chief executive officer (CEO) of Lewa GmbH on 1 January 2013 (see Pump Industry Analyst, December 2012), Naota Shikano is now running the Lewa-Nikkiso Group’s Pump and System Division with new executive board members Stefan Glasmeyer and Dr Martin Fiedler. Glasmeyer is responsible for sales, while Dr Fiedler is head of the operations division. During his career, Glasmeyer has worked for a number of pump manufacturers including KSB, Textron Union Pumps, Lewa and Grundfos, in sales, marketing and project management, with a particular focus on the oil & gas industry. His most recent role was as director of Grundfos GmbH’s Industrial Division. Glasmeyer is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Dr Fiedler has had leadership positions in machine and systems engineering at MAN Turbo and General Electric, with engineering, purchasing and fabrication responsibilities, serving global customers in the oil & gas, process and energy production industries. Recently he has been global supply chain head at GE Gas Engines, where he was responsible for production in Austria and the US. Lewa-Nikkiso says that it plans to continue its Creating Fluid Solutions strategy, keeping the customer process in focus. The company will focus on targeted portfolio expansion, continue to engage in its high-growth target markets, and diversify into other industries with the aim of achieving sales of E500 million within the next four years. The new management team will be based at the company’s strategic headquarters in Leonberg, Germany.

www.lewa.com

GEA Group AG until 2016. The GEA supervisory board has extended Oleas’s contract as CEO by another three years until 31 December 2016. “We are very much looking forward to continue the long-time and successful cooperation with

chairman of the GEA Group supervisory board. 55-year old Oleas, a Swiss national, has been CEO of GEA Group since 2004. He has been a member of the company’s executive board since 2001.

www.gea.com

Ebara International Corp (EIC) has recently appointed Edward Garcia as global vice president of sales & business development. Garcia joins Ebara with more than 12 years of experience in business development, strategic marketing and commercial leadership and nine years of experience in LNG and cryogenics. He has broad experience and success in driving, managing and executing global-scale energy and industrial projects involving renewables, emerging technologies and highly engineered products. “EIC is very excited to bring Ed on board to lead our sales and business development team,” said EIC CEO Joel Madison. “His previous experience and personality will help drive a more intense focus on developing solutions for our customers. We expect this to provide benefits in terms of more diverse product offerings and a higher level of customer satisfaction throughout the project cycle.” “EIC is keen to further penetrate new geographic markets and product segments with new technologies, providing a significant and exciting opportunity for both the company and myself. I am very pleased to be part of the EIC family,” said Garcia. Before joining EIC, Garcia most recently led strategy and business development efforts for Hanwha, a Korean conglomerate and a successful new entrant to the North American solar industry. He has also worked with Taylor-Wharton, a manufacturer of bulk and portable cyrogenic storage units, and with the Linde Group, where he was head of liquefied natural gas (LNG) business development and vice president of business development.

www.ebaraintl.comNetzsch Pumps North America LLC has expanded its sales force by hiring Jan Torrellas as regional sales manager for the southwest region of the US. Houston, Texas-based Torrellas will be responsible for supporting Netzsch’s industrial and municipal distributors in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Western Tennessee as well as the OEMs and engineering/contractors located in the region. Netzsch Pumps North America has also named David Fillo as business field manager for dosing technology with responsibility for the North American market for the dosing and meter mix industries. Fillo has spent

the majority of his more than 30-year career pioneering the acceptance of progressing cavity pumps for hard- to-dispense, highly abrasive and viscous applications. Fillo will be based in St Louis, Missouri.

www.netzschusa.comSpirax-Sarco Engineering plc chief executive Mark Vernon has been appointed as a non-executive director of Liqtech International Inc, a clean technology company that provides technologies for gas and liquid purification using ceramic silicon carbide filters.

www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com and www.liqtech.com

Hydraulic Institute (HI) has named Pentair, Fairbanks Nijhuis chief engineer Arnold Sdano as its 2012 Member of the Year. The HI board of directors selected Sdano for distinguishing himself by the level and intensity of his involvement with the organisation and for advancing its technical work. His recent contributions include a number of key ANSI/HI standards including Rotodynamic (Centrifugal and Vertical) Pumps - Guideline for Allowable Operating Region (ANSI/HI 9.6.3), Rotodynamic Pumps Guideline for NPSH Margin (ANSI/HI 9.6.1), and Rotodynamic (Centrifugal and Vertical) Pump Efficiency Prediction (HI 20.3-2010). Other contributions include a white paper featuring system efficiency, a draft test standard related to energy efficiency, and support of a process by which HI standards development will be transferred to an XML Structured Authoring environment. Sdano has been an active HI participant for more than 21 years. He has helped to shape the direction of future standards work within HI and has been a leader and contributor on many standards and guideline writing committees. Gregg Romanyshyn, HI technical director, said: “Mr Sdano is always eager to volunteer to lead an HI committee or provide technical content where needed. He is well respected by his peers for his depth of knowledge, broad experience, and credible communications. His contributions to the Institute are considerable and clearly significant.” Sdano received the award at the HI’s 2013 Annual Meeting in Fort Myers, Florida, USA.

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