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DredgeMasters Int'l

Names T.L. Broadrick —Opens New Plant

Thomas L. Broadrick

DredgeMasters International,

Nashville, Tenn., has announced that it has now occupied its new plant -facility in Nashville. Simul- taneously, Don R. King, executive vice president and general mana- ger, announced the appointment of

Thomas L. (Lem) Broadrick to the 'position of production super- intendent.

The company will use this new facility as manufacturing head- quarters for its planned worldwide manufacturing and service opera- tions. DiM'I has developed a new concept of portable dredge design, which, according to Mr. King, is expected to revolutionize the in- dustry. "Our new design and manufacturing plan will enable us to manufacture complete dredges at various strategic locations through the world, utilizing main machinery modules manufactured in the Nashville plant. This plan will bring the finished product closer to the user, saving thousands of dollars in unnecessary freight and other charges he has hereto- fore been forced to pay." The new plant will also build complete dredges for the U.S. domestic mar- ket and dredge parte, accessories and support equipment for the world market.

Mr. Broadrick has over 15 years of experience in manufacturing and was previously production mana- ger for American Marine and Ma- chinery Company, a leading dredge manufacturer.

DM1 maintains its general of- fices at 311 Plus Park Boulevard,

Nashville, Tenn. The company is a division of Koch Engineering

Company, Inc., Wichita, Kan.

Marathon LeTourneau

Gets $13.5 Million Order

From Fluor Drilling

Marathon LeTourneau Offshore

Inc., a subsidiary of Marathon

Manufacturing Co., has received an order for a drilling rig from

Fluor Drilling Services, Inc., a unit of Fluor Corp., Los Angeles,

Calif. The rig will be used in the

Gulf of Mexico and will be capable of drilling up to 30,000 feet in depths of 350 feet. Scheduled for completion in 1974, the rig will be built at Marathon's Vicksburg,

Miss., yard at a cost of $13.5 mil- lion.

RCA Receives

Navy Contract For

Automatic Test System

A project to develop an evalua- tion and acquisition process for the selection of automatic test equip- ment (ATE) will be performed by

RCA for the U.S. Navy.

The process, designed to evalu- ate ATE applicable to a wide range of Navy electronic and mechanical systems on board ships and aircraft and at shore stations, will be made by the RCA Aerospace Systems

Division, Burlington, Mass. The division is a major producer of au- tomatic teat equipment and auto- matic monitoring and control sys- tems for military and commercial applications.

Stanley S. Kolodkin, division vice president and general mana- ger, said the study would include development of a data bank to re- tain and retrieve ATE descriptive information. "This bank will provide the basis for selecting the most effective

ATE system for each individual testing application. The selection criteria will be based on perform- ance effectiveness and economic feasibility," Mr. Kolodkin added.

The six-month $75,000 contract was received from the U.S. Navy

Electronics Laboratory Center,

San Diego, Calif. •JACK HARHisoa

An offer you cant refuse.

Jack Harrison. Bill Dealing. Bill Kwitchoff.

Three nice guys.

Until something doesn't go the way they want it to. Then they turn into the toughest SOB's south of the 45th parallel.

They're our ship superintendents, and they've gotten very used to getting jobs done the right way. And they've gotten very good at getting it done that way.

Even if it means being available to your port engineer at 3 A.M., if necessary.

Next time you need a major conver- sion—or just a voyage repair—come see us. Now that you've had a look at the guys doing the pushing, you know this is not an invitation you should turn down.

Savannah Machine

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P.O. Box 787, Savannah, Ga. 31402, Tele. (912) 233-6621 5 World Trade Center, Room 6237, N.Y., N.Y. 10048,

Tele. (212) 432-0350

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