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Edger Named President Of Jered Brown Brothers R. J. Edger R. J. (Rick) Edger has been named president of Jered Brown Brothers, Inc., a Troy, Mich., engi- neering and manufacturing compa- ny specializing in shipboard equip- ment for the U.S. Navy, including aircraft, cargo, and weapons eleva- tors; ship steering systems; sub- marine bow planes; anchor wind- lasses; and specialized handling sys- tems. Jered Brown Brothers is an oper- ating unit of Vickers Marine Engi- neering Division, which in turn is a major division of Vickers P.L.C., the London, England, based parent company of Rolls Royce Motors, and a worldwide supplier of systems and equipment for business, lithog- raphy, medical and scientific as well as for defense and marine indus- tries. Mr. Edger had previously been Jered Brown's vice president of sales and marketing. He joined the company in 1985 from Lake Shore, Inc., an Iron Mountain, Mich., man- ufacturer of deck machinery, where he had been general manager of Lake Shore's marine division. Prior to the Lake Shore stint, Mr. Edger for 10 years served in a series of marketing and sales engineering po- sitions with Sperry Vickers, a major marine hydraulics manufacturer. Mr. Edger is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers (SNAME), the American Society of Naval Engi- neers (ASNE), and the Navy Lea- gue. Veritas Group Restructures Into Corporation With Independent Subsidiaries The Board of Det norske Veritas is to restructure the Veritas Group into a corporation in which activi- ties within its different business areas are managed by independent limited companies with worldwide market responsibility. This reorganization means that from January 1, 1988, the Veritas Group will consist of a new classifi- cation company, a new industrial company, an offshore company (Veritec A.S) and the existing com- panies A.S. Veritas-huset, A. S Veri- tas Research and A.S Computas. With the exception of A. S. Com- putas, the subsidiaries will be owned 100 percent by the foundation Det norske Veritas through a Veritas Holding Company. Saab Offers New User Friendly System To Load And Discharge Tankers Saab Marine Electronics of Gothenburg, Sweden, has intro- duced the Mac/501 system that ena- bles the operator to load and dis- charge tankers by operating a light pen or a tracker ball on a color mon- itor. While studying on-line graphic mimic pictures on the screen he will have full control of the cargo han- dling and its associated pumps and valves. By use of the latest man- machine communication tech- niques, the handling is simplified and made safer. Distributed independent substa- tions provide increased reliability and secures operation even if the central processor should fail. The cargo level is monitored by the integrated radar sensors of the well-known TankRadar system giv- ing non-contact measurement of cargo levels. Also ballast gauging, temperature and pressure measure- ment as well as other types of sen- sors can be included. For free literature giving com- plete details on the Mac/501 from Saab, Circle 42 on Reader Service Card tZ£jcz>» 10 V>i I Xi Hflvran uec 1X4 EE "" . - w'f l ft t m avail. It® frftlf,
