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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Source: Travis Young, 785-825-7177, travis@vortexglobal.comNews Release prepared by: Lisa Johnson ljohnson@vortexglobal.com & Austin Anderson austinanderson@vortexglobal.com, 785-825-7177 Travis Young receives the Governor's Award of Excellence from Secretary of Commerce David Toland. SALINA, KAN., USA – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced that Vortex Companies has received the highest honor a business can receive in the State of Kansas, The Governor’s Award of Excellence. The announcement was made Thursday, October 20, at the To the Stars Banquet in Topeka, which honored 237 businesses, including 181 Merit Award winners, 56 regional award winners, and nine state-wide award winners.“Vortex Companies exemplify [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Robert Bunting Appointed Bunting® President and CEO BUNTING!NEWTON 500 S. SPENCER ROAD P.O. BOX 468 NEWTON, KANSAS 67114 800.835.2526   Robert Bunting follows in the footsteps of his grandfather and father with his appointment as Bunting’s President and Chief Executive Officer. On October 1, 2022, Robert succeeded his father, Bob Bunting, in overseeing the continued growth of the global Bunting group. Bob Bunting assumes the position of Chairman. Bunting® is one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of magnetic separators, metal detectors, materials handling, magnetic printing cylinders, magnets, magnet assemblies, and magnetizing equipment. The company, headquartered [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: General Kinematics announces building expansion at Headquarters. General Kinematics Marketing Dept.: (815) 444-3521 marketing@generalkinematics.com August 18, 2022, General Kinematics broke ground on a 42,000-square-foot plant expansion at the United States corporate headquarters in Crystal Lake, IL. The manufacturing addition will be part of their existing 220,000-square-foot space to facilitate increasing demand and more extensive equipment offerings for the mining, foundry, and recycling industries. General Kinematics President Tom Musschoot explained, “The expansion of our North American manufacturing facility has been needed for a while. We can handle some of our larger products, such as STM-SERIES® Two-Mass mining screens, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts Carly Cabot, Trefoil Group ccabot@trefoilgroup.com 440.591.9703 New hire reflects Company’s continued growth momentum ALLEGAN, MI (July 28, 2022) – Material Transfer & Storage (MTS), an industry leader in the custom design and manufacture of bulk bag filling, conditioning and discharging systems, announced today the addition of Deron Seibert as a Senior Sales Representative. In this role, Seibert will be responsible for developing new customer relationships, expanding Material Transfers’ presence in new geographies and enhancing the company’s ability to solve bulk material handling challenges. “We’re excited to have Deron on board at MTS,” said Sergio Carrillo, [...]

In January 2010 Tayte French Lutz, fourth generation of the French family leadership, joined the company as Marketing Coordinator. Since then, Lutz has made notable achievements through her work with the company in the areas of marketing, manufacturing, and management. Most recently, Lutz graduated from the Harvard Business School Owner President Management program on June 15th, 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Upon completion of the program, Tayte was promoted to Vice President of French Oil Mill Machinery Co. She is part of a four-person management team that leads the company. The HBS OPM program Lutz completed was delivered in three units [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Nathanael Komline Title:    Marketing Manager Email: nlkomline@komline.com PEAPACK, N.J. (June 1, 2022) – Komline-Sanderson, a designer and manufacturer of equipment for product filtration, thermal processing, wastewater management, and other industrial applications, announced today the acquisition of the Wyssmont Company, a designer and manufacturer of thermal drying products for the chemical, pharmaceutical, mineral, and food industries. The investment closed on May 25, 2022. The strategic acquisition will add Wyssmont’s flagship product, the TURBO-DRYER®, to Komline’s product line. The TURBO-DRYER® is used worldwide in virtually every industry that requires drying of wet materials, from organic chemicals to silver [...]

For Immediate Release Contact:  Dave Coughlin Title:      Director of Marketing Phone:  262-354-6285 OCONOMOWOC, WI (May 17, 2022) – Sentry Equipment, a global provider of representative sampling, analysis technologies, and service, is pleased to announce the acquisition Universal Separators, Inc. dba SmartSkim, based in Madison, Wisconsin. SmartSkim is a leader in oil separation and coolant recycling in industrial settings with core products include separators and skimmers, which remove non-emulsified oil and floating debris from metal working liquids. Their customers include some of the most recognizable names in the automotive, aerospace, equipment, heavy industrial, and firearms industries. SmartSkim focuses on applications from machining [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Source: Shawn Opat, 785-825-7177, sopat@vortexglobal.com News Release prepared by: Austin Anderson, 785-825-7177, austinanderson@vortexglobal.comSALINA, KANSAS – Vortex Global, a solids and bulk handling components company, is pleased to announce Peak Equipment as its official representative for the state of Wyoming. In addition to Wyoming, Peak will continue to be Vortex’s representative in Colorado and New Mexico and will be responsible for creating customer relationships, arranging site visits, and following up on Vortex customer inquiries received in the three states.Peak Equipment is a family run, full-service manufacturer’s representative agency based in Mead, CO and was established in 1994.  They specialize [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Dave Coughlin Title: Director of Marketing Phone: 262-354-6285 OCONOMOWOC, WI (April 5, 2022) – Sentry Equipment, a global provider of representative sampling, analysis technologies, and service, announces the acquisition of the Dry Samplers product lines from Quality Machine and Manufacturing in Des Moines, Iowa. “Quality Machine and Manufacturing made the conscious decision to exit the Dry Samplers market having previously sold its wastewater sampler product line.” Stated Jim Creighton, Sales Director at Quality Machine and Manufacturing. “This agreement was 100% agreed upon knowing Sentry would take care of many long-time customers.” “The acquisition of Quality Machine [...]