ABB has signed an agreement to acquire U.S. transformer company Kuhlman Electric Corporation for an undisclosed amount from global private equity firm The Carlyle Group to expand its power products portfolio in the Americas.

Sulzer has appointed César Montenegro, currently Head of the Business Area North America of Sulzer Pumps, as new division president of Sulzer Metco and member of the executive committee of Sulzer.

The Hydraulic Institute recently completed its 2008 Spring Technical Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. During this successful event, nearly 100 top-level technical professionals from the pump industry met to discuss the development of new pump standards, energy efficient process controls, as