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British Firm Sells

Survey Technique To

Maritime Administration

U.K.-based international ship- yard consultants A and P Apple- dore (APA) have sold their shipbuilding technology survey technique to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Admin- istration.

The survey technique is a sys- tem developed by the British firm two years ago to measure on a worldwide basis the level of tech- nology used in 70 different as- pects of shipbuilding yard op- eration.

The Maritime Administration is now using the APA system to assess U.S. shipbuilding tech- nology at 14 leading shipyards.

The operation is being carried out by Marine Equipment Leas- ing (MEL), the American ma- rine consultants, under the direct supervision of the Administration and APA.

Two senior Appledore consul- tants have returned from Wash- ington, D.C., after a detailed briefing of MEL and Administra- tion staff. MEL will now carry 1 GEMS®MARINE TU....

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APA say that there has never been a uniform industry-wide evaluation of shipbuilding tech- nology, and the study will iden- tify areas where the U.S. ship- builders are leading or lagging behind their foreign counter- parts. It will thus provide the

U.S. with a sound basis for de- veloping a research and develop- ment program to improve the efficiency and productivity of its shipyards.

The Appledore survey techni- que has been widely used in both shipbuilding and ship repair yards in the U.K., Canada, India,

Egypt, and France.

MTU Group Forms

U.S. Subsidiary

The MTU Group, a West Ger- man manufacturer of high- performance diesel engines, gas turbines and power generating sets, has established a North

American sales and service sub- sidiary for their diesel engines, it was announced by Dr. Ernst

Zimmermann, MTU president.

MTU, which is partly owned by

Daimler-Benz AG, the producer of Mercedes-Benz automobiles and commercial vehicles, has distrib- uted its high-performance diesel engines through Mercedes-Benz of

North America since 1975. "MBNA, acting as our distrib- utor, performed an invaluable service in helping us get started in the U.S. market by providing us with marketing and adminis- trative assistance," Dr. Zimmer- mann said, "but we are now ready to launch an expanded sales and service effort in this country."

MTU diesels are already being used by U.S. marine customers, such as crewboat owners who service offshore oil rigs in the

Gulf Coast area, and other com- mercial applications on the East

Coast.

Olof Wadehn, formerly manag- er, MTU engine sales for MBNA, has been appointed general man- ager, MTU of North America, Inc.

The headquarters office is lo- cated at 1 Glenview Road, Mont- vale, N.J.

MTU specializes in the manu- facture of high-performance die- sel engines with unique design features such as favorable horse- power-to-weight ratio and com- pact engine dimensions.

At the recent Offshore Tech- nology Conference in Houston,

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