Unitor Announces
New Owner Structure
Unitor Ships Service AS recently
reported that its major stockholder,
Hafslund of Norway (a major power,
paper and medical holding compa-
ny), has successfully completed the
sale of its 44.5 percent share in
Unitor to a number of individual
Norwegian and U.K. investors and
funds.
Unitor expressed its satisfaction
with the new owner structure, leav-
ing no one stockholder with more
than 5 to 10 percent of the company
stock.
Unitor reports at the same time
that its third quarter '88 results
were the best ever and that the posi-
tive trend is continuing and is ex-
pected to give Unitor a record year.
Unitor has a network of 50 branch
offices and 220 agents covering 450
ports worldwide servicing the inter-
national shipping and shipbuilding
industries. The company serves
more than 15,000 vessels from 70
nations annually. Main products are
welding gases and equipment; re-
frigerants and equipment; refrigera-
tion service; airtools; high pressure
cleaning systems; marine chemicals;
firefighting, rescue, safety equip-
ment and services.
For further information and free
literature from Unitor,
Circle 48 on Reader Service Card
Marine Electric Moves
To New Facilities; Divides
Into Three Separate Firms
A series of recent moves has re-
sulted in a number of significant
changes in the Marine Electric or-
ganization, a leading manufacturer
and supplier of the product lines of
Galbraith Pilot Marine (tempera-
ture monitoring, salinity monitor-
ing, audio equipment); CML-Ma-
carr (power supplies, wide band
power amplifiers); Wayne (custom-
made specialty transformers) and
Marine Electric (motor rewinding
and repair).
One significant change is that the
company has moved its entire oper-
ation from its former Brooklyn,
N.Y., location to more modern and
spacious facilities at 50 Carol Street,
P.O. Box 1135, Clifton, N.J. 07014-
1135.
A second major move was to di-
vide the company into three sepa-
rate and distinct firms—Marine
Electric RPD, Inc., for all Mil-Spec
products, salinity monitoring, tem-
perature monitoring, power sup-
plies, etc.; Clifton Power Group, for
all commercial power supplies, au-
dio systems, wide band power am-
plifiers, etc.; and Marine Electric
Corporation, for motor repairs and
rewinding.
For free literature detailing the
product lines covered by the three
companies,
Circle 35 on Reader Service Card
February, 1989
Caterpillar Wins
$1.4-Million Navy
Mine Plow Contract
Under a recently awarded $1.4-
million U.S. Navy contract, Cater-
pillar Inc. will develop a highly spe-
cialized mine plow for the Marine
Corp's Assault Amphibious Vehicle
(AAV) in a two-year program.
Managed by the Naval Coastal
Systems Center, Panama City, Fla.,
the contract covers design, manu-
facturing and testing of four proto-
type plows. The track-width plows
are designed to provide protection
of AAVs during amphibious land-
ings, uncovering and moving aside
enemy anti-personnel and anti-tank
mines placed in the surf and on
beaches. Each AAV can carry 28
Marines from ship to shore.
Caterpillar's Defense Products
and Research Departments con-
cepted the plow for use on the AAV
(built by FMC Corporation). De-
signed to remove and displace, rath-
er than detonate mines, the plow
can sustain limited blast forces and
continue operations.
The four plows are currently
scheduled to undergo a six-month
test at Camp Pendleton, Calif., be-
ginning January 1990.
For more information and free lit-
erature from Caterpillar,
Circle 74 on Reader Service Card
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THE AMERICAN VW
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Non-Slip Safety Coating:
Industry-Leading EP0X0®
• Heavy-duty coating for military and industrial use
• Applies like paint over any surface
• Easy to maintain
• Provides non-slip surface even on flooded decks
• Withstands heavy impact, oil, diesel fuel, gasoline
and solvents.
Non-Slip Ladder Treads:
SAFETY CAPTREAD™
• Safer than original treads
• Instant, easy installation
• Reversible for twice the life
• Proven on over 150 Navy ships
• Only refacement tread approved for fire
and toxic gas safety by Naval Ship
Research & Development Laboratory.
For more information and free samples
call or write:
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