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A Red Fox by any other name is not a Red Fox

Now available, scaled down versions of Red Fox marine sanitation devices capable of processing wastewater for 3 to 3.000 people.

SEI Thrives In Fa

HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS FOR WORLD-CLASS CUSTOMERS. Earlier this year, when Superior

Energies Inc.'s (SEI) 12,000-sq.-ft. facility in Groves, Texas burned to the ground in a matter of hours, many observers would have thought the calamity big enough to drive a similar sized business to the "out-of- business" ranks.

But SEI — which manufactures insulation systems components, pri- marily used for diesel engine exhausts, gas turbines and mani- folds to the marine offshore, gas transmission and compressor power generation markets — reacted quickly and decisively to ensure the business did not skip a beat.

In fact, as the fire was still rag- ing, all of SEI's personnel were sent to Houston and Mobile, Ala. to work on projects, effectively not missing an hour of work. Office personnel were literally set up under a group of oak trees, using cellular tele- phones to gather new supplies, office trailer and additional equip- ment to resume normal operations at the earliest possible date.

During the crisis, SEI was unbe-

The GLOMAR

EXPLORER Lives!

During the Cold War it made history retrieving a sunken

Russian sub. Today, it makes history drilling wells in deep water. We are proud of the part we played in the GLOMAR

EXPLORER project.

Hydraulic Systems

Design/Build/Install

Riser &

Guideline Tensioner

Remanufacturing

Hydraulic Cylinders

Subsea Tree

Handling Equipment

Steering Gear

Specialists

Central HPU

Design/Build/lnstall

BOP Transport &

Handling Equipment

Tubing & Pipe

Installations

Crane Rehabilitation

On-site Turn-key

Project Division

Rotary Skid Jacks

Pennant Reels

Design/Build/lnstall

Even after a fire gutted SEI's facility in Groves,

Texas, the company hardly missed a beat, meet- ing 93 percent of its shipment dates. lievably able to meet 93 percent of its shipment dates for insulation products while, literally, working under a circus tent for two months.

Bred For Success

SEI was born in the garage of Jim

Scott in 1978. Burton's Shipyard in

Port Arthur, Texas was building a pair of supply boats, boats powered by a pair of re-manufactured 16- cylinder engines. During sea trials,

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Today, smaller, lighter Red Fox units deliver the "Original" reliability and quality of the Wastewater Treatment Systems that set the standards. The only Red Fox. Relentless innovation and development has Red Fox solving sewage and waste water problems worldwide through our network of international offices "Red Fox - the little system with the big system inside

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