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Crowley Names Head Of

Mexican Operations;

Expands Container Service

Crowley American Transport re- cently announced changes in its

Mexican operations.

Jay Brickman was appointed vice president, Mexico, to head

Crowley's activities in that country.

He was formerly vice president of government services in Jacksonville,

Fla. He joined Crowley in 1975.

Crowley will be starting a weekly containerized service between Port

Everglades, Fla., and Progresso,

Veracruz and Tampico/Altamira in

Mexico.

The 323-teu M/V Almania inau- gurated the set-day-of-the-week ser- vice with a sailing on October 6. A sistership, M/V Helvetia, sailed one week later on October 13.

Two leading firms, Report SA and

Contrasa SA, have been appointed agents for the new service: Report will represent Crowley in the

Yucatan, and Contrasa everywhere else in Mexico. Mr. Brickman will be the key person working closely with the new agents.

Crowley American Transport, headquartered in Jacksonville, pro- vides scheduled ocean transporta- tion services between the U.S. and 35 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Solar Turbines Names

Kop-Flex Quality

Certified Supplier

Solar Turbines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc., re- cently recognized Kop-Flex, Inc. ol

Baltimore as one of its Quality Cer- tified Suppliers during a ceremony at the Kop-Flex manufacturing plant in Hanover, Md. Kop-Flex

President and CEO Charles

Mansur accepted the award from

Solar Turbines representatives.

Maryland Governor William

Donald Schaefer sent a special citation.

Kop-Flex, a manufacturer of power transmission products, is one of 27 companies nationwide to earn the designation from Solar Turbines, which manufactures industrial gas turbines rated from 1,000 to 14,000 hp. Kop-Flex, reportedly the first

Maryland manufacturer to receive

ISO 9000 accreditation, received it to the broadest scope, ISO 9001.

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Bird-Johnson Elects New

Board Chairman

Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost

Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost,

USN (Ret.) had been elected chair- man of Bird-Johnson's board of di- rectors and appointed trustee of the company. Admiral Trost succeeds

Admiral Alfred J. Whittle, who died in April of 1993 after serving on

Bird-Johnson's board for 11 years.

A native of Columbus, 111., Admiral

Trost became Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Depu- ty Commander in Chief of the U.S.

Atlantic Command in 1985. In 1986, he became the U.S. Navy's 23rd Chief of Naval Operations.

Admiral Trost currently serves as a director of several corporations, including Lockheed, General Pub- lic Utilities, the Louisiana Land and

Exploration Company, and Preci- sion Components Corporation. He is also a member of the board of advisors of the General Dynamics

Undersea Warfare Center, chair- man of the board of the naval Sub- marine League, and a trustee of the

U.S. Naval Academy Foundation.

Bird-Johnson is a supplier to the

U.S. Navy which complies with the

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