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gins, has been reelected to an- other one-year term as general chairman of the Marine Section of the National Safety Council.

Mr. Linane headed a slate of of- ficials on the Marine Section ex- ecutive committee for the 1980-81 period, who were elected at the group's recent annual business meeting, which was held in con- junction with the 68th National

Safety Congress and Exposition in Chicago.

Also reelected to top Marine

Section positions were Edward F.

Mclntyre, manager, safety and loss prevention, at Farrell Lines

Incorporated, New York, as dep- uty general chairman ; Capt. Har- old R. Rosengren, senior deputy chief surveyor at the National

Cargo Bureau, Inc., New York, as vice general chairman; and

Capt. Hugh M. Stephens, pres- dent, Ships' Operational Safety,

Inc., Port Washington, N.Y., as organization secretary. Richard L.

Fox, director of safety and secur- ity at Ingram Industries, Inc.,

Nashville, was elected to his first term as a vice general chairman.

Amicucci Named Service

Manager At FMC-Coffin

Turbo Pump Division

John J. Amicucci

Brian A. Jones, general sales manager, has announced the ap- pointment of John J. Amicucci to manager of service, Coffin Turbo

Pump Division of FMC Corpora- tion. Service management respon- sibilities include supervision of the factory service group and co- ordinating sales/service activities, in addition to actively promoting customer relations.

Mr. Amicucci was formerly em- ployed as service manager for ma- rine and Government by Worth- ington Pump Company.

Bird-Johnson Building

New $5-Million Facility

To Machine Blades

Bird-Johnson Company, Wal- pole, Mass., has begun construc- tion of a $5-million blade-machin- ing facility to convert bronze cast- ings into finished marine propel- ler blades. The announcement was made by Howard H. Scott, chair- man and chief executive officer, at a cornerstone-laying ceremony.

Mr. Scott said: "The expansion will provide increased employ- ment in the Walpole area. It will also allow us to reduce transpor- tation and production costs while

November 15, 1980 ensuring a quality product in any quantity needed by the U.S. Navy —now or in the future."

Startup is planned for March 1981, with the facility being fully operational before the end of the year. The addition represents a significant development of Bird-

Johnson's manufacturing capabil- ity. The new center will contain processes involving machining, welding, and small-hole drilling by electrical discharge machining (EDM), as well as inspection sta- tions.

It will be housed in a single building approximately 75 feet by 204 feet that has high- and low- bay work areas and a facility sup- port area. Three major metal-cut- ting machines will be used: a hor- izontal boring mill, a three-axis computer - numerically - controlled (CNC) profile milling machine, and a large gantry-type, five-axis

CNC profile milling machine.

Bird-Johnson Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of A.

Johnson & Company, Inc. It also manufactures thrusters, hydraulic actuators, and low-speed, high- torque hydraulic motors. A. John- son is a privately held company with annual sales of about $800 million and facilities throughout the United States.

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