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EDO Gets $3.9-Million Navy Award To Improve Existing ASW System EDO Corporation, College Point, N.Y., designer and manufacturer of advanced electronic and electro- mechanical equipment, has an- nounced that its government products division has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for $3.9-million to produce additional equipment under an existing or- der for a specialized antisubma- rine warfare (ASW) system. In commenting on the new or- der, Frank Fariello, president of the EDO division, stated, "This is not a follow-on order but rath- er an order for improvements to the existing system — the AN/ SQR-18A — which we have been supplying to the Navy for several years." EDO supplies a similar system to allied foreign navies. Work on the new order will be performed at the company's Queens, N.Y., plant. EDO Corporation, through its divisions and subsidiaries in Con- necticut, New Jersey, New York, Kansas, Texas, and Utah, pro- duces a broad array of sophisti- cated systems, devices and mate- rials that play a significant role in ocean navigation, underwater detection/surveillance, and min- eral exploration. C. M. KEENEY President ROBERT R RIECKE Chief Financial Officer JANALYN P JOHNSON Sales Coordinator WILLIAM J. TREUTING Sales Representative cIrinity Industries Inc. of Dallas, rfexas announces the formation of a new marketing corporation. "Trinity Marine Marketun), Inc., has the exclusive marketing responsibility lor barges manufactured by 'Trinity's subsidiaries, 'Equitable Shipyards, Inc., and Imjalls Iron 'Works, Inc. TRINITY MARINE MARKETING, INC. Inc 3616 1-10 Service Road • Post Office Box 8863 Metairie, Louisiana 70011 (504)-831-0861 John Duffy To Head Field Services Activities For Metritape, Inc. John M. Duffy John M. Duffy has been chosen head of field service for Metri- tape, Inc., manufacturer of ad- vanced tank gauging equipment in Concord, Mass. He will direct all activities involving Metritape field engineers, and also manage quality control operations based on field service findings. Previously employed by BLH Electronics, Mr. Duffy brings to Metritape more than 20 years of field service training, applications engineering, and production ex- perience with process control in- strumentation. Prior to BLH, he served aboard a U.S. Navy air- craft carrier as electronics tech- nician working on navigational aids and approach control radar systems. Hrapoff Joins Epsco As General Manager Of Its Northeast Region SSSSSSsC Con Hrapoff Con Hrapoff has joined the Ma- rine Division of Epsco, Incorpo- rated, Westwood, Mass., as gen- eral manager of its Northeast Region. His responsibilities will include management of all sales, service, and distribution of Ep- sco's full line of marine electron- ics from Maine to the Great Lakes to North Carolina. Mr. Hrapoff comes to the posi- tion with a 20-year background in industrial sales and marketing. Formerly, he was vice president of marketing at J.H. Westerbeke Corporation, and field sales man- ager for Chrysler Corporation's Marine & Industrial Division. He is a member of The Society of Marine Port Engineers and the Government Relations Committee of the National Marine Manufac- turers Association. 42 Write 104 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
