Pump Solutions Group (PSG), a business unit within Dover Corp. and a leader in the manufacture of positive displacement pumps and related technologies, has appointed Jeff Zhang General Manager for PSG’s Shanghai facility in Lingang, China.

Lisa Fine, of Joules Angstrom, and Joseph K. Lyou, SCAQMD Governing Board Member and President and CEO, Coalition for Clean Air, were honored with the annual RadTech President's Award at the RadTech 2013 Annual meeting held in Redondo Beach, CA.

Oxea’s production site in Oberhausen, Germany, will undergo a scheduled turnaround for approximately four weeks, beginning on May 24, 2013.

Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, cited weakness in the solar-grade silicon and semiconductor wafers markets as reasons for the company’s sales, which dipped to EUR 4.63 billion in 2012, six percent lower than the previous year’s earnings of EUR 4.91 billion.

Highlighting new technologies and advancements in manufacturing, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has released its 2013 list of “Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture.”

Maroon Inc., Avon, OH, has been awarded the Nubiola USA Distributor of the Year for 2012.

The Valspar Corp. reported results for the first-quarter ended January 25, 2013, with first-quarter sales totaling $875.2 million compared to $885.6 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Albemarle Corp., Baton Rouge, LA, has expanded its distributor territory with Archway Sales Inc.

Oxea Advanced Derivatives’ first oxo derivatives plant in Nanjing Industrial Chemical Park, China, has successfully passed the planning stage, and construction is underway.