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MacKay Communications

Wins U.S. Navy YTT-9

Electronic Package

MacKay Communications, Inc. of

Raleigh, N.C., has been awarded a subcontract to supply the electronic equipment and perform a turn-key installation on the U.S. Navy Tor- pedo Test Craft (YTT-9) to be de- livered to the Naval Undersea

Weapons Engineering Station.

MacKay has contracted with

McDermott Inc., shipyard opera- tions of Amelia, La., to provide and install the communication/naviga- tion/positioning system. They will also perform a complete EMI survey and control plan.

MacKay's Military Maintenance and Repair Group, based in Jack- sonville, Fla., will be the installing activity, managed from the Eliza- beth, N.J., headquarters.

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Blohm & Voss Yard Wins $26.4-Million Contract

To Lengthen Ferry

The Hamburg yard of Blohm &

Voss has been awarded a $26.4-mil- lion contract to lengthen and con- vert the 6,800-grt ferry Peter Wessel for Larvik Line.

Under the contract, Blohm &

Voss will lengthen the ferry by about 74 feet, as well as modernize the entire vessel.

Jamesbury Corp. Acquires

Hammel Dahl, Inc. —Literature Available

Jamesbury Corp. recently an- nounced that it has purchased all the outstanding shares of Hammel

Dahl, Inc., of Warwick, R.I. Ham- mel Dahl is a manufacturer of pro- cess control valves for the chemical processing, power, air separation, and related industries. It employs approximately 130 people.

In a joint statement, officials of both companies stated that James- bury, which has owned 30 percent of the shares in Hammel Dahl for the past five years, plans to expand the business through its worldwide sales and marketing network. The acqui- sition also broadens the product lines Jamesbury presently offers to its diverse markets.

A Jamesbury spokesman stated that the acquisition is not expected to have any impact on employment levels in its Worcester and Shrews- bury plants.

Jamesbury, a subsidiary of Com- bustion Engineering, Inc. of Stam- ford, Conn., is a leading manufac- turer of valves, actuators and asso- ciated controls.

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MMA Seeks

Executive Secretary

The Marine Machinery Associa- tion (MMA), Washington, D.C., has announced that the organization has reluctantly accepted the resig- nation of Mr. Dan Marangiello, executive director. Mr. Maran- giello is leaving MMA to devote full time to his own business inter- ests. He was the founding executive director of MMA and an officer since the organization's inception in 1984.

The MMA membership now con- sists of 70 of the world's leading and largest manufacturers of marine equipment. All are major long-time suppliers to the U.S. Navy, as well as the Coast Guard, Military Sealift

Command, the Corps of Engineers and the commercial marine sector.

The group works closely with the

Navy to insure the continuing sup- ply of dependable, quality equip- ment and spare parts, and to effect economies and help resolve supply, maintenance and repair problems whenever possible.

Those interested in the part-time position of executive secretary of the MMA or in more information regarding membership in the MMA may contact: Marine Machinery As- sociation, 1700 K Street, N.W.,

Suite 903, Washington, D.C. 20006.

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