BEAUMONT, Texas (May 23, 2013) – National Pump & Compressor continues its expansion in the Midwest and East Coast with the grand openings of branches in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. NPC has expanded in key territories of the pump business and these new locations promise to be the continuation of this corporate initiative.
BOULDER, Colo. (May 17, 2013) – FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, announced the grand opening of its new corporate headquarters at 5395 Pearl Parkway (Suite 100) in Boulder. The new space accommodates a much larger manufacturing facility to support new and expanding business, a state-of-the art product testing center, and increased space for the continued growth of its employee base.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (May 16, 2013) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has announced that registration is now open for the 2013 Market Outlook Workshop. The annual event will take place in San Diego on August 8 – 9 and will provide attendees with current and specific market insights on both the valve and pump industries. Prior to the event, on August 7, HI will host the HI Market Intelligence Committee meeting and dinner for pump industry analysts associated with HI member companies.
Rock Island, Ill. (April 26, 2013) – Inpro/Seal, the inventor of the original Bearing Isolator and world leader in Bearing Isolator technology, announces that the Inpro/Seal Bearing Isolator has received IP66 rating through third party testing performed at Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
MANSFIELD, Ohio (May 31, 2013) – The Gorman-Rupp Company announced the promotion of Jamie Schoenian to the position of Rental Sales Manager. In this capacity, Jamie will be responsible for sales, service, aftermarket, technical support and product forecasting between Gorman-Rupp and National Rental Accounts.
KIMBERLY, WI (May 31, 2013) – Jim Jack, Reliability Engineer for Georgia-Pacific, received an award for manufacturing excellence from Crane Engineering and manufacturing partner ITT Goulds Pumps, one of the world’s leading providers of industrial pumps.
PORT ORANGE, FL (May 31, 2013) – Thompson Pump announced that Bobby Thompson is its Branch Manager of the Year. Of the 21 Thompson Pump branch operations nationwide, Bobby Thompson is the manager of the Panama City, Fla., location and was recently promoted to territory manager which extends from Mobile, Ala., to Tallahassee, Fla., and includes Southwestern Georgia and portions of Southern Alabama.
LA MARQUE, Texas (May 29, 2013) – Conhagen Industries and its Vice President of Engineering Dennis Bowman, P.E., announced the addition of Javier Duran to the engineering staff. Mr. Duran who has a BS in engineering and a Masters in economics has more than 10 years of experience in the re-rate and redesign of pumps.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (May 14, 2013) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) recognized and honored A. Bruce Ticknor, Director of Engineering, National Pump Company, as its first recipient of its Young Engineer of the Year award. The 2012 award was presented to Mr. Ticknor during HI’s 2013 Annual meeting in Fort Myers, Florida.
WASHINGTON (May 21, 2013) – U.S. Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today presented The Gorman-Rupp Company with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.