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Grundfos has recently appointed Mr Hasan Avci to head its Strategy, Commercial Excellence and Marketing functions in the Asia Pacific region. The new appointment reflects the company’s intent to strengthen customer centricity with the support of improved commercial excellence processes.

Flowserve Corporation announced that Karyn F. Ovelmen will join Flowserve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2015.

The Board of Directors of Franklin Electric Co. announced that Chairman of the Board, R. Scott Trumbull, will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Friday May 8, 2015. Upon Mr. Trumbull s retirement, the Board has appointed Mr. Gregg C. Sengstack to serve as Chairman.

National Oilwell Varco announced that Jeremy D. Thigpen has informed the Company of his resignation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in order to become Chief Executive Officer of Transocean, one of NOV’s largest customers. Scott K. Duff, NOV’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer has been named as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

Renesas Electronics appoints Takao Endo as the new Representative Director, Chairman and CEO.

The Hydraulic Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael B. Michaud as the Institute’s next Executive Director. He begins his new role May 1, 2015.

Xylem Inc. today announced that Steven Leung will join the company as Senior Vice President and President, Emerging Markets, effective April 1, 2015.

As of 1 March 2015, Felix Kröll is the sole managing director of Halm Pumpen + Motoren GmbH (formerly Richard Halm GmbH & Co. KG). This management change marks a key milestone in the company’s transition to the next generation.

Atlas Copco Compressors has announced the appointment of Mark Ranger as Business Line Manager of its Oil-Free Air division in the UK. In his new role, Mark is aiming to sustain Atlas Copco’s market-leading position in the provision of oil-free compressors to key sectors including food and beverage manufacturing, chemical and petrochemical processing, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and electronics, where absolute assurance of air purity is a high priority. At the same time he will be developing the market position of oil-injected compressors over 90kW, which are the backbone of many larger manufacturing processes.

The Hydraulic Institute announced the 2015-2016 Board of Directors and Officers during its Annual meeting recently held in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Board is primarily responsible for guiding the strategic direction of HI and providing organization oversight.