Yokogawa Meters & Instruments Corp. will change its name to Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corp. on October 1. Yokogawa Test & Measurement will continue to provide measurement solutions, including those for the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), for the power, plant maintenance and optical communications markets.

Thermcraft Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., hired Bill Thomson as its general manager.

Waterloo, Iowa-based CPM, parent of thermal processing equipment manufacturers CPM Wolverine Proctor, CPM Crown and CPM Roskamp, acquired TSA Griddle Systems Inc., Carrollton, Texas. Via its multiple companies, CPM Acquisition Corp. supplies process equipment for thermal processing, liquid-solid separation, particle size preparation, extrusion and related equipment.

Oven Industries, Mechanicsburg, Pa., added Wuhan Xinmeiya Technology Ltd. as a distributor. 

Industrial heat transfer fluid manufacturer Kost USA Inc. inked an agreement for the automotive market.

Solenis LLC, Wilmington, Del., signed an agreement to acquire the shares in Lostris International B.V. and Wester Blend B.V., privately held companies primarily focused on supplying specialty chemicals to the pulp and tissue-and-towel markets. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter 2016, following receipt of customary regulatory approvals in Germany.