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Trion Acquires Envirco For $8 Million

Trion, Inc. of Sanford, N.C., has acquired all the outstanding stock of Envirco Corporation, headquar- tered in Albuquerque, N.M., for $8 million. The purchase, completed

August 1, is part of Trion's strategic plan to complement its internal growth with acquisitions that ex- pand its technology-based air clean- ing and high efficiency air filtration business. Trion specializes in the design, manufacture and sale of high-performance air cleaning prod- ucts, and provides environmentally sound clean air solutions for indus- trial, commercial, residential and consumer markets throughout the world. Envirco garnered revenues of $12 million in its latest fiscal year, manufacturing High Efficiency

Particulate Arrestance filters, and cleanrooms and workstations for mi- croelectronics manufacturers, phar- maceutical companies, hospitals, and other industrial applications re- quiring ultra-clean environments for critical technologies.

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New Book Reviews

In San Francisco

Escort & Assist Business

A new publication entitled The

Oil Tanker/Barge Escort & Ship

Assist Review provides a statistical breakdown of the business in the area, offering a comprehensive re- view of tanker and barge escorting in the San Francisco Bay. The book serves as a financial "tell-all," pro- viding market and revenue shares for all major players in the market.

The book, produced by TM Mar- keting, was created to gauge the financial impact placed upon the oil transportation industry by govern- ment regulation. It does so by ana- lyzing tug escort costs and company revenues, and reviewing local ship- ping information and specific port data.

The publication is filled with col- orful charts and graphs, providing information such as: • 1994 Ship Assist & Escort Mar- kets: The tugboat business in San

Francisco Bay was estimated to be approximately $27.1 million. The

SEAfifVER (4.449,872)

SEAWAY (866 8101

NIEMETH (1.204415) book breaks down each company's share of that market — for instance, showing that of that total, Bay & Delta

Towing garnered $6.1 million, with

Crowley second at $4.7 million. • 1994 Number of Es- corts by Oil Com- pany: In 1994, there were 1,845 tanker es- corts in the San Fran- cisco Bay, with only five of the most active com- panies responsible for 1,330 escorts, representing 72 per- cent of the business. SeaRiver

Maritime led the pack with 411 es- corts, followed by Chevron, which required 319.

The books contains hundreds of pages of graphics, statistics and in- dustry contacts to provide the com- plete picture of the area's business. 1M4 SHIP ASSIST AND ESCORT MARKETS

TOTAL MARKET 527.117.887

WESTAR (589.125)

FOBS (1 £88,810)

CHEVRON (1.989.260)

GHOWIEY (4.858,285)

TM Marketing plans to expand the 1996 edition to encompass the en- tire West Coast of the U.S.

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Drew's Cutting, Welding Line

Detailed In New Catalog

Drew Ameroid Division of

Ashland Chemical Company offers a new catalog detailing its recent additions to its welding and cutting product line. Using a new format for more convenient reference, prod- uct descriptions are provided for the

Amerox® and Amerarc™ lines of welding gases, gas and arc welding and cutting equipment, and consumables and accessories.

The catalog reflects additions to the product line effected through the company's NEW ERA program.

The NEW ERA program originated with a packaging innovation for welding electrodes that contributes to reliable, high-strength welds. All of Drew Marine's electrodes are now completely protected from moisture by impermeable, metal-foil, resealable packaging.

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Intermarine Inc. Awarded

By La. Safety Group

Intermarine Inc., a provider of ocean transportation services for breakbulk, specialized project and heavy lift cargo, has been awarded the 1995 Louisiana Workers Com- pensation Corporation (LWCC) Safe

Workplace Award. "Through your safety experience, you have not only accomplished much for your own company, but also for your employees, other policy holders, your industry, and LWCC as well,"Bill Mesa, senior vice presi- dent, policy services for LWCC, re- portedly said at the awards presen- tation. Intermarine, headquartered in New Orleans, with offices in Hous- ton and agents throughout Europe,

South America and the Far East, operates a fleet of more 30 multi- purpose vessels. 16

BBN Creates Acoustic lechnology Division

BBN announced the formation of a new division, BBN Acoustic Tech- nologies, to address increased cus- tomer demand for advanced noise and vibration control solutions. The new division, which consolidates

BBN's expertise in acoustic and en- vironmental techologies, develops and applies technology across the complete spectrum of active and passive noise and vibration control.

Dr. Erich K. Bender, vice presi- dent of BBN and head of the new division, has managed many of thecompany's structural, acoustic, environmental and noise control pro- grams, including the development of Active Noise and Vibration Con- trol (ANVC) systems. Active control of noise and vibration is accom- plished by introducing one or more secondary sources of noise and vi- bration to generate "anti-waves" that significantly reduce the original dis- turbance.

BBN Acoustic Tecnhologies,a di- vision of Bolt Beranek and Newman

Inc., develops and markets innova- tive, cost-effective noise and vibra- tion control solutions to government and commercial organizations.

BBN is a leading provider of internetworked systems that help people work and learn together. This year BBN celebrates the 25th anni- versary of its development of the

ARPANET, the predecessor of the modern Internet. For its fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, BBN had rev- enue of $196 million.

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BBN Acoustic Technologies

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You talked, we listened.

Recently, I invited you to fax your thoughts on

Crowley Marine Services. Thank you for all the response.

As a result of your feedback, we're streamlining our administrative procedures to make them more compatible with yours. We're customizing more vessels for your specific marine jobs, and we're empowering our people to make more decisions at the operations level.

So keep those faxes coming. By listening, learning and changing we can continue to put your needs first.

Sincerely,

Brent Stienecker

President, CMS, Inc.

CROWLEY MARINE SERVICES, INC.