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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS

Albert Brown. manufactures emer- gency oil spill response equipment and systems for the continuous recovery of hydrocarbons from industrial wastewater.

Albert Brown, who has occupied the interim managing director slot since November 1995, has stepped in as the company's managing director, after the resignment of

Graham Norman due to poor health.

During his career, Mr. Brown served as managing director of

Salvesen Oilfield Technology Ltd., during which time the company

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Pipe fabricating productivity increased with new Wallace Coast equipment

Pipe fabricating productivity increased over 50%

New Wallace Coast equipment boosts output

New pipe fabricating equipment will make your pipe shop more competitive. Complete systems are available from Wallace

Coast. The latest developments in pipe storage, pipe selection, cutting, flange welding, CNC bending, conveying and saddle/hole cutting offer big improvements in productivity.

PIPE STORAGE

New computer controlled pipe storage and retrieval are the starting point. Automatic pipe length measurement of random pipe is an option.

AUTO CUT-TO-LENGTH

Nested requirements can be cut on a CNC saw system.

AUTO FLANGE WELDING

Time can be reduced to 4 minutes for 4" pipe. Flange hole offset can be calculated from

CAD piping design data.

CNC PIPE BENDING

Pipe with flanges in place can be bent accurately.

SADDLE/HOLE CUTTING

Accurate oxy-fuel and plasma cutting with CNC control saves time. No layout required.

COMPLETE SYSTEM DESIGN

Wallace Coast custom designs and installs complete pipe shop systems.

Contact: Wallace Coast Machinery division of Jesse Engineering, Co. 1920 Waukegan Road

Glenview, IL 60025

Phone: 800-523-6867

Fax: 847-486-9852 was awarded the Scottish Offi

Achievement award in recogn of its performance in the Euro oil and gas sector. In the last years, he reportedly played a in the development of a corpc consultancy group in Aberc which counts major oil compa among its clients.

Shay Named Gulf & Atlan

Project Manager

Robert J. Shay has be appointed to the position of projt manager for Gulf & Atlani

Maritime Service, Inc., a full-st vice ship agency with headqua ters in Iselin, N.J., and branc offices in port and inland locatior throughout the U.S. Prior t accepting his new position, M:

Shay accrued more than 25 year of experience in the field of projec cargoes and chartering, and wai employed by Lykes Bros

Steamship Co., Industrial

Maritime Carriers and

Colonial/Gulfship Marine.

XTRA Names Chief

Information Officer

San Francisco,

Calif.-based XTRA

International, the marine container leasing division of

XTRA Corp., has appointed Paul K.

Bulba to the posi- Paul K. Bulba tion of vice presi- dent and chief information officer.

He assumes responsibility for

XTRA International's worldwide information systems at the com- pany's heaquarters and at its worldwide locations. New technol- ogy development, fleet administra- tion, customer invoicing and main- taining information platforms are part of his new portfolio. "K" Line Makes Liner

Department Appointments "K" Line, a fully integrated inter- modal transportation company linking the Pacific Rim with North

America, has recently made new appointments in its liner depart- ments. Tina Masington and

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