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Flowserve Corp. announced this week that Jerry Rockstroh, currently vice president of supply chain, was named a corporate officer and will also assume the added responsibility of global vice president for the company’s Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) program.

Earth Tech Inc., a business unit of Tyco International Ltd, and a global provider of consulting, engineering and construction services, has named Randy A. Moore regional vice president in its North America Contract Operations business.

Earth Tech Inc., a business unit of Tyco International Ltd, and a global provider of consulting, engineering and construction services, has appointed Frank Gorry, P.E., and Lou Tortora, P.E., district managers for its Southeast and Northeast districts.

IDEX Corporation today announced that its vice president and controller, Clinton L. Kooman, will retire in December 2005 after 40 years of service to IDEX and its predecessor companies. Michael J. Yates has been appointed vice president and controller, effective October 10, 2005.

ITT Flygt’s Monitoring and Control (M&C) division has appointed Brian Lincoln as UK sales engineer. Brian joins the company with a wealth of sales experience having worked in the industry for more than 13 years. This includes roles within ITT Flygt’s submersible pumping division, …

To accelerate its global growth initiatives, Pentair announced a management realignment. Effective immediately, international operations are the responsibility of Vice Chairman Richard J. Cathcart and all non-North American businesses now report to Mr. Cathcart. Also effective immediately, …

The Board of Directors of ITT Industries, Inc. elected Steven F. Gaffney to the position of Vice President of the corporation. In September, Gaffney was named…

Merck KGaA announced that it has appointed Uta Kemmerich-Keil as head of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions department. She replaced Axel-Sven Malkomes, who has been named managing director of Merck Austria.

Crane Co. appoints Richard Koch to the position of director of investor relations. Mr. Koch brings to Crane Co. more than thirty-six years of corporate experience in investor relations, public affairs, business planning and engineering.

Robbins & Myers announced that Saeid Rahimian has been appointed president of the newly formed Robbins & Myers Fluid Management Group, which includes Moyno and R&M Energy Systems.