• Mi-T-M Corp. (Peosta, Iowa) has appointed Essex Silver Line Sales West as its new rental rep group in the Northwest, covering the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

• ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) has purchased a controlling interest in U.S.-based Validus DC Systems, a provider of dc power infrastructure equipment for energy-intensive data centers, and it has agreed to acquire Mincom to broaden its software portfolio and establish the group as a leader in enterprise asset management (EAM) software and services.

Publication date: 05/23/2011