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Before joining Inexa Profil, Torngren was a sales representative at Tibnor, responsible for the North Bothnia region. "The move from Tibnor to Inexa Profil is a natural one and is a step in the right direc- tion with my background," Torngren com- mented. He continued, "It is going to be both interesting and fun to work for Inexa Profil."

Permalight Moves to Larger

Facilities

American Permalight Inc., manufacturer of photoluminescent low location lighting, recently relocated to larger facilities. It can now be contacted at 2531 W. 237th Street #113, Torrance, Ca., 90505; phone: 310-891- 0924; fax: 310-891-0996.

Moran Towing Corp. Announces

Promotions

Effective Aug. 20, 1997, Mr. Ronald G.

Droop will move into his new position as manager of Marine Transportation at Moran

Towing Corp.'s Greenwich office, and Mr.

Matthew R. Walton will take over as gen- eral manager of the Moran of Miami divi- sion. The promotions were announced by

Mr. Malcolm MacLeod, president and CEO of Moran.

In his new position, Mr. Droop will be responsible for the operation and adminis- tration of Moran's fleet of five dry bulk barges and ten petroleum barges. He began his career as assistant manager of Offshore

Operations at Moran's Greenwich headquar- ters, and in 1995 he was transferred to

Moran Towing of Miami to serve as vice president and general manager.

Walton joined Moran in 1993, after sever- al months in the dry cargo brokerage busi- ness, where he assisted in the start-up of the

Miami division as the assistant manager.

Newport News Announces New

Director of Naval Marketing

William C. Bell was recently appointed director of Naval Marketing at Newport

News Shipbuilding.

He will be responsible for the market analysis, development and overall manage- ment of the company's sales to both the U.S. and international military customers. Bell began his career at NNS more than 23 years ago.

Most recently, he served as director for

International Naval Sales and is currently president of Newport News Global, the ship- yard's foreign sales corporation. After grad- uating law school, Bell worked in private practice until his return to NNS in 1986 .

He joined the Legal Department and was instrumental in assisting the company in reentering the international market.

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