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Int'l Nickel Holds 3-Day Shipbuilding

Materials Conference

Some 75 materials experts, ma- rine engineers and naval architects gathered on September 14 for the opening session of International

Nickel's 1970 Shipbuilding Ma- terials Conference. Representatives of shipbuilding, shipping and sup- porting industries participated in three days of informal sessions to exchange techniques and experi- ences involving new developments in marine materials and their fabri- cation. "There have been exciting de- velopments since our last confer- ence in 1968," said Arthur H. Tut- hill, marine industries manager in

Inco's market development depart- ment. "The icebreaker tanker had captured wide attention, and dis- cussions were held on their pro- pellers as well as steels for ice-belt and main-deck use."

Main topics for discussion in- cluded seawater cooling systems, propellers, improved hull plate steel, cryogenic plate steels, and cryogenic membranes. Hydrofoils, gas turbines and copper-nickel hulls were included in a special topics forum. Sessions were held at the Blockade Runner Motor

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The conference concluded with informal tours of Inco's Francis L.

LaQue Corrosion Laboratory. The manager of the laboratory, Will

Kirk, was the conference host.

Anixter Power Systems

Appoints Wisniewski

John A. Wisniewski

John A. Wisniewski has been ap- pointed marketing manager for

Anixter Power Systems-Gulf Coast

Operations, New Orleans, La., a subsidiary of Anixter Bros., Inc.,

Skokie, 111. John Key, president of

APS-Gulf Coast, made the an- nouncement.

Anixter Power Systems serves the specialized e'ectrical equipment requirements of oil-drilling opera- tions, shipboard systems and heavy industrial installations. APS de- signs, manufactures, tests and in- stalls motor-generator and power control systems, and switching and distribution centers. They also of- fer motor and generator rebuilding and repair service. APS products range from electrical switchboards, panel boards, service entrance equipment to motor control cen- ters, modular metering equipment, and voltage regulators for gener- ators.

Mr. Wisniewski, a 1954 graduate of the United States Military

Academy, West Point, N.Y., joined

APS recently after working as sales manager for Lutron Electronics,

Allentown, Pa. A native of Buffalo,

N.Y., Mr. Wisniewski holds an

M.B.A. degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Anixter Power Sy.stems-Gulf

Coast is part of the Anixter Power

Systems Group of Anixter Bros.,

Inc., of Skokie, 111. Anixter is a specialist in the marketing and dis- tribution of e'ectrical cable through a nationwide network of 20 ware- houses. Along with their manu- facturing division, they provide services to the pet-ro-chemieal, communications, mining, aero- space, automotive, shipboard, rail- road, and utility industries. 5 Appointed To Board

Of World-Wide Shipping

Y.K. Pao, governing director of the World-Wide Shipping Group, recently announced the appoint- ment of the following senior ex- ecutives to the board of World-

Wide, (Shipping) Limited: F.C.

Lee, deputy governing director;

B.M. Chang, executive director;

Dr. Helmut Sohmen, director;

Gonzaga Li, director; and Paul

Lee, director. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News