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Baxter Named President

And Board Member Of

The Foxboro Company

A new president and chief of operations and two new directors were elected recently by the board of directors of The Foxboro Com- pany, Foxboro, Mass. According to Earle W. Pitt, chairman and chief executive officer of the proc- ess control manufacturer, Colin

I.W. Baxter has been elected pres- ident and chief of operations, and

Mr. Baxter and executive vice president Charles A. McKay, di- rector of technology, have been elected to the board of directors.

Both Messrs. Baxter and McKay will report to Mr. Pitt, who re- tains the responsibilities of chair- man and CEO.

In his new role Mr. Baxter will be responsible for all corporate operations, which include the worldwide sales, manufacturing, systems, customer service, and analytical instrument divisions.

Mr. McKay will be responsible for research, development, engi- neering, and marketing, also on a worldwide basis.

Mr. Baxter joined Foxboro in

Canada in 1956; spent a period as a sales engineer with W. Arthur

Fisher, Ltd., the Foxboro repre- sentative in New Zealand, and rejoined Foxboro in Massachu- we have the big stick. 38D8-1/8 series opposed piston engines can deliver 700 to 4,200 horsepower. No one else comes even close.

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Engine Division setts in 1960. In 1963, he was appointed general manager of the

Far East and Pacific Area and managing director of Foxboro

Proprietary, Ltd., in Australia.

He became assistant U.S. gen- eral manager in 1971 and general manager in 1972. He was elected vice president in 1974 and exec- utive vice president in 1978.

Mr. McKay, who became a Fox- boro vice president in 1974, is a member of the company's corpo- rate operating committee. As di- rector of technology, he is re- sponsible for the design and de- velopment of new products and systems, as well as the engineer- ing maintenance of existing prod- uct lines. He served as chief elec- tronic engineer, production man- ager, and general manager of the

Van Nuys, Calif., division of The

Foxboro Company (now the Va- lencia plant) before transferring to Foxboro, Mass., in 1968 as manager of electronic develop- ment and engineering. He was elected executive vice president in 1978.

Triple 'A" Yard Awarded $10-Million Contract

To Overhaul LSD

Triple "A" Shipyard San Fran- cisco has been awarded a $10,- 128,000 fixed-price contract for the regularly scheduled overhaul of the dock landing ship USS

Fort Fisher (LSD-40). The Su- pervisor of Shipbuilding, Conver- sion and Repair, USN, San Fran- cisco, is the contracting activity. (N62798-70-C-0011)

Crane Manufacturers

Friedrich Kocks And

Peiner Have Merged

Kocks Crane and Marine Com- pany of Pittsburgh announces the merger of its parent company,

Friedrich Kocks, with Peiner AG, a company of the Salzgitter group. Both companies have well- established reputations as pro- ducers of large cranes and mate- rial-handling equipment in Eu- rope as well as North America.

This merger augments the capa- bilities of both companies in the production of cranes to better serve the industry.

Friedrich Kocks is also known for its production of ship winches.

This program will now be han- dled by the crane division and is expected to continue to increase its scope of manufacture under the new direction of Kocks Crane and Marine. The crane division has been manufacturing its prod- ucts in the U.S. for more than 10 years, and under its program has qualified for and completed con- tracts for the National Aeronau- tics and Space Administration.

In addition, the Marine division office in Little Falls, N.J., will continue its activity in the indus- try under the direction of the

Pittsburgh office to better coor- dinate activities throughout the

U.S. and Canada.