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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS

Evacuation Chute System.

The most efficient, easy-to-use, flexible, and cost-effective marine evacuation system avail- able in the world. It evacuates passengers and crew in the shortest possible time.

Manufactured to meet or exceed all SOLAS requirements. US Coast Guard Approved

We manufacture the only US Coast

Guard approved single 100 person

Reversible Inflatable Platform.

These sturdy platforms are designed for pas- senger carrying vessels operating in protected waters. Fully reversible - it offers instant board- ing, which ever way it inflates. Also available in 10, 25 and 50 person sizes.

DUNLOP-BEAUFORT CANADA LTD. 12351 Bridgeport Road, Richmond, B.C.

Ph. (604) 278-3221 Fx. (604) 278-7812 1-800-931-3221

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COMPANY PROFILE

Composite Construction Materials

Help Make Ships Stronger, Lighter

THE ONLY EVACUATION

SYSTEMS THAT ARE

US COAST GUARO

APPROVED.

Metalleido of Italy offers a full range of composite panels under the Mitlight name. The com- pany's panels fulfill all IMO codes for high speed craft (HSC) requirements for "fire restricting material," and are reportedly

Modular construction of MDV 1200 Pegasus certified by Det Norske Veritas,

Registro Italiano Navale and

Bureau Veritas.

The company has supplied the panels for many high-profile fast ferry projects, including

Fincantieri's MDV 1200 Pegasus

One and Pegasus Two, as well as for SuperSeaCat, being built for

Seacontainer. The company has started to supply its technologi- cally advanced paneling solution for MDV 3000 Jupiter, and it is currently in negotiations to sup- ply materials for Pegasus Three as well as the next SuperSeaCat.

The patented Metalleido process is said to deliver a prod- uct which should be considered valuable to both shipbuilders and owners alike, because it is lightweight, high strength, and competitively priced. In addi- tion, Mitlight products are designed for high delamination resistance and with high fire smoke toxicity properties. Mitlight panels in 3-D fabric, phenol foam are available in struc- tural or decorative skins. They are available in sizes ranging from 1,220 x 2,440 mm to 1,450 x 3,100 mm, and different thickness values ranging between two and 30 mm.

The production process allows Metalleido to manufacture flat or partially curved structures.

While the company has enjoyed success and market penetration in Italy, it is concentrating its efforts on entering the HSC markets in Australia, Europe, Japan and the U.S.

For more information from Metalleido

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Metalleido's composite panel production and delivery fit nicely into Fincantieri's modular construction plan devised for the MDV 1200 series of high speed craft.

W.R. "Bill" Tighe, Founder Of Willord

Marine, Dies At 71

W.R. "Bill" Tighe, founder of Newport

Beach, Calif.-based Willard Marine Inc., and a pioneer in the evolution of large-sized fiber- glass boats, died of heart failure in March at the age of 71. He was active in his company until 1990 when he retired for health reasons.

Mr. Tighe worked on Ohio River vessels as a youth, served on U.S. Navy minesweepers during World War II, and after earning a col- lege degree on the East Coast, moved to

Southern California to begin a boating indus- try career.

In 1957, after working at the former South

Coast Co. building minesweepers for the

Korean War, he founded Willard Boat Works by building a series of Hugh Angleman- designed wooden ketches. This led to custom motoryacht construction, and in 1961, he developed the classic VEGA 36 series with fiberglass materials, which was the beginning of the modern trawler yacht concept. Mr.

Tighe's landmark project was 125-ft. (38.1-m)

MTV Silverado, which was the forerunner of fiberglass megayacht construction. He also led his company into fiberglass boat construc- tion for the U.S. government, and Willard has delivered almost 1,000 such craft.

Bender Shipbuilding Appoints Greek

Representative

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. has announced that T.J. Giavridis Marine Services

Co. Ltd. will serve as its exclusive representa- tive in Greece. This office will help drum up business for the company's core facility

Mobile, Ala., and for the recently

Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co., ed in the Port of Tampa, Fla. "We are elated to have a representative the caliber and fine reputation as T.J

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Evacuation Slide System.

Designed specifically for Low Freeboard Ves- sels, it is a combination slide and platform. It provides speedy evacuation for all passengers - young, old and physically challenged.

US Coast Guard Approved.