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Savannah Machine & Shipyard

Elects Mingledorff Chairman —Sherman Appointed President

Ralston E. Mingledorff Robert F. Sherman

Castle W. Jordan, president of A.O. Indus- tries, Inc., has announced the election of Rals- ton E. Mingledorff as chairman of the board of Savannah Machine and Shipyard Co.

Mr. Jordan also announced the appointment of Robert F. Sherman as president and chief executive officer of Savannah Machine.

Mr. Mingledorff joined the company, found- ed by his father W.L. Mingledorff Sr., follow- ing school at the Citadel and Auburn in 1938, and has served as president since 1957. He is a director of the Liberty National Bank, the

Shipbuilders Council of America, and is an ad- visory director of the Central of Georgia Rail- way.

In 1969, he and his family sold both the ship- yard and the foundry now known as the Ductile

Iron Company of America, to A.O. Industries,

Inc., a diversified holding company based in

Coral Gables, Fla.

Mr. Sherman, a graduate of the University of Washington and Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, joined the company in March of last year as executive vice president. He is also vice president-operations of A.O. Industries,

Inc.

In making the announcement, Mr. Jordan said: "I am extremely pleased that while Rals- ton Mingledorff indicated a desire to reduce his operating responsibilities more than a year ago, he has agreed to work with us both during this transition period and on a continuing basis. He has led the company successfully for many years, and his experienced counsel will con- tinue to be of great value to all of us associated with the shipyard."

Key Houston Awarded Contract

For New Hull Cleaning System

Using Steel Shot For Blasting

Key Houston, Inc., Houston-based manu- facturer of abrasive blasting and vacuum re- covery equipment has been awarded a con- tract for the development of a new system for preparing ship hulls for painting. Key will act as a subcontractor to 'General Dynamics' Fore

River Shipyard, which holds a contract from the Maritime Administration for development of a nonpolluting hull cleaning method.

The new system that will (be put in use was developed by James A. Giese, president of Key

Engineering. It uses steel shot which is blasted against the hull surface through a hose on a traveling boom. The vacuum recovery unit picks up the used shot and all material removed from the hull, including corrosion, marine growth, and old paint. The mixture is routed through a separator, where the shot is sent to a holding tank for reuse and the waste material is disposed of without polluting the air or wa- ter.

Key Houston, formerly Key Engineering, was formed by Jim Giese Sr. in 1967. The elder

Mr. Giese was joined in 1969 by his son, Jim

Giese Jr., who now heads sales for the com- pany. "We've come a long way in the last couple of years," said Jim Giese Jr., while explaining their extensive line of blasting equipment. "We can supply nearly any abrasives blasting and vacuum recovery equipment necessary," he said.

Key has now expanded sales worldwide with the opening of an office in London to serve the Common Market countries, as well as granting a license to Mitsubushi Heavy In- dustries of Japan for the manufacture and sale of its patented equipment in the Far East.

Key units are now being used by 50 of the 60 American shipyards involved in abrasive blasting, and are used in Canada, Europe, Aus- tralia, Japan, Hong Kong, and the Middle East.

Key Houston, Inc., is located at 1231 Shadow- dale, Houston, Texas 77043.

World-Wide Shipping Group

Orders Eight Huge Tankers

Y.K. Pao, head of the World-Wide Shipping

Group, has announced that he has just placed orders with four major Japanese shipyards to build eight mammoth turbine tankers in the 250,000 to 270,000-dead-weight-ton range. Con- tracts for these giant vessels, with an aggregate of 2.026-million deadweight tons and worth a total of $270 million, have already been con- cluded in Japan, with delivery scheduled for 1974-75.

This massive order follows the one Mr. Pao announced

February 1, 1973

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