LEONBERG, Germany (Feb. 27, 2013) – Since Feb. 1 of this year, the Pump and System Division of the Lewa-Nikkiso Group has been led by a triumvirate. The former CEO of Lewa GmbH, Bernd Stütz, already left the company at the end of 2012. On Jan. 1, Naota Shikano took over as his successor. Shikano is now sharing responsibility for the pump and systems business of the entire group with Stefan Glasmeyer, who is responsible for sales, and with Dr.
BALTIMORE (Feb. 22, 2013) – Ole Møller-Jensen will take over as President of the Danfoss Power Electronics division with effect from March 2013. Ole Møller-Jensen is currently the Senior Vice President of the VLT Drives business unit in Danfoss Power Electronics. He joined Danfoss in 1978, and has held a number of positions primarily within sales & marketing, product development and business management.
PLYMOUTH, Mich. (Feb. 22, 2013) – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ laser welding process, which eliminates up to 73 percent of the engineered waste produced during traditional stamping operations, has won a coveted Manufacturing Leadership 100 Sustainability Award from Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council.
ANNECY, France (Feb. 21, 2013) – ClydeUnion Pumps, an SPX Brand, received a contract to supply a specialized fire protection pump for the Iberdrola S.A. Cofrentes nuclear power plant in Spain. The order for the seismic fire protection pump was awarded to SPX in December 2012 by the plant operator Iberdrola S.A. with a scheduled delivery in March 2014.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (Feb. 20, 2013) – IDEX CORPORATION announced the appointment of Cynthia ‘CJ’ Warner to the company’s Board of Directors.
GLASGOW, Scotland (Feb. 20, 2013) – The Weir Group PLC has extended its presence and capabilities in global mining and oil sands markets with the acquisition of a leading Canadian based manufacturer of wear resistant linings. In addition, Weir’s cost supply chain strategy has been advanced with the acquisition of a Malaysian foundry and agreement to acquire a heavy bay foundry in South Africa.
KYOTO, Japan (Feb. 20, 2013) – Nidec Corporation announced that it has established a new sales office named NIDEC ASI JAPAN CORPORATION in Tokyo, Japan, to increase brand exposure for NIDEC ASI S.p.A. and expand its sales in the Japanese and South Korean industrial applications markets.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2013) – Xylem Inc. and Empire State Development (ESD) jointly announced that Xylem will relocate its headquarters to a larger facility in Westchester County later this year, keeping more than 100 jobs in the state of New York and creating 15 more by 2016.
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 15, 2013) – Des-Case Corporation added a fourth lubrication consultant to its team of experts. Jim Frisbie, who will become an associate technical consultant, joined Des-Case from CCECO Lab & Filtration.
WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2013) – Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca M. Blank recently appointed George Vorsheim to the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) as a representative from Environment One Corporation (E/One) and of the U.S. environmental business community. The ETTAC provides private-sector advice to 19 federal departments and agencies on the development and administration of programs to expand U.S.