013) – Colfax Fluid Handling, a business of Colfax Corporation and a global leader in fluid-handling solutions for critical applications, announced that that its Allweiler brand, based in Radolfzell, Germany, has been awarded third place in the Baden-Württembergian state competition for environmental technology in the Measurement, Control, and Regulation category.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (July 22, 2013) – The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. announced that it has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corp. in recognition of achieving excellence in customer service and support in 2012. Since 2000, the award has been presented annually to companies who, as rated solely by their own customers, exceeded expectations in customer satisfaction during the prior calendar year.

MALDEN, Mass. (July 19, 2013) – Asahi/America, Inc., a manufacturer of thermoplastic fluid flow technologies, has redesigned their Internet website. The new site offers engineers, designers, installers and plant managers a wealth of technical and product information encompassing the entire Asahi/America family of products including valves, actuators, piping systems and high purity products.