Eddie Olivo joins NETZSCH as regional sales manager
NETZSCH Pumps announced that Eddie Olivo has joined the NETZSCH team as the new regional sales manager for the central region. He will be responsible for managing the sales to industrial and municipal distributors in the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and the upper peninsula of Michigan, plus Northern Indiana for municipal only.
Veolia North America acquires U.S. Industrial Technologies
Veolia North America has completed the acquisition of U.S. Industrial Technologies, a Michigan-based provider of total waste and recycling services that has managed industrial waste streams for manufacturers, medium and small businesses, and governments and municipalities since 1996. The transaction includes the acquisition of USIT’s main operational location in Livonia, Michigan and another operation in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Livonia center serves as a collection and storage location for complex waste streams from a wide variety of customers, most notably in the manufacturing sector. USIT employs more than 70 people at company-owned and customer facilities.
Flomatic names new municipal and OEM sales manager
Appointed by President Nick Farrara, Flomatic has promoted Jim Tucci to municipal and OEM sales manager. With an engineering background and over two decades of industry experience, including the past ten years at Flomatic, Tucci will take on the responsibility of cultivating relationships with OEM partners, municipal authorities and engineers.
Hydraulic Institute expands on-demand training resources
The Hydraulic Institute announced two of its new on-demand training products developed with its educational subsidiary, Pump Systems Matter. The Introduction to Pump Fundamentals is an on-demand workforce development training resource applicable to anyone with interest in the industry and is a starting resource for onboarding of new employees in sales, marketing, engineering, technicians and operations. The thirteen Pump and Systems Fundamentals Training on-demand sessions provide a next level fundamental understanding of all aspects of the system, pump, components and operation, which is specifically designed for pump manufacturers, sales reps, system designers, consultants and end users of pumps and systems.
Endress+Hauser breaks ground on new U.S. headquarters
Endress+Hauser and its sales and service partner, George E. Booth Co., broke ground on an approximately 106,000-square-foot commercial office and light industry facility in Greenwood, Indiana. The facility will house Endress+Hauser’s projects and solutions, human resources and legal departments as well as a design and innovation studio for early education and workforce development. As part of the studio, approximately 2,500 square feet will be dedicated to STEM, allowing K-8 educators to visit the company’s campus for field trips and extracurricular enrichment.
SIMFLO promotes Neubauer to VP of sales
SIMFLO has promoted Del Neubauer to the role of vice president of sales. Neubauer, who has been with SIMFLO for two years, previously served as vice president of engineered products for the company. A veteran of the pump industry for more than 30 years, Neubauer has held various sales and sales management positions focused on pumping solutions for industrial, municipal and other applications. In his new role, Neubauer will be responsible for leading SIMFLO’s outside sales team, covering the municipal, industrial, agricultural and turf irrigation markets.
Shandong Zhangqiu Blower celebrates 55th anniversary
Shandong Zhangqiu Blower, a global supplier of rotary lobe blowers, celebrated its 55th anniversary in October 2023. Founded in 1968, SZB now employs more than 1,400 people. After 30 years of establishing a solid foundation in China, the company began to export its blowers in the late 1990s. In 2008, with over 40 years of blower manufacturing experience, SZB established Eurus Blower in the U.S. The company manufactures positive displacement blowers, PD blower packages, multistage centrifugal blowers, screw blowers, vacuum pumps and slurry pumps. Types of PD blowers include bi-lobed rotor and tri-lobed rotor PD blowers.
WABAG to utilize Pani ZED in India
A partnership was announced by AI innovator Pani Energy and the third largest private water treatment operator in the world, WABAG. Starting in January, WABAG will be implementing Pani’s water treatment plant optimization SaaS solution, Pani ZED, in one of India’s largest water reuse plants, with additional treatment plants scheduled to adopt Pani’s operations intelligence platform later on.
