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Bender To Overhaul,

Drydock Patrol Hydrofoil

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair

Co., Inc., Mobile, Ala., was recently awarded a base contract worth $1.3 million for the overhaul and dry- docking of the USS Gemini (PHM- 6), a patrol hydrofoil based at Key

West, Fla.

The Gemini was scheduled to ar- rive at Bender's facility in Mobile in mid-January. The work is expected to take 100 days.

Solidur Plastics Offers 16-Page Brochure Titled

Tendering Solutions' 'Tendering Solutions," a 16-page brochure that provides product de- scriptions and application drawings necessary to select a specific compo- nent and grade of Ultra-High Mo- lecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW-PE), is available from Sol- idur Plastics Co., Delmont, Pa.

Typical applications include dock fenders, rub rails, sealing strips for lock gates, bushings for pivots, spud well linings and guides, wear bars and slides, among others.

Solidur's PFG (Premium Fender

Grade) and 2090 components are made from a specially formulated grade of UHMW-PE which, accord- ing to the manufacturer, meets all the requirements for impact strength, wear and corrosion resist- ance and service life needed in the maritime industry.

Selection guides and ordering de- tails highlight the brochure.

For a free copy of 'Tendering

Solutions" from Solidur Plastics,

Circle 65 on Reader Service Card

Sulzer Diesel Changes

Name Following Majority

Stock Transfer

Following the transfer of the ma- jority of shares in the company to a group of shareholders, Sulzer Diesel

Ltd. will now be known as New

Sulzer Diesel Ltd.

The group of shareholders is com- prised of Fincantieri Cantieri Nav- ali Italiani SpA of Trieste, Bremer

Vulkan AG of Bremen, Germany, and Deutsche Maschinen- und

Schiffbau AG of Rostock. The re- maining shares are to be held by

Sulzer Brothers Ltd. and the man- agement of New Sulzer Diesel Ltd.

The agreement for this transfer was announced in the summer of 1990. It is an important develop- ment for New Sulzer Diesel Ltd.

The new shareholder structure pro- vides a stable, long-term solution to the maintaining of the New Sulzer

Diesel marque as a leading force in the world market for low-speed and medium-speed diesel engines for marine propulsion, marine auxiliary and stationary power plant applica- tions. The shareholding structure is strong and will be capable of provid- ing the continuity required in an industry whose products are ex- pected to have a long service life.

Although the company name has been changed to New Sulzer Diesel

Ltd., the company will retain the use of the trade name Sulzer for its diesel engine products, which will thus be referred to as Sulzer diesel engines.

Based in Winterthur, Switzer- land, New Sulzer Diesel Ltd. has the following subsidiary companies: • New Sulzer Diesel France SA, with offices and works in Mantes,

France; • New Sulzer Diesel Japan Ltd.,

Kobe; • New Sulzer Diesel Hong Kong

Ltd.; • New Sulzer Diesel U.K. Limited,

Farnborough and London; • New Sulzer Diesel US Inc., New

York, Savannah, Ga., Fremont, Cal- if., and Wilmington, Calif.; and associated companies in Ger- many and Korea.

The New Sulzer Diesel Group employs some 900 people and the worldwide order intake for 1990 is anticipated to be more than $304 million. This figure, however, ex- cludes orders received by the licen- sees of New Sulzer Diesel Ltd. in 18 countries around the world.

For free literature detailing the low-speed and medium-speed diesel engines offered by New Sulzer Die- sel Ltd.,

Circle 52 on Reader Service Card

Circle 216 on Reader Service Card ^fiO/Electriq Boat Division and Newport News

Shipbuilding are using the latest technology to build a new class of submarine (SSN 21, Seawolf) based on enhanced performance, maintainability and cost effectiveness.

Marotta is proud to have been selected as a team member with the opportunity to help advance sub- marine science into the next century.

Marotta's alliance with these twocompanies dates back to the late 1950's with the Skipjack class -585 and 591 - right on through to today's Trident missile carrying Ohio class of submarines.

So, when you need a reliable team member to supply hydraulic or pneumatic valves and control systems with proven performance... call upon

Marotta! a marobba

The Seawolf Team.,. i

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