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The Supervisory Board of GEA Group has appointed Marcus A. Ketter (50) to the company’s Executive Board with effect from May 20, 2019. He is set to succeed the long-standing Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Helmut Schmale (62), who will leave the company as of May 17, 2019.

OPW Engineered Systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Mohammad “Mo” Noful to the position of Product Manager.

Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that Jennifer A. Parmentier, currently Vice President and President – Engineered Materials Group, has been appointed Vice President and President – Motion Systems Group.

Parker Hannifin Corporation announced the election of Laura K. Thompson to its Board of Directors, effective January 23, 2019.

CFO Dr. Hanns-Peter Ohl left the company at the end of the year on the best of terms. The company thanks Dr. Ohl for the outstanding achievements he has made for the Netzsch Group. Jens Niessner has taken on the role of CFO on an interim basis.

Flowserve Corporation announced that Dr. Tauseef Salma will join Flowserve as Vice President, Marketing & Technology, beginning Monday, February 11.

Dr Jochen Opländer, shareholder and honorary chairman of the Supervisory Board of WILO SE and founder of the Wilo-Foundation, has named Wilo SE’s CEO Oliver Hermes (48) as his business successor. In addition to this, he granted Oliver Hermes, who has been part of the global technology specialist’s Executive Board since October 2006 and has led the company as its CEO for many years, an entrepreneurial equity participation in Wilo SE.

Q.E.D. Environmental Systems announces that Mark Weinberger has been appointed President of Q.E.D. Environmental Systems. Mr. Weinberger brings years of leadership on product design, engineering, and development to Q.E.D.’s environmental business, which manufactures fluid management and gas analysis solutions for the environmental monitoring and remediation markets.

Leading pump manufacturer Grundfos has announced the appointment of Hideo Shirakawa to the role of Area Managing Director (AMD) of Grundfos East Asia with effect from January 1st, 2019.

The Board of Directors of Georg Fischer Ltd. has appointed Andreas Müller (48) as CEO of the Corporation. He will at the Annual Shareholders Meeting of 17 April 2019 take over from Yves Serra, who has reached the retirement age of 65. Yves Serra will be proposed for election to the Board of Directors of GF.