Solenis acquires CedarChem, enhancing water/wastewater treatment capabilities
Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals for water-intensive industries, completed the acquisition of CedarChem LLC in October. As part of the acquisition, Solenis will acquire all CedarChem operating assets. Headquartered in Cedartown, Georgia, CedarChem offers a full suite of water and wastewater treatment products for industrial and municipal markets, primarily in the southeastern U.S.
Xylem announces leadership changes
Xylem announced that after a decade leading Xylem, President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Decker will retire as CEO at the end of 2023. As part of the company’s long-term succession planning process, Decker will be succeeded by Matthew Pine, Xylem’s chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1. At that time, Decker will retire from Xylem’s board and Pine will join as a director.
Garry Queen joins DSI/Dynamatic as sales application engineer
DSI/Dynamatic welcomed Garry Queen as a new sales application engineer and will work with its municipal market customers. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and is licensed to practice in several states. With more than 30 years’ experience designing and applying electrical power, controls and automation systems, Queen has provided engineering services to companies including IBM, ArcelorMittal, Schneider Electric, Baldor Electric and ABB throughout his career.
Aquadose’s AD-150 dosing system has new distribution partner
Aquadose’s AD-150, an automatically adjustable, portable chemical dosing system, has secured sole distribution with pipeline equipment specialist AHS Pipeline Innovation, based in Leeds, United Kingdom. Primarily used in the chlorination and dechlorination of pipelines, the AD0150 is regarded as an intelligent dosing system due to its automatic flow-proportional dosing control and process validation.
Atlas Copco acquires dewatering pump manufacturer Sykes Group
Atlas Copco acquired Australian-based Sykes Group from Seven Group Holdings Ltd. Sykes is a global manufacturer of dewatering pumps and is headquartered in Newcastle, New South Wales. With 123 employees worldwide, Sykes serves the mining and wastewater segments with a wide range of surface dewatering pumps. It also provides chopper and cutter technologies for wastewater applications and has a portfolio of hydraulic submersible pumps.
Mark Moore named as new sales manager for Blue-White
Blue-White has welcomed Mark Moore as its new regional sales manager, and will support both the municipal and industrial markets. He will serve clients in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.
Environmental Site Solutions acquired by Newterra
Newterra acquired the assets of Environmental Site Solutions, a Seattle area-based supplier specializing in filtration systems tailored to water treatment solutions. Founded in 2018, ESS specializes in the supply and turnkey services for water treatment filtration solutions, including water treatment equipment, filter system rentals and leases, system integration, filter media (including granular activated carbon), ion exchange resin, proprietary trace metals removal media and exchange services and system services.
