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Western Gear To Acquire Rados & Son Engineering Western Gear Corporation, Lynwood, Calif., has agreed in principle to acquire Rados & Son Engineering Company, naval architects and engineers. Terms of the proposed transaction were not disclosed in a joint announcement made by Western Gear President Bernard J. Bannan, and Robert Rados, president of Rados Engi-neering. Mr. Bannan stated that the Rados staff of marine and marine-electronic engi-neers, based in San Pedro, Calif., will expand and strengthen Western's involvement in the marine and oceanography fields, which ac-counted for about 24 percent of Western's 1968 volume of $108-million. Mr. Rados will continue as president of the acquired company, which will be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary within Western Gear's marine and oceanography group of operating units. Richard L. Bauer will also continue in his post as Rados vice-president, and the firm's entire staff of marine architects and engineers will be retained. In recent months, Rados Engineering com-pleted preliminary engineering studies for modification and conversion of the RMS Queen Mary, now moored in Long Beach Harbor. Final engineering drawings are underway for the 450-room hotel, convention center, shop-ping area, and restaurant complex for the Queen Mary, which is under the jurisdiction of the Diners Queen Mary Corporation. Also, preliminary studies for the conversion of the RMS Queen Elizabeth have been sub-mitted to the Elizabeth's owners for their re-view and approval. Studies are underway at Rados for a new hydrofoil vessel to be used for passenger serv-ice in Pacific waters. A new generation of tuna vessels, ranging in size up to 2,000 tons, is currently being designed for Star Kist Foods, and several private corporations. In the electronic field, Rados has engineered all types of shipboard and shore-based elec-tronic systems for communications, navigation, telemetry, instrumentation, counter-measures, degaussing, and fire control. These have in-cluded teletype, cryptograph, automatic tele-phone, closed-circuit television, microwave equipment, and audio-visual control systems. The firm has just completed design and engi-neering for a new solid-state, air-transportable control tower to be used for aircraft control in the Vietnam area. For years, Rados Engineering has provided engineering services for the Long Beach and San Diego Naval Shipyards. These efforts have included modification and conversion work on aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, tankers, cargo and auxiliary vessels. Western Gear, which has ten divisions and four wholly owned subsidiaries in four states, designs and manufactures complex mechani-cal systems for aerospace, marine, oceanogra-phy, industrial, medical, specialized equipment, and engineered construction applications. Pearlson Engineering Announces Expansion In response to worldwide acceptance of the Syncrolift Drydocking and Transfer System, Pearlson Engineering has expanded their Florida operations to a new location in Miami and has opened a branch office in London, England. The new Miami office is located at 8970 S.W. 87th Court, (P.O. Box 8, Kendall Branch), Miami, Fla. 33156. The London of-fice, Syncrolift Ltd., is located at 25 Victoria Street, London S.W.I, England. The manager of this office is Keith Edmonds, B.Sc. (Eng.), F.I.C.E., M.A.S.C.E. Syncrolift sales outside the Western Hemisphere will normally be handled through the London office. Coinciding with this new move. Ray Pearl-son, president of Pearlson Engineering has announced the contract signing of the 50th Syncrolift Drydock, and that American Bureau of Shipping certification is now available in addition to the present Lloyd's Register of Shipping certification. Syncrolifts are now in operation or under construction in the following areas: U.S.A., Canada, Bahamas, Grenada, Trinidad, Venez-uela, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Iceland, Ireland, France, Canary Islands, Israel, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, Republic of China, Japan, and Eniwetok. A free brochure describing the Syncrolift Drydocking and Transfer System is now avail-able by writing to either Miami or London. "the name" is all you need to know about anchors & chains: BALDT ANCHORS "When all else fails, they hold!" Stockless, Snug Towing, US Navy Lightweight (LWT), Eels, Old Style, Mushroom, Stato, Danforth, Security and Stokes. All sizes and weights. 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