Industry News

Mars Valve UK, a Severn company, recently secured a 10 year agreement with Mars Taiwan to become the sole UK distributor.Despite the agreement taking longer than initially thought to achieve, the work from Rhys Jones, Chief Commercial Officer Severn Group and Sarah Jamison, Senior Legal Counsel Severn Group, has helped greatly to get this agreement over the line and put in place a much more robustly secure agreement that will help Mars Valve UK with its continued business growth.“This new agreement also displays the high level of trust built up over the last 12 months between Mars Valve UK and Mars Taiwan, after what was a difficult time for the business.

Fischer Process Industries, valve, pump and process equipment distributor, has acquired HE Danby Co, a long-standing American company.

Valmet Oyj and Neles Corporation have announced their Boards of Directors – in a combination agreement and merger – plan to combine the two companies.

PDC Valve, a Pittsburgh-based valve and actuator manufacturer, announced the appointment of Duane Draper as its National Sales Director.

Matco-Norca has welcomed Nora Koesel as the new Central Region Sales Manager. “We are thrilled to have Nora join our team.

Emerson, a global technology and industrial software leader, has announced the election of James Turley as Chair of the company’s Board of Directors.

Victaulic purchased a 220,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Lawrenceville, PA and celebrated with a grand reopening.

Velan has announced the appointment of Benoit Alain as its new Chief Financial Officer, as part of the planned succession of the Company’s finance department.

Spirax Sarco, a global leader in steam system engineering and management, has announced the appointment of Ivan Gottberg as President and General Manager of Spirax Sarco, Inc.

BHDT (BÖHLER Hochdrucktechnik) recently entered into a cooperation agreement with Southeast Valve Inc. (SVI). As a result of this agreement, SVI is now the only authorized repair facility for BHDT products in the U.S.