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NASSCO Elects Vortmann

President And CEO

Richard Vortmann

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO) recently an- nounced that R.H. Vortmann has been elected president and chief ex- ecutive officer of NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrison-

Knudsen Company, Inc. He suc- ceeds C.L. French, chairman and chief executive officer, who retired.

Mr. Vortmann had served as president and chief operating officer since February 1984. Mr. French was elected to the position of chair- man and chief executive officer at the same time.

Mr. Vortmann joined NASSCO in 1976 as vice president of finance and planning, became executive vice president-operations in 1980, and was elected president and chief operating officer in 1984. Prior to joining NASSCO, Mr. Vortmann held a number of financial manage- ment and corporate planning posi- tions with the Kaiser companies. He holds Bachelor and Master of Busi- ness Administration degrees from the University of California at

Berkeley.

Mr. French began his career with

NASSCO in 1967 and served as vice president of engineering from 1974 to 1976, when he was elevated to executive vice president. In 1978, he was elected president and chief operating officer, a position he held until being elected chairman and chief executive officer. "During Larry French's tenure as chief executive, NASSCO has been a star performer within the

Morrison-Knudsen organization," said W.J. Deasy, president and chief executive officer of the Boise- based holding company. "On behalf of the corporation and its stockhold- ers, I extend best wishes to him dur- ing his retirement," Mr. Deasy added.

Simplex Wire Awarded $4.2-Million Contract For

Oceanographic Equipment

Simplex Wire and Cable Compa- ny, Portsmouth, N.H., is being awarded a $4,181,100 firm-fixed- price contract for oceanographic equipment. Work wil be performed in Portsmouth, and is expected to be completed in July 1987. The

Space and Naval Warfare Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00039-86-C- 0211).

Bardex Awarded Contract

By Shell U.K. To Supply

Rig-Skidding System

Shell U.K. Exploration and Pro- duction has contracted with Bardex

Corporation, through its London of- fice, for the rig-skidding system on the Shell Tern platform in the

North Sea.

The system will consist of a con- trol console and four hydraulic grip- per jacks. The console will have the capability of skidding the skidbase in an east-west direction or the der- rick module in a north-south direc- tion. It will use two 400-ton hydrau- lic piston gripper jack assemblies for the skidbase skidding, and two 275- ton hydraulic piston gripper jack assemblies for the derrick module skidding.

Bardex (formerly Hydrautics Hy- draulic Systems) is headquartered in Goleta, Calif., with offices in Lon- don and Houston. The company de- signs and manufactures heavy-load- moving equipment for offshore- and shipyard-related activities.

For additional information on

Bardex,

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