Pro Mach has acquired the product line and certain assets of Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co.

Leister Process Technologies, Sarnen, Switzerland, formed a new master distribution network for the United States. The U.S. market will be serviced by the following factory-trained sales and service centers: Assembly Supplies Co., western region; Heely-Brown Co., southeast region; Hy-Tech Products, midwest; and Malcom Co., northeast region.

Packaging Concepts + Design (Madison Heights, MI) was recognized by Johnson Controls Corp. for its outstanding performance in 1999 and was awarded the North American Supplier Leadership bronze award.—Sertapak Group (Woodstock, Ontario, Canada) received ISTA Certification for its testing laboratory facility.—Industry Week magazine has named Multisorb (West Seneca, NY) as one of the IW Growing Companies 25: America’s Most Successful Small Manufacturers for 1999.

GE Fanuc Automation's (Charlottesville, VA) safety and environmental efforts have been recognized by both the Virginia Dept. of Labor and Industry's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSH) and Virginia Manufacturer's Assn.