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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Trimble Changes Focus

In an effort to spur growth,

Trimble Navigation Ltd. announced plans to shift corporate functions, creating a system inte- gration business and diverting its land survey unit to a stand-alone business entity. With the changes

Trimble announced that Dennis

Ing will become executive vice president and CFO and will man- age Trimble's corporate functions.

Mary Ellen Genovese will be appointed vice president of finance and corporate controller. Bruce

Peetz will head the new systems integration group. Dr. Joseph

Paiva will be named vice presi- dent and general manager of the land survey research group.

OTECH Delivers RHIB

Ocean Technical Services, Inc. (OTECH) recently delivered a 16 ft. (4.8 m) rescue RHIB to ENSCO

Marine, Inc. The Ocean Sprint reportedly meets U.S. Coast Guard and SOLAS safety requirements.

The hull and deck of the rescue boat were manufactured by

OTECH using the Seamann

Composites Resin Infusion

Molding Process (SCRIMP). The vessel is equipped with a 27-hp. outboard diesel and required safe- ty equipment.

Mcintosh Joins Polaris

Steve Mcintosh has been appointed marketing manager of Polaris

International Ltd.

U.K.

In this position he will be responsible for marketing the company's wide range of prod- ucts for the seismic industry, ini- tially concentrating on Fairfield

Technologies' BOX planning soft- ware for Very Large Channel

Count seismic crews.

Rice, Unruh, Reynolds Co.

Get ISO Certification

John Reynolds, chairman of

Rice, Unruh, Reynolds Co., Ship

Agents announced that it has received DNV Quality

Certification under ISO 9002 for all 10 of the company's offices.

MAN B&W Increases

Ownership Of SEMT

Pielstick

After approval of shareholders and cartel authorities, MAN B&W and MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH announced that MAN B&W will assume 66.6 percent control and will receive 33.6 percent control over the French Diesel

Manufacturing Company, SEMT

Pielstick.

The two companies previously owned 50 percent each.

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LR Certifies Lightpartner's 3L System

Lightpartner Lichtsysteme

GmbH has received certification from Lloyd's Register (LR) for a low location lighting (3L) system for the marking of escape routes as prescribed for passenger ships.

The system was designed in coop- eration with LR and Meyer Yard in

Papenburg and is reportedly fully watertight, seawater-corrosion proof and operates with or without batteries.

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Coast Diving Service, Inc. "Excellence Under Water"

Tel: (310) 547-0955 Fax: (310) 547-0970

Certified to perform class inspections by: • Det Norske Veritas • American Bureau of Shipping • Bureau Veritas • Class NK • Lloyd's Register • Germanischer Lloyd

Full service diving company, specialising in in-water ship services: • Hull cleanings • Propeller polishing and repairs • Underwater welding and burning • Non-Destructive Testing • Paint coating surveys • Cofferdam and damage control plug placements

Service to the shipping industry in Los Angeles,

Long Beach, San Diego and Port Hueneme Harbours. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

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Kort Nozzles

All Sizes

We Build To Customer Drawing

And Specifications

Certification Upon Request "Made In The USA"

For A Brochure Write Or Call:

Custom Nozzle

Fabrication/CNF

P.O. Box 547

Pascagoula, MS 39568 (601)762-4612

Fax: (601) 769-0558

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The Desmond-Stephan Mfg. Co., P.O. Box 30, Urbana, Ohio 43078

Phone 937-653-7181, Fax 937-653-5511 ^"Trademark ol The Desmond-Stephan Mfg. Co.

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V. Barnacle Remover

Rapidly remove paint, rust, scale, barnacles, and other hard coatings from metal, concrete, or wood surfaces without heavy pressure. New

Swirl-Off scarifier attaches to your grinder, sander, drill, or polisher.

Rotary tool scours tough deposits. Using pneumatic tools, it removes marine growths underwater. Easier, faster, and safer than scraping, sandblasting, or chemicals. There's nothing else like it! Ask for

Bulletin MAR-1 showing many models and styles.