Basco Shower Enclosures opened a new distribution center in Jessup, Md., which will serve the Baltimore/ Washington, D.C., area.

Switzerland’s Zehnder Group AG purchased Hydro-Air Components, a hydronic heating and HVAC manufacturer.

Spartan Environmental Technologies was recently appointed as a distributor of GasTran Systems' proprietary ozone injection system for wastewater treatment.

Bonney Forge Valve licensee BFE, headquartered in Italy, and its partner and licensor Bonney Forge Corp. in Mount Union, Pa., announced the acquisition of Alco di Castronno - Varese, Italy.

Armstrong Pumps now has a special events van.

Commerce, Calif.-based plumbing product manufacturer Pioneer Industries recently bought Central Brass Co., Cleveland.

Israel Hernandez, assistant secretary for trade promotion and director-general of the U.S. Commercial Service, awarded the U.S. Commerce Department’s Export Achievement Certificate to AERCO International.

Burnham Hydronics hosted contractors and their families at major league ballparks in August and September.

Spirax-Sarco Inc. acquired majority interest in UltraPure Group Ltd., which manufactures pure steam generators and water stills for the bio-pharmaceutical industry.

Sloan Valve Co. turns 100 this year. In 1906, William E. Sloan, company founder and inventor of the Flushometer, introduced his first model of the Royal® Flushometer.