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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS

SPD Technologies Names

Halferty VP/Chief Engineer

Philadelphia, Pa.-based SPD

Technologies has announced the appointment of John P. Halferty to the position of vice president and chief engineer.

Mr. Halferty's professional car- eer includes 26 years in the electri- cal distribution and controls indus- try, servicing the residential, com- mercial, industrial, U.S. Navy and marine electrical power distribu- tion markets.

Prior to his latest appointment, he served as director of R&D for

Siemens Energy & Automation. In the past, Mr. Halferty was also employed in an engineering man- agement capacity for I-T-E

Imperial Corporation.

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SPD Technologies

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Rabuck Assumes Leadership

Of Pathway Bellows

Pathway Bellows, an Oak Ridge,

Ritchie sets a new standard in Electronic

CompassTechnology..

GPS/LORAN/SATNAV

RADAR/CHART PLOTTER

AUTOPILOT

Easy Interfacing.

Ritchie's MagTronic Heading System is setting a new standard for Electronic Compass Technology.

That's because the MagTronic Sensor produces a crisp, clean signal that converts directly to digital information with accuracy and repeatability un- matched by other sensors. This sensor can also provide identical heading data for all youron-board navigation instruments. In fact, you can usually connect up to three instruments including your compass display directly to the sensor. That's

Easy Interfacing. If your electronics require several different signals all at one time, That's

Easy too. All it takes is a

MagTronic Interface Enclo- sure and simple slip-in

MagTronic Interface Modules.

Imagine, no more conflicting heading data. Your LORAN, GPS, SATNAV,

CHART/PLOTTER, RADAR and AUTOPILOT will all have the same precise heading data and

MagTronic's unmatched 1/2-of-one degree accuracy.

For more information about Ritchie Electronic

Compasses, see your favorite Marine or Electronics

Dealer or ask for your FREE Ritchie Catalog.. .it has everything you need to know about the new standard in modern Electronic Compass

Technology...and

Ritchie Magnetic

Compasses, too.

Remember, at Ritchie, Technology is never outdated...it's Standard.

RITCHIE E. S. Ritchie & Sons, Inc. 243 Oak Street, Pembroke, MA 02359

Tel: (617) 826-5131 • Fax: (617) 826-7336

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Robert L.

Rabuck

Mike Malkmus 48

Tenn.-based division of Dover

Corp., and manufacturer of custom engineered metal and fabric expansion joint products, has announced the recent appoint- ment of Robert L.

Rabuck to the company's presi- dency. Mr. Ra- buck has served as president for several other com- panies, and was also formerly em- ployed as manager of Shop Opera- tions for General

Electric's Main

Steam Turbine Di- vision. Mike

Malkmus has been named vice president of Metal

Expansion Joints for the company.

Pathway Bel- lows' metal and fabric expansion joint products are applied in refineries, power gener- ation facilities and other process industries.

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Pathway Bellows, Inc.

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Southern Marine Hires

Surveyor/Construction

Manager

Mr. E. "Bernie" Szetela recent- ly joined Southern Marine Inc. (SMI), Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., as staff surveyor and construction manager. For the past ten years,

Mr. Szetela has owned MBT

Marine Survey Co., a Morehead

City, N.C., and Ft. Lauderdale company engaged in performing surveys, damage claims service, refit supervision and expert wit- ness testimony. In his new posi- tion, he will conduct independent surveys; manage newbuild con- struction, refits and repairs; and assist in the preparation of insur- ance claims as related to major repairs and refits.

SMI is a vessel construction man- agement firm, focused on repre- senting owners' interests during newbuilding, repairs and refits.

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Southern Marine, Inc.

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Moran Towing Elects New

Executives

Malcolm MacLeod, president and CEO of Greenwich, Conn.- based Moran Towing Corporation, recently announced that Jeffrey

J. McAulay will serve as vice president of Finance and

Administration for the company, replacing Lee R. Christensen, who has retired. Robert J.

Patten was elected controller, fill- ing Mr. McAulay's former posi-

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