GLENDALE, WIS. – Machinery manufacturer Ampco Pumps Company announced that it promoted Lori Neisner to executive vice president and Joel Wilde to vice president of operations.

Neisner, who has been with the company for more than 30 years, is expected to be a catalyst for Ampco’s continued growth, the company’s leadership shared, describing her as a “driving force within the company.”

Wilde, who has worked at Ampco for 14 years, most recently served as operations manager. The company described his contributions in recent years as pivotal to streamlining production practices for increased manufacturing output. Per Ampco, Wilde helped the company “structure an efficient expanded manufacturing workforce and production output to meet the increased demand.”

Ampco Pumps Company manufactures centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, including the Ampco Applied Products division of mixing and blending and product unloading equipment.