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Bowles Assumes Leadership

Of Nace Infl.

Joe Bowles, Jr. recently accept- ed the presidency of Nace

International, a society dedicated exclusively to the prevention and control of materials corrosion. Mr.

Bowles has been with Tenneco

Energy in Houston since 1957 and has held his current position, man- ager, Corrosion Control, since June 1986.

The presidental gavel was passed to him by Brian Holtsbaum,

Associated Corrosion Engineers,

Calgary, Alberta, during the soci- ety's annual conference on March 27 in Denver.

Mr. Bowles has been an active

Nace member since joining in 1960, has been involved in many committees, and has chaired its membership committee and

Corrosion Control of Offshore

Pipelines (T-10-2) committee. The association, which provides train- ing programs, standards develop- ment and information dissemina- tion in the corrosion field, has more than 15,000 members world- wide.

Simrad Announces Merger

With Kongsberg Gruppen

Simrad AS, the corporate body for worldwide Simrad operations, announced that the Kongsberg

Group has acquired a majority of

Simrad shares. Kongsberg is a supplier of electronics for marine, aerospace, defense and industrial applications in Europe.

The combined organization reportedly comprises more than 3,000 employees worldwide, with offices in 11 countries. It is hoped that its improved technology base, along with greater financial resources, will serve to strengthen

Simrad's future market position.

Victaulic Honored By ASTM

Committee

Victaulic Company of America, a manufacturer of mechanical piping components, recently received the

Robert Taylor Award sponsored by the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee

F-25 on Ships and Marine

August, 1996

Technology. Commemorating the committee's first chairman, the award is presented to companies that have "demonstrated and maintained a strong commitment with positive results in developing, producing, and using ASTM F-25 standards." Victaulic has spon- sored leaders and assigned techni- cal experts to facilitate standards development. Douglas Dole, the company's manager of R&D and chairman of the ASTM F-25 Ships and Marine Technology Piping

Systems Subcommitee, and

Richard Weston, manager of

Project Engineering, were cited as individuals who have provided exceptional support and made great contributions.

KVH Purchases Facility For

New Headquarters

KVH Industries, Inc., a provider of communications and navigation products for commercial, marine and military markets, announced the purchase of a 75,000-sq.-ft.

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