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N.Y. Shipping Assoc.

Names George Panitz

Director Of Information

George Panitz, formerly mari- time 'and transportation news edi- tor of The Journal of Commerce, has ibeen appointed director of in- formation of the New York Ship- ping Association, it was announced by James J. Dickman, NYSA presi- dent.

In his new position, Mr. Panitz will handle a broad range of pub- lic and industry information relat- ing to the shipping association's contract relations with the Inter- national Longshoremen's Associa- tion, Mr. Dickman said.

NYSA, the largest harbor em- ployer group in the nation, repre- sents more than 125 stevedores, waterfront terminal operators, ocean carriers and local harbor agents in collective bargaining with the I LA.

Mr. Panitz joined the maritime desk of The Journal of Commerce in 1960 and became editor in 1964.

He was appointed editor of ship- ping and transportation in 1969, as a consequence of the growth of intermodal containerized cargo movement.

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Japanese Firm Buys

Lawson Products Corp. —John Gaydos Named

John G. Gaydos

Lawson Products Corporation has been purchased for an undis- closed amount by Sasakura Engi- neering Co., Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, it was announced by Tetsugoro

Sasakura, president.

Located at 70 Pine Street, New

York, N.Y., since 1945, the Law- son corporate offices have been moved to 14 South Avenue, Media,

Pa., near Philadelphia. Manufac- uring operations will remain at a

Long Island, N.Y., facility. Prin- cipal products are de-oilers used by the marine industry to remove all oil from steam condensate in turbine-driven ships and for oil- water separation in various refin- ery and industrial plant processes.

Sasakura is an engineering and manufacturing firm conducting business operations internationally.

It specializes in heat transfer, oily- water separation and seawater de- salination equipment for thermal power, petroleum and chemical processing, marine and municipal water industries.

John G. Gaydos, United States engineering representative for Sa- sakura since 1971, has been named president of Lawson Products Cor- poration. He was previously asso- ciated with Baldwin-Lima-Hamil- ton as section head, desalination plant engineering, from 1962. His other professional experience since graduating with an M.E. degree from Case Western Reserve Uni- versity in 1956 was in heat transfer engineering with the Griscom-Rus- sell Co. of Massillon, Ohio, which was acquired by BLH in 1962.

Terrin Marseilles

Names Fuji Trading

Representative In Japan

Terrin Marseilles (Societe pro- vengale des ateliers Terrin), ship repairers, recently announced that they will be represented in Japan by Fuji Trading Co. Ltd., Port

P.O. Box 187, Yokohama, Japan.

The company, which also has of- fices in Rotterdam, Kobe, Moji,

Chiba and Nagoya, has obtained the cooperation of Shojiro Iwa- shita, naval architect, who will con- tinue to act as resident adviser to the Terrin Group. Mr. Iwashita will also advise Fuji Trading Co. and may be contacted through that firm. [AUTOPILOT

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