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Colt Industries

Appoints Nidenberg

Herbert W. Nidenberg

Herbert W. Nidenberg has join- ed Colt Industries as vice president and general manager of tihe Colt

Industries' Business Resource Cen- ter located in Beloit, Wis. This ac- tivity will supplement the present technology skills of the predecessor organization, the Beloit Research

Center. The appointment was an- nounced by Philip Wallach, group vice president for Colt Industries. "In his new position, Mr. Niden- berg will be primarily concerned with the investigation of new prod- ucts and business expansion. Mr.

Nidenberg's experience and suc- cess in a variety of industrial and business positions are particularly appropriate to the organization's new role," Mr.Wallach commented.

Prior to joining Colt Industries,

Mr. Nidenberg was associated with the Burndy Corporation in Nor- walk, Conn., where he was man- ager of manufacturing, and held key management positions inequip- ment development and military product operations. He holds an engineering degree from Polytech- nic Institute of Brooklyn, and a master's degree in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute.

Mr. Nidenberg has also held vari- ous executive positions with Gen- eral Electric Company and Con- solidated Diesel Electric Company.

He was also a co-founder of United

Fleximation, a company organized to engineer, manufacture and mar- ket an industrial "robot" concept.

Drew Promotes Burke,

Johnson And Morris

Dr. E.A. Savinelli, president,

Drew Chemical Corporation, 701

Jefferson Road, Parsippany, NJ., has announced the following pro- motions : Raymond M. Burke, ap- pointed vice president and general manager Of the Marine Division;

Richard C. Johnson, appointed as- sistant vice president and man- ager, International Operations, and

Frederick Morris, appointed assis- tant vice president, director of ma- rine sales, Europe.

Mr. Burke is a graduate of St.

Peter's 'College, where he received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry, and Stevens Institute of

Technology, where be was award- ed his master of science degree in marketing. Mr. Burke joined Drew in 1962 as director of market re- search. In his new position, he will have complete profit and loss re- sponsibility for the Marine Divi- sion on a worldwide basis. He will continue to report to A.G. Giudice.

Mr. Johnson is a graduate of

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in chemical engineer- ing and iholds a master's degree in business administration from Har- vard Graduate School. Mr. Johnson joined Drew in 1967 and was for- merly director of Drew Chemical

Nederland B.V., based in Rotter- dam. In his new position, he will be responsible for all the adminis- trative functions of Drew subsidi- aries. He will report directly to Mr.

Giudice.

Mr. Morris will be responsible for coordinating all the Marine Di- vision sales and development ac- tivities in the United Kingdom,

Europe and Africa. Mr. Morris joined Drew in 1964 and was for- merly director of Drew Chemical (U.K.) Ltd., based in London. He has an extensive background in the marine industry and holds a Certi- ficate in Competency for Steam and Motor Vessels issued by the

British Board of Trade.

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