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MOTION ACQUIRES PARTS SUPPLIER NUMATIC
Nationwide parts distributor Motion Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co., is acquiring Numatic Engineering of Los Angeles on August 1. Founded in 1955, Numatic has more than 60 years of experience selling and supporting automation components with a UL 508 listing. Its products include pneumatic automation, electrical motion controls, programmable logic controllers, variable-frequency drives, machine vision, sensors, industrial communication and robotics. It has built a presence throughout California and Nevada, and will be operated as part of Motion’s Automation Solutions group.
CORRIGAN JOINS SCHAEFER ELEVATOR COMPONENTS SALES TEAM
Todd Corrigan is a new sales representative at SCHAEFER Elevator Components, Inc., headquartered in Surrey, Canada, becoming a point of contact for SCHAEFER customers throughout North America. Corrigan has been involved in industries such as manufacturing, health sciences and consulting. He holds an MBA from Royal Roads University in Victoria, Canada, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Manitoba. The company said Corrigan “brings a great deal of experience as a solutions provider, and we are confident that customers will be very satisfied with the. . .customer service he provides.”
IN MEMORIAM: GEORGE H. BECKER
George H. Becker of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, a longtime elevator man and clock enthusiast, passed away on July 12 at the age of 72. An Army veteran who served in Okinawa, Japan, Becker worked in the elevator services department of Westinghouse, then Schindler, for 40 years before retiring in 2012. He was a member of the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 5. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Cora; children, Susan, James, Penny and Steven; seven grandchildren; and three brothers. Services are planned at Bethany Evangelical Church in Havertown. Memorial donations for cancer research may be made to the Lankenau Medical Center Oncology Department
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