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Vortechnics Inc. has expanded the company’s research and development team with the hire of Daniel Cobb, P.E. as technical and new product development manager.
Ondeo Degremont Inc. has named Ilan Wilf as vice president, municipal sales and marketing.
Netzsch Inc. announces the appointment of Mauricio Gonzalez to national sales manager for the region of M?co.
Golder Associates has hired Senior Project Manager Mark Gilbreath, who will be based out of the company’s Atlanta, Ga., office.
David Ditmars joined United McGill Corp. to direct business development services for the company’s marketing and engineering sales services.
James M. Roberts, Ph.D., P.E., chairman of Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc., was installed as president of ASFE. Others elected to serve include: President-Elect Robert W. Thompson P.E.; Secretary/Treasurer Gerry Salontai, P.E.; Directors-at-Large Joseph M. Cibor, P.E., Daniel L. Harpstead, P.E., Robert C. Rabeler, P.E., and Richard H. Wargo, P.E.
Julian H. Perez, M.A., M.P.S., has joined the firm as manager of BEM Systems Inc.’s Miami office.
USFilter has named Matt Kuzma product manager for its new membrane bioreactor technology.
SCS Engineers has hired Kevin Yard, P.E., and David Poe, P.E., to head up its new Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas office.
Sorbent Products Co. announces the hire of Jacquelyn Cho as director of marketing.
Awards
Koch Materials Company’s asphalt plant has earned the 2001 Safe Handling Award from Canadian National Railway Company.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, awarded a 10-year, $100 million Total Environmental Restoration Contract to Environmental Chemical Corporation, of Burlingame, Calif.
_ The Electric Power Research Institute has honored Tim Hagley of Minnesota Power with its Technology Transfer Award.
Phillips Petroleum Co. has been named the recipient of the 2002 Director’s Award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
The Austin Energy Green Building Program received the “Green Building Program of the Year” award from Gary Garczynski, president of the National Association of Homebuilders during the 2002 National Green Building Conference.
AMEC’s Earth & Environmental offices in Knoxville and Nashville have won the first place Honor Award for the year’s most innovative environmental project from the Consulting Engineers of Tennessee.
Calgon Carbon Corp. has received a contract from California Domestic Water Co. in Southern California to remove and destroy perchlorate from groundwater using Calgon Carbon’s ion exchange technology, including its emergency perchlorate service equipment and proprietary ion exchange resin. The contract is valued at $6.5 million.
Mergers and Acquisitions
The Environmental Business Association of New Jersey has become The Environmental Business Council of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, effectively merging with the Paramus-based Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, a leading business group.
Pall Corp. has completed the acquisition of the Filtration and Separations Group from USFilter Corp.
Chandler Instruments Co. L.L.C. announces the purchase by Chandler of Grabner Instruments Messtechnik GmbH.
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