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Mobile Telesystems

Begins Operations

Mobile Telesystems, a new com- pany based in Fairfax, Va., that pro- vides mobile satellite products, re- cently began operations, Kenneth

A. Homon, president and chief operating officer, has announced.

The mobile business was previously part of Comsat Corporation's prod- uct group. Microelectronics Tech- nology, Inc. is the new parent com- pany with Comsat retaining a mi- nority interest.

Mr. Homon said, "The establish- ment of the new company will allow for expansion and growth of the mobile markets previously served by Comsat and the emerging unique market segments addressed by the transportable 'earth station in a suitcase' product."

The mobile business includes products used throughout the world. They are the TCS-9000 "earth station in a suitcase" and the

MCS-9120 series maritime commu- nications systems. The TCS-9000, a portable earth station, fits into two suitcases, weighs 140 pounds and can be assembled and made fully operational by one person in 15 minutes. The MSC-9102 is a rugged lightweight gyro-connected termi- nal used aboard vessels at sea. Both products provide voice, data, and image communications throughout the world via the International Mar- itime Satellite Communications

System (INMARSAT).

For more information and free lit- erature from Mobile Telesystems,

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Seebeckwerft Lays Keel

For First Of Two Ferries

Ordered By Olau-Line

Schichau Seebeckwerft AG of

Bremerhaven, West Germany, re- cently laid the first prefabricated volume-section of the new combined passenger/cargo vessel Olau Hollan- dia, ordered by Hamburg-based

Olau-Line, sister company of TT-

Line which ordered the recently launched all-round combi-carrier

Robin Hood.

The 528-foot-long by 95-foot- beam Olau Hollandia will be one of the largest passenger ships home- ported in Hamburg. She has capac- ity for 1,600 passengers, 590 private cars and 120 trucks/trailers.

Commissioning of the vessel is scheduled for fall of 1989. Sister ship Olau Britannia, also ordered with Schichau Seebeckwerft, will follow in the spring of 1990.

For free literature describing the facilities and capabilities of Schi- chau Seebeckwerft AG,

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New 42-Page Catalog On

Flanged Ball Valve

From Jamesbury

The broad Jamesbury line of re- duced and full port Double-SealR ball valves in sizes 1/2-inch through 20 inches in ANSI Class 150 and 300 designs for process and industrial requirements are described in a 42- page catalog.

All valves feature Jamesbury's flexible-lip polymeric seats that are self-adjusting for changes in pres- sure, temperature and for wear, as- suring long-lasting, reliable shutoff.

The catalog provide pressure/tem- perature ratings of five standard seat materials, including TFE, rein- forced TFE (for abrasives and high- er temperatures to 500 degrees F),

FEP (for handling media such as butadiene or styrene), UHMW polyethylene (for superior abrasion resistance and radioactive services), and polymide (for high tempera- ture non-aqueous media to 700 de- grees F).

The catalog includes flow data, dimensions and bills of material, "how-to-order" tables, and torque data for selecting Jamesbury pneu- matic, hydraulic or electric actua- tors.

For more information and a free copies of the catalog from James- bury,

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IRI GROUP

FMCANT1ERI IS

MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING NAVAL SHIPBUILDING

Head Office

Trieste/Italy via Genova 1

Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. tel. (0) 40 7391 fax (0)40 60233 tlx 461136 FENCTS I

Merchant Shipbuilding Division Shiprepairing Division

Trieste/Italy Corso Cavour 1 Genova/Italy via Cipro 11 tel. (0) 40 7391 fax (0) 40 68933 tel (0) 10 59951 fax (0) 10 5995379 tlx 460041 FINCME I tlx 270168 FINCGE I

Naval Shipbuilding Division Diesel Engines Division

Genova/Italy via Cipro 11 Trieste/Italy Ba^noli della Rosandra 334 tel. (0) 10 59951 fax (0) 10 5995379 tel. (0) 40 7391 fax (0) 40 827371 tlx 216367 FINCGE I tlx 460274 FINCGM I

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SHIPREPAIRS AND CONVERSIONS DIESEL ENGINES

AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM

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