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America. The ? rm has 400 employees.

100 N. Broadway, 6th Floor

Wichita, KS 67202

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Telephone: (800) 976-9819

With more than 16,000 products and systems offered

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.viega.us worldwide for plumbing, heating, cooling and pipe join-

CEO/President: Dave Garlow ing applications, all Viega systems are highly engineered, making them fast, easy and safe to install. Viega offers its ? agship Viega ProPress line for marine systems in copper, stainless steel and copper nickel. The systems are designed to perform in the harsh environments of the open sea. Vie- ga ProPress systems are best suited for fresh water systems while Viega SeaPress is speci? cally designed for corrosive seawater environments. Viega ProPress, Viega MegaPress

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Viega was founded in Germany in 1899. By 1901, the and Viega SeaPress can be used in a variety of applications company began to manufacture home plumbing products, from potable water to fuel and ? re main.

growing and expanding internationally. In 1999, through the purchase of an interest in a U.S. company, Viega ex-

T C :HE ASE panded its product offering to North America. Today, the Only Viega offers press ? tting systems in multiple ma- innovative products of the Viega group of companies are terials like Viega MegaPress for black iron, Viega ProPress produced at six international locations and distributed for copper and stainless, Viega SeaPress for copper-nickel worldwide. Viega LLC, a privately held subsidiary, is the and Viega PEX Press for PEX tubing. With the widest expert in the manufacture and distribution of plumbing, range of options and marine industry approvals, Viega can heating and pipe joining systems for customers in residen- be installed in many shipboard applications.

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V TOITH URBO

Voith Turbo specializes in the design, manufacture and 11700 Katy Freeway servicing of high performance driveline equipment. From

Houston, TX 77079 drive components to electronic drive systems, technology

Telephone: (713) 202-3365

E-mail: [email protected] from Voith Turbo impacts a wide variety of markets, in-

Website: www.voith.com cluding ship technology. Voith Turbo is a member of the

CEO/President: Dr. Hubert Lienhard

Voith group of companies, a nearly 150-year-old German business that is one of the largest family-owned companies in Europe. The ? rm has annual sales $5,000,000,000 and properties of conventional propellers with the best proper- has 20,000 employees. ties of conventional waterjets. This combination makes the low maintenance propulsor the ideal solution for ships with mixed operating pro? les up to 40 knots. The Linear

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The Voith Water Tractor is the perfect vessel application jet is a fully submerged, custom shaped deceleration/accel- when compact design, high maneuverability and precise eration nozzle with a stator section aft of the rotor.

steering are essential. One of the world’s most agile mari- time vessels, it offers outstanding maneuverability, safety,

T C :HE ASE and reliability. The Voith Schneider Propeller is a unique Combining innovation and experience, Voith sets stan- system generating stepless thrust in all directions with pre- dards in advanced maritime solutions. Focused on technol- cision and speed. Propulsion and steering are combined in ogy that makes maneuvering more precise, safer and faster, one unit, allowing unmatched maneuvering capability – Voith develops custom-made propulsion systems and col- from full speed ahead to full speed astern in three seconds. laborates with customers to develop design concepts, such as

The Voith Linear Jet is a new propulsor combining the best the Voith Water Tractor or the Voith Bow Steering Module.

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