Franklin Electric names new business unit directors
Franklin Electric announced personnel moves and additions within its water systems sales team. Travis Bradley has been promoted to business unit director of industrial and engineered systems. Filling Bradley’s previous position, Andrew Schwarze has joined the organization as business unit director of groundwater distributors. Both will be responsible for directing Franklin Electric’s product development, sales and support efforts throughout the United States and Canada.
Liberty Pumps holds ground-breaking at new center
Liberty Pumps hosted a ground-breaking celebration at the site of its materials center in Bergen, New York. State and local partners as well as Liberty employees attended the event. The 107,000-square-foot expansion will provide additional warehousing and added manufacturing space. It is anticipated to support 30 additional jobs at the family- and employee-owned manufacturer. This will be the third expansion for the company since 2000. Upon completion, Liberty will have approximately 350,000 square feet of facilities at its corporate campus in New York.
SJE acquires Ohio Electric Control
SJE has purchased Ohio Electric Control. Located near SJE’s existing facility in Ashland, Ohio, OEC brings to the partnership expertise in control solutions and strong customer relationships, according to SJE. Through the purchase, SJE will offer additional technical resources and manufacturing capabilities that will augment OEC’s current capacity and provide access to a broader product offering, the company said in a press release.
