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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.

Sulzer announces a reduction of the size of its Executive Committee and a new leader for its Pumps Equipment division.

Change is taking place at the top of the Endress+Hauser Group. Effective 1 March 2019, Dr Andreas Mayr will become Chief Operating Officer (COO) responsible for sales, production and support, thus assuming more responsibility on the Executive Board. In this function he will serve as deputy CEO to Matthias Altendorf. On 1 October 2018, Jörg Stegert joined the Group to oversee the entire personnel area as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

Richard Harden, Managing Director of Wilo UK Ltd has been announced as the new President of the British Pump Manufacturers Association Limited (BPMA).

Colin Hall (47) was appointed to the Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft by order of the Düsseldorf local court. Colin Hall, an American national, is Head of Investments at Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), simultaneously holding the position of CEO at Sienna Capital, a 100 percent subsidiary of GBL. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Ing. Werner J. Bauer (67), who resigned from the Supervisory Board for personal reasons as of November 12, 2018.