Marketing agreements to distribute a line of ship engine room products were announced recently by Alan G. Finkel, vice president f o r marine operations of ITT Mackay, a unit of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
Through one agreement, ITT Mackay is appointed exclusive U.S. and Puerto Rico agent for marine sales of the combustion optimizers and smoke indicators manufactured by the R.H. Wager Company, Inc. of Chatham, N.J.
In a second agreement, ITT Conoflow-VAF, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, appoints ITT Mackay its exclusive U.S. and Puerto Rico agent for marine sales of the widely used "Viscotherm" fuel viscosity control system and positive displacement flow meters and fuel blenders.
Mr. Finkel said: "ITT Mackay is developing a line of reliable marine engine room products relating to fuel conservation; these new agreements are the first steps in that direction. The product line will be made available in the U.S.
through our network of 23 sales and service depots," he concluded.
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