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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Holland Pump Company, an independent specialty pump rental and dewatering solutions provider, announced it has completed the acquisition of Pump Service & Supply of Troy – PSS, based in Troy, New York. This marks the third acquisition since partnering with XPV Water Partners and adds to Holland Pump's extensive pump fleet and complete dewatering services offering.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has granted $200,000 for the Advancing Low-Energy Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal project. The project will develop research and guidelines for the design, implementation and operation of sustainable, low energy processes for biological nutrient removal at water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs).

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – MWI Pumps announced their new Marketing Manager, Paul A Laya, who has joined the team on Jan. 3, 2022. Laya comes with 22 years of industrial equipment experience working as a marketing manager for a major heavy equipment distributor in South Florida performing all aspects of digital marketing to lead management. Laya also owned his own digital marketing consulting company from July 2019 to Jan. 2022.

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. announced the promotion of Sloan Zupan to senior director of corporate marketing. Zupan has 22 years of experience in the automation industry.

In his role of senior director of corporate marketing, Sloan Zupan will lead a transformed marketing department at Mitsubishi Electric Automation. He will oversee marketing efforts in several spaces, including strategic marketing, product management, and product marketing.

NEW BERLIN, Wisc. - ACS Group (Sterlco Steam Control Products) has announced the hire of Ande Cushman to the position of steam business development manager. Reporting to Brad Fax, business unit manager, Cushman will be responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the sales channel. Cushman's focus will be on sales channel structure including the management of the OEM, Rep, and Distributor relationships. 

NEW YORK & KENTWOOD, Mich. -- Andronaco Industries (Andronaco), a vertically integrated designer, manufacturer, and distributor of specialty polymer and composite-engineered, corrosion-resistant flow control products, and EagleTree Capital on behalf of its private equity fund EagleTree Partners V (“EagleTree”), announced today that EagleTree acquired Andronaco Industries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.