Franklin Electric appoints new VP and CFO

Franklin Electric announced that Jeffery L. Taylor has been appointed vice president and CFO. John J. Haines has retired as vice president and CFO of the company but will support Taylor through an interim period. Most recently, Taylor was the CFO of Blue Bird Corporation, a manufacturer of school buses. 

SJE acquired by Audax Private Equity

SJE sold a majority equity interest to Audax Private Equity. The investment from Audax comes as SJE aims for continued growth and expansion within the controls industry. Over the past 45 years, SJE has brought a number of new products to the market. SJE has seven locations worldwide and nearly 500 employees. 

Infiltrator Water Technologies partners with Habitat, opens new facility

Infiltrator Water Technologies announced it is donating $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity, continuing its four-year corporate partnership with the housing nonprofit organization. Infiltrator’s most recent contribution includes over 40 donated septic systems to support 30 local Habitat organizations across the U.S. The company has donated over $260,000 worth of septic systems to Habitat for Humanity since 2017.

Infiltrator also announced it opened a sixth facility to manufacture EZflow, a drainfield product made of geosynthetic aggregate. The new facility sits on Infiltrator’s primary manufacturing campus within the Winchester Industrial Park in Winchester, Kentucky. The 36,000-square-foot building includes five production lines, making it the largest EZflow facility to date.