WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 11, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has been awarded a $617,000 contract from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) for five marine monitoring buoys that will collect high-quality data for researchers studying climate change in the Caribbean Sea, including the waters of Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, and Trinidad & Tobago.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Jan. 21, 2013) – Amanda Perry has been hired as the new associate editor for Cahaba Media Group’s pump magazines, Pumps & Systems and Upstream Pumping Solutions.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Feb. 8, 2013) – Quadna, a DXP Company, has hired Seth Derouen an application engineer. Prior to joining Quadna, Derouen was completing his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Arizona State University.
RAVENNA, Ohio (Feb. 8, 2013) – Vogelsang USA, Inc. appointed Scott Holtz as National Sales Manager. As National Sales Manager, Holtz will be responsible for managing all sales functions for North America. He will oversee the development of short and long-term sales strategies and develop and implement the annual sales plan.
MANCHESTER, U.K. (Feb. 7, 2013) – SERFILCO® Ltd. appointed Huw Williams as global general manager. To fulfill his new role, he has relocated to corporate headquarters in Northbrook, Ill., from SERFILCO’s International office in Manchester, UK, where he has been managing director for the past six years.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Feb. 7, 2013) – Cereplast, Inc., announced that it appointed Michael Okada as Chief Financial Officer, effective Feb. 5, 2013. Okada has been the acting Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company since February 2012.
ZURICH, Switzerland (Feb. 7, 2013) – ABB has won orders worth $160 million from Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd. for the design, supply, supervision of installation, testing and commissioning of the main electrical systems for seven next generation drill ships that will operate in the deep water oil and gas fields off the coast of Brazil. The orders were booked in the fourth quarter of last year and first quarter of this year.
(Jan 1, 2013) – Michael Stomberg (42), the previous Senior Vice President and Head of Division Mechanical Seals, became the successor to Dr. Walter Steinbach who retired from the company on December 31, 2012. Michael Stomberg (COO) is now one of three General Managers and a member of the EagleBurgmann Executive Board (TMT).
(Jan. 8, 2013) – Mette Refshauge has been appointed Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Danfoss, with effect from Jan. 7, 2013. She will join the Danfoss Group Committee, reporting to CEO & President, Niels B. Christiansen.
PUNE, India (Jan. 10, 2013) – Industrial manufacturer Eaton announced that Nitin Chalke has been named managing director of Eaton in India, reporting to Curt Hutchins, president – Asia Pacific. He succeeds Raja Kochar who has decided to leave Eaton to pursue other career interests, effective Jan. 18.