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APL Submits Application

To MarAd For AML Merger

Announcement of the application to the

Maritime Administration for approval of the merger of American Mail Line and American

President Lines was made by Norman Scott, president of American President Lines, parent corporation of American Mail Line.

According to Mr. Scott, American Mail Line will continue to operate its fleet of 10 ships in the trans-Pacific trade through port cities in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia and will function as a division of American

President Lines. Ships sailing in the com- pany's Northwest service will continue to op- erate under the American Mail Line flag.

American President Lines operates a fleet of 22 vessels on the trans-Pacific, Atlantic/Straits and round-the-world trade routes, which link

California and the U.S. East Coast ports with the Far East and Southeast Asia.

The merger request is prompted by a need to improve utilization of assets of both compa- nies and to provide more comprehensive serv- ice to their customers. "In the case of our two companies," Mr. Scott said, "this need is particularly important in meeting the re- quirements for large investments in facilities and equipment, while also achieving opera- tional efficiencies and customer service bene- fits through joint use of these investments where common operations occur. "In addition to resources and facilities," Mr.

Scott added, "the planned merger will permit a ready interchange of personnel between the two organizations. We also intend to elimi- nate duplicated or overlapping functions through a reorganization of management re- sponsibilities."

Working relationships with American Mail

Line subsidiaries, including Trans-Pacific

Steamship Agencies, Ltd. of Vancouver, Brit- ish Columbia, and Western Stevedoring and

Terminal Corporation of Seattle, Wash., are expected to continue.

Goulds Pumps Appoints Two

To Key Marketing Positions

Vincent A. Napolitano John R. Geiger

S.A. Bunis, vice president-sales of Goulds

Pumps, Inc., Seneca Falls, N.Y., has announc- ed important organizational changes within the firm's sailes department.

Vincent A. Napolitano has 'been named di- rector-international operations. Mr. Napolitano formerly had two responsibilities, that of manager of marketing and product planning, and director of international sales. In making this change, Mr. Bunis noted the growth po- tential and growth aspirations in the export markets which Goulds Pumps has experienced.

Mr. Napolitano joined Goulds Pumps in 1963 as a sales engineer, and in 1965 became engineering line branch manager for the firm's

New York office. Two years later, he was promoted to field sales manager of industrial pumps at Seneca Falls. In 1971, he assumed his former marketing responsibility and later assumed the international sales responsibilities.

Named to fill the manager of marketing and product planning post is John R. Geiger. Mr.

Geiger will be responsible for coordinating the development and marketing programs of new and existing products. He has recently been the company's Chicago office engineering line branch manager.

Mr. Geiger joined the firm's engineering line sales group at Seneca Falls in 1959. In 1962, he became branch manager of the St. Louis,

Mo., office. In 1966, he became the branch manager of the Chicago office. He has a civil engineering degree.

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