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nts are FH Lorentzen & Son AS 3slo, Norway, and Femar Mare 1., located in Genoa, Italy. ronite Announces New ppointments

Linda S. Grant is been named irchasing contract dministrator for hevron Chemical's )ronite Additives )ivision. She pro- ures raw materials, Linda S. Grant :ommodities and specialty chemicals

For the manufacture of Oronite products, and before this appointment, most recently served as transportation/ responsible care specialist for the

Oronite Division.

Steve J. Best has been appoint- ed original equipment manufactur- ers' (OEM) technical liaison for the same Chevron division. He is the communications link for Oronite's

Specialty Products with the OEMs in such product lines as tractor hydraulic fluid additives and two- stroke engine oil additives. He has been employed as an Oronite pro- cessing engineer, and as a cus- tomer technical service representa- tive for Oronite's Specialty

Additives.

Leico Employee Honored By

Institute Of Navigation

Thomas A. Stansell, Jr., of the

Leica GPS division, has been awarded the Weems Award by the

Institute of Navigation (ION) in

Alexandria, Va. The award is given out annually in recognition of continuing contributions to the art and science of navigation. As director of Advanced Programs with Leica GPS, Mr. Stansell is the team leader of the computer- aided earth moving program (CAEM), in which Leica is collabo- rating with Caterpillar and

Spectra-Physics under the

President's Technology

Reinvestment Program (TRP).

Prior to Leica's purchase of the company's commercial GPS busi- ness group in 1994, Mr. Stansell spent 25 years with Magnavox, and reportedly was responsible for starting the offshore oil survey integrated navigation and systems

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Steve J. Best

UNITED

TECHNOLOGIES •

I.'TBANSICOLO business, and for developing a long series of successful Transit and

Omega navigation and survey instruments. He also headed the teams which developed Magnvox's all-digital GPS receiver technology.

Based in Torrance, Calif., Leica's

GPS group designs, manufactures and markets professional products using GPS for marine and land- based applications.

Vikoma Int'l Names

Managing Director

Vikoma International Ltd. of

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