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With May 1, 2014, Mr. Michael Auer took charge for international sales at Zuwa. In his position he is responsible for all strategic and operative sales activities of the German pump manufacturer with focus on professional Impeller pumps and spraying devices.

Crest Pumping Services, Part of Crest Pumps Group have been selected as one of the finalists for the Pump Industry Awards 2015 in the category of ‘Distributor of the Year’.

Isabelle Welton and Rudolf Huber, members of the Board of Directors of Georg Fischer, will not stand for re-election at the next Annual Shareholders Meeting on 18 March 2015. The Board of Directors is to propose Eveline Saupper for election as a new member. A statutory reduction of the Board size from ten to nine members will be submitted to the shareholders.

Effective immediately, Richard Thompson has been appointed Vice President, Ebara Fluid Handling Division (FHD) and will assume full management and overall operations of the division.

Flowserve Corporation has announced that it has completed the acquisition of SIHI Group B.V., a global provider of engineered vacuum and fluid pumps and related services.

Sales of industrial pumps will reach $58.5 billion in 2019 according to the latest forecasts in Pumps World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.

In the last Supervisory Board meeting, the contract of CEO Oliver Hermes was extended early to last until 31 December 2020.

Gerd von Brandenstein, Peter Gruss and Berthold Huber have announced that they will resign from the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG, effective the end of the Annual Shareholders Meeting on January 27, 2015. As of the spring of 2015, Gruss will head the new Siemens Technology & Innovation Council (STIC) that is being established by Siemens Managing Board.

Xylem has been recognised with a leading Swedish business magazine’s ‘Swedish Innovation Prize’ for its Flygt SmartRun intelligent pump controller. Working in tandem with Xylem’s Flygt Experior wastewater pumping solution, SmartRun can reduce a wastewater pump station’s energy usage by up to 50 percent.

GE formally announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Subsea Electric Actuator product line of Oceaneering, a global provider of engineering services and products to the oil and gas industry.