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PROPULSION UPDATE Detroit Diesel And Deere Plan Joint Venture To Market Broader Line Of Diesel Engines General Motors and Deere & Company have signed a memoran- dum of understanding to form a joint venture to design, manufac- ture and distribute diesel engines worldwide, the companies an- nounced recently. The proposed corporation would be held equally by both parent companies. The agreement is subject to final nego- tiations and clearance by the federal antitrust authorities. The joint venture will include the diesel engine operations of Deere & Company and the Detroit Diesel Al- lison Division of General Motors (DDA). F. James McDonald, president of General Motors, and Robert A. Hanson, chairman and chief execu- tive officer, Deere & Company, is- sued this joint statement: "General Motors and Deere & Company be- lieve this proposed joint venture is a very positive step for the diesel engine operations of both compa- nies. The new organization will al- low us to provide a full line of prod- ucts that will benefit from combined resources in both technology and economies of scale in manufactur- ing. These advantages, coupled with a strong distribution network and the considerable experience of man- agement and production personnel from both companies, give us confi- dence that the new company will play a leadership role in the diesel industry." Officials predict annual sales of about $1.5 billion for the new company. The new company is yet to be named and will be headquartered in the Detroit area. Senior manage- ment will be drawn from both GM and Deere. It is expected that the new firm will be in operation under its new name and management by January 1,1987. The joint venture will utilize die- sel engine facilities in the Detroit area presently operated by Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors. These include the Redford heavy-duty diesel engine plant, the Romulus Parts Distribution Center and the Romulus Engineering Cen- ter. Also included will be the tools and machinery used to manufacture the Detroit Diesel 8.2L medium-duty engines now being built by GM's Chevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada (CPC) group which recently ac- quired DDA's Romulus diesel en- gine manufacturing facility. The 8.2L engine will be a part of the new joint venture's line. The Deere & Company facilities to be utilized include the Waterloo, Iowa, diesel engine plant and a die- sel engine plant in Saran, France. Engines will also be provided from the Dubuque, Iowa, factory, which will continue to be part of Deere & Company. These three facilities supply engines for John Deere agri- cultural and industrial equipment as well as for use by other customers in marine and industrial applica- tions and generator sets. All other DDA operations will re- main with GM, and other opera- tions of Deere & Company will be unaffected. The combined product line gives the new company a complete range of diesel engines from 50 hp to 2,000 hp, with a wide variety of configura- tions to meet virtually every appli- cation need. Detroit Diesel Allison has been marketing the John Deere line of diesel engines through its worldwide sales organization for the past year, under an earlier agreement. The two companies also have been cooperat- ing under a technical agreement for joint engineering efforts on new products. These actions have pro- vided continuity and direction while the joint venture has been under study. For further information, includ- ing free color literature on the full line of diesels manufactured by De- troit Diesel Allison, Circle 35 on Reader Service Card For free copies of color literature offered by John Deere on their line of diesel engines, Circle 36 on Reader Service Card MonArk Boat Delivers First of Nine Fast Parasail Craft For Air Force The U.S. Air Force recently ac- cepted a 41-foot Parasail Training Craft constructed by MonArk Boat Company of Monticello, Ark., fol- lowing testing of the boat on Lake DeGray. The craft was loaded aboard a truck in Monticello for delivery to Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. The first of nine Parasail boats to be constructed by MonArk under a $2.2-million contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command, the new craft was approved after two days of tests conducted by the 3613th Com- bat Crew Training Squadron from Homestead. 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Subjects taught at the survival school include parachuting tech- niques, proper use of survival equip- ment, search and rescue procedures, medical and psychological aspects of water survival, subsistence, and hazardous marine life. The new parasail craft will achieve a top speed of about 30 mph. Propulsion power is provided by twin 435-bhp Detroit Diesel 8V71 TI engines. Each boat is fitted (continued) PARASAIL TRAINING CRAFT Equipment List Main engines (2) .... Detroit Diesel Gears Allison Propellers Columbian Bronze Steering Teleflex Shafting Aquamet Controls Morse Parasail winch McElroy Batteries Delco Battery charger Newmar Ship-to-shore Newma Silencers Reiley-Beaird Lighting . . . Aqua Signal/ITT Jabsco Loran C Si-Tex Depth recorder Lowrance VHF radio ICOM Sanitation Mansfield Seating Wise Windows Wynn Enterprises Bumper (fender) . . . Johnson Rubber Coatings Mobil Circle 189 on Reader Service Card 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
