Trent Ogilvie, president of Rockwool North America, will retire after 25 years of leading the company. According to the maker of stone wool insulation, Ogilvie built up the North American business from a small, unprofitable operation with 60 employees in 1995 to one with 1,000 employees and sales in the several hundred-million-dollar range today.

Registration is open for IHEA's Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating online course, which will be held April 13-May 24. Students will gain a basic understanding of heat transfer principles, combustion equipment, electric heating and instrumentation and controls.

Valin Corp., San Jose, Calif., acquired Power Transfer Products of Alvin, Texas. According to the company, the acquisition strengthens Valin’s filtration and process heating portfolio and expands the company’s geographic reach. Power Transfer Products supplies pumps, meters and all other equipment related to the handling of liquid products.