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Fruehauf Forms New Container Sales Section Clark E. Abbott Walter C. Kavanaugh In order to meet the demands of the ever expanding container industry, the Fruehauf Division has formed a new container sales force to handle all of the Division's container sales operations, according to T. J. Reghanti, vice-president, general sales manager. Made up of container sales specialists, the new sales section will provide greater develop-ment and administrative assistance for contain-er operators and prospective container han-dlers in the U.S. and Europe. The new section is under the direction of Clark E. Abbott, who assumes the position of vice-president, container sales, with headquar-ters in South Kearny, N.J. Mr. Abbott, former-ly the branch manager of the firm's South Kearny, N.J. and Maspeth, Long Island, facili-ties, has been closely associated with all as-pects of containerization for several years. Walter C. Kavanaugh, formerly director of container sales, takes on expanded responsibili-ties as director of container sales and adminis-tration. A pioneer in the container industry, Mr. Kavanaugh is responsible for the adminis-tration of Fruehauf's container sales programs, the coordination between plants and sales, and for specialized sales duty. Mr. Kavanaugh is based at the Fruehauf headquarters in Detroit, Mich. Michael E. Cascone, Martin Glickman and Frank B. Pigeon have been appointed contain-er development representatives. Messrs. Cas-cone and Glickman, headquartered in S. Kear-ny, N.J., are responsible for Fruehauf container sales on the East and Gulf Coasts. Mr. Pigeon, based in Oakland, Calif., is responsible for the handling of the firm's container accounts on the West Coast. Dero Research To Provide Control Systems To Ingalls Gerald S. Loecher, president and chairman of Dero Research and Development Corporation, Huntington, N.Y., has announced receipt of a contract award of approximately $2-million from Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. The award covers the design and manufacture of seven ma-rine centralized control systems which will be installed on seven vessels. The contract requires delivery of the first system by January 1970. Each centralized operation system will monitor principal operating characteristics of the ship's main propulsion plant and its auxiliaries, and the ship's service systems, refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. In addition, the control systems, which will incorporate solid-state elec-tronics, will automatically monitor faults and indicate and log operating data, such as bridge throttle position, time, shaft direction, rpm, and propulsion control. Dero Research is a leading manufacturer of marine direction finding systems, shipboard radar systems and radar display systems. The company intends to further expand its marine product line to accommodate requirements for advanced elec-tronic marine systems for commercial shipbuild-ing companies and governmental agencies. Capt. Grodzicki Named To Marine Transportation Post By W.R. Grace & Co. W. M. Rohrer, vice-president of foreign fer-tilizer operations, has announced the appoint-ment of Capt. Janusz Grodzicki as director of marine transportation for W. R. Grace & Co.'s Agricultural Chemicals Group. He replaces W. T. McLaughlin who has resigned. Captain Grodzicki is responsible for coordi-nating ocean transport of all Grace fertilizer materials to ports throughout the world. The company operates three specially-designed am-monia tankers between its major ammonia producing facility at Point Lisas, Trinidad, and terminals around the world. Dry fertilizer ma-terials are moved in chartered vessels from this location and U.S. ports. Captain Grodzicki has been affiliated with the maritime industry for 25 years, most re-cently as manager of marine transportation for W. R. Grace & Co. He held a similar position with Federation Chemicals, Ltd., a company subsidiary in Trinidad, prior to joining Grace in New York in 1964. Born and educated in Poland, Captain Grod-zicki obtained an M.A. in economics at the University of Warsaw where he also studied for his doctorate. He joined the Polish Army during World War II, was wounded and twice decorated for bravery. During the occupation, he escaped to England and joined the Polish merchant navy where he obtained his master's ticket. 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