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New Labor Agreement

At MIL-Davie To Increase

Shipyard Efficiency

One of Canada's largest ship- yards, MIL-Davie, Inc., Lauzon,

Quebec, has signed a three-year col- lective agreement with unions rep- resenting the yard's 1,800 produc- tion workers which will achieve greatly increased efficiency and competitiveness by introducing new working methods, significantly greater job flexibility and increased mobility within the yard between trades.

At the same time, the company has embarked on a C$60-million modernization program involving the installation of new equipment and the creation of new facilities; this will complement a recent agree- ment with -Japanese shipbuilder IHI for shipbuilding technology transfer with the aim of introducing within the yard the very latest in produc- tion methods.

MIL-Davie's president and chief executive Don Challinor said, "The increased efficiency now pos- sible through our new labor agree- ment, plus the considerable mod- ernization program currently under way, will be the cornerstone for our success in the future by making us very much more efficient and com- petitive.

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At present, MIL-Davie, which has a total of 2,400 employees, is build- ing three patrol frigates for the Ca- nadian Navy, modernizing two Tri- bal Class destroyers, and has recent- ly launched a Gulfspan Class ferry, the 1,200-passenger Joseph and Cla- ra Smallwood, for Marine Atlantic

Inc.

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ACR Introduces New

Super Beam Searchlight

For Larger Vessels

ACR Electronics, Inc., Fort Lau- derdale, Fla., has introduced their newest, most powerful searchlight designed for the larger vessels that require paramount quality, high performance and an outstanding de- sign signature.

The RCL-600 searchlight features a 6-million candle power beam that can be focused to a spot or flood, continuous 360 degree turning in any direction and 50 degrees of ele- vation.

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Bottom Line'—A New Free

Brochure Offered By Falk "Speed Reducers And Your Bot- tom Line—A Closer Look," is a new eight-page brochure now available from The Falk Corporation. The four-color brochure includes infor- mation on how to evaluate overall lifetime costs of speed reducers. It goes on to tell how speed reducer maintenance costs, parts replace- ment costs, and unscheduled lost production can add to the true life- time costs of speed reducers.

The brochure also details how

Falk speed reducers are designed to keep lifetime operating costs down.

According to Falk, the majority of reducer maintenance problems are lubrication related. Falk's lubrica- tion system includes the Magnum"® seal, which virtually eliminates leading shaft seals. The Magnum seal, combined with low sump tem- peratures of less than 200 degrees, eliminates almost all lubrication problems, the manufacturer said.

The brochure includes applica- tion photos, diagrams and product cutaways.

The four-color guide describes how Falk assists customers from the initial reducer selection process right through installation. Falk has 34 district sales offices, staffed by 60 sales engineers, ensuring experi- enced engineering support and fast service response. At the local level, 600 distributor locations offer cus- tomers close-at-hand expertise and service.

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