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Crane Co. announced that Max H. Mitchell was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Crane.

Pump Solutions Group is pleased to announce that Ueli Thuerig, who was previously named President of PSG Europe in June 2013, has been named to the newly created position of President of PSG EMEA.

After over 30 years of dedicated service Herman Schutte will no longer be employed by Parker Hannifin Netherlands by the end of May 2014. For almost 11 years now, Herman has been the General Manager of Sales Company Netherlands and under his guidance and leadership the Sales Company has grown from 80 to almost 200 employees and sales have three folded.

Pump Solutions Group is pleased to announce that David Wang has been named to the newly created position of President of PSG Asia. In his new role, Wang will assume all commercial and operational responsibilities for PSG’s operations in the Asia region, and will report directly to PSG President Dean Douglas.

The Poul Due Jensen Foundation, which is the majority shareholder of the Grundfos Group, has appointed an Executive Director as part of its efforts to enhance the professional level of its activities as an active and modern commercial foundation.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced the name of an additional member of the Executive Management team for its previously announced plan to spin off to its shareholders its Distribution Business as an independent publicly traded company.

The Board of Directors of Tencarva Machinery Company, headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., has elected Edwin W. Pearce III as president of Tencarva, effective January 1, 2014, after the retirement on December 31, 2013, of Rod Lee who served in that position for 16 years.

The Weir Group PLC is pleased to announce the following two appointments to its Group Executive from 1 January 2014.

The Weir Group PLC announces the appointment of Mary Jo Jacobi to the Board as a Non-Executive Director, with effect from 1 January 2014.

On December 21, 2013, Manfred Wennemer has informed the Sulzer Board and Management, that he has decided to resign from the board for personal reasons as of December 31, 2013.