HOUSTON (July 31, 2013) – Harrington Industrial Plastics announced the opening of a branch location in Houston, Texas. The official opening date will be in August 2013. This branch will expand service to customers who were previously out of reach in the southeast Texas region. Harrington will now have four branch locations in Texas: Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston.

KYOTO, Japan (Aug. 1, 2013) – Nidec Corporation announced the status of the company's own share repurchase under its ongoing repurchase plan resolved at a meeting of the board of directors held on January 24, 2013, pursuant to Article 459, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the company’s Act of Japan.

Details of Share Repurchase:

1. Period of own share repurchase: From July 1, 2013, through July 31, 2013
2. Class of shares: common stock

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Aug. 19, 2013) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2013 Fall meeting will take place Oct. 23 – 25, 2013, at the Grand Historic Venue & Embassy Suites Downtown Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. Registration is now open to HI Members, Associate Members, Standards Partners, and Utilities & Energy Efficiency NGOs who are sponsors of Pump Systems Matter. Eligible prospective members are welcome to attend with advance approval.

NEWNAN, Ga. (July 25, 2013) – Yokogawa Corporation of America announced that it is offering electric vehicle charging stations to employees at its Newnan, GA facility. ECOtality, Inc.—a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies—has installed two Blink® Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at Yokogawa Newnan as part of its EV Project.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Aug. 5, 2013) – AMETEK Process Instruments has been awarded a contract to supply UV process gas analyzers for the Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU) and Tail Gas Treating Units (TGTU) at the Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company’s (Al Hosn Gas) Shah Gas Field project in the United Arab Emirates. The contract is valued at approximately $4.6 million.