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Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the Company s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Peter A. Ragauss, intends to retire by the end of next year.

International Exposition Company (IEC), the organization that produces and manages the AHR Expo, was recently honored by the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) with its prestigious 2013 Public Service Award.

The pharmaceutical industry demands for UPW for injection (WFI) and UPW for cleaning process equipment and other uses will result in purchases close to $500 million in 2017 up from $425 million this year. This is the latest forecast in the continually updated Ultrapure Water: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has appointed Chunyuan Gu as head of its business in China and the North Asia region as of Jan. 1, 2014.

Starting 1 September, 2013, KMT Waterjet Systems has hired two new service technicians and reorganized the service team for the sales area Germany, Austria, Switzerland as well as the Netherlands and Luxemburg.