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Wilo USA welcomes Eric Kearbey as Midwest Regional Sales Manager for Water Management.

Christian Kruse is the new head of sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region). He has a background in economic studies and will take over his new function on 17 November 2014.

Siemens Building Technologies Division will have a new CEO on January 1, 2015. Matthias Rebellius (49) is succeeding Johannes Milde (61), who is resigning as Division CEO at the end of this year. Milde will continue to support the company for some time to come.

Patricia Vega is the new president and CEO of GE Oil & Gas for Latin America. She will be responsible to maintain the prominent position assumed by the company in the oil and gas market, contributing to the development of customized solutions that meet the specific demands of customers and partners in the region.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Europe’s premier research and development organization, is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its U.S. subsidiary – its largest outside of Germany. As part of the celebration, Fraunhofer will be introducing its new Fraunhofer USA management team, while highlighting its focus over the next 20 years in terms of fostering innovation through international collaboration.

Xylem Inc. announced the appointment of Claudia Toussaint as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective October 29, 2014. She will report directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Decker, and her nomination to become a corporate officer of Xylem will be presented to the company s board of directors on October 15, 2014.

Two mandates to the Andritz AG Executive Board will expire at the end of 2014 and one at the end of the first quarter of 2015. At today’s meeting, the Andritz AG Supervisory Board passed the following resolutions:

After more than 12 years of dedicated service to Parker Hannifin BeLux, Frans Heirbaut, General Manager, retired on June 30th.

Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that Kimberly A. Ross, has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective October 22, 2014.

Leading global pump manufacturer, Grundfos, has named Mr Okay Barutçu as its new Regional Managing Director for the Asia Pacific with effect from 1 August 2014. He takes over from Mr Poul Due Jensen, who after 7 years in Singapore is returning to assume the position of Senior Vice President for Branding, Marketing and Guest Services at Grundfos’ global headquarters in Denmark.