Eckart America Corp. will consolidate its sales and distribution network in the U.S. beginning Jan. 1, 2011. The northeast will be expanded with DN Lukens as the regional representative to include Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This will give them coverage from Maine to New Jersey. The upper Midwest will be expanded with Hall Technologies as the regional representative to include North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. In addition, Hall Technologies acquired Sexton, Inc., covering Ohio and Indiana. As a result, Eckart will further expand Hall’s territory to include Michigan, western Pennsylvania, western New York and Kentucky.