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COMPANY PROFILE The American Group: Making Quality Ropes For More Than 100 Years Self-described as the largest fiber rope manufacturer in the Americas, The American Group of Lafayette, La. designs, tests and manufactures high-quality cordage products for the heavy marine and commercial fishing industry. Since its beginning in 1889 as American Manufacturing (AMCO), the company has focused on produc- ing high-quality cordage products for many end uses. Today, the American Group manufactures: • three-strand ropes up to 12 in. in circumference; • four-strand ropes up to 10 in. in circumference; • six-strand ropes up to 10 in. in circumference; • eight-strand ropes up to 18 in. in circumference; • 12-strand ropes up to 15 in. in circumference; and • two-in-one braid ropes up to 15 in. in circumference. With the downfall of the North American offshore oil industry, the company was forced to move more aggressively to the fishing and ex- port markets. Driven by customers which demand a stronger, lighter, and more durable product, while simultaneously meeting the need for more cost effectiveness, the American Group has focused spe- cifically on quality and service. This position has led the company to expand in the heavy marine and commercial fishing markets around the world, gaining market share in a smaller market. AMCO specialists were report- edly the first to create a blended rope, PNX. Since then, the com- pany has introduced the SSR series of blended ropes, and more recently, Ultraline, extruded copolymer fiber ropes. From raw material to final product, thorough testing and in- spection are continuous and manda- tory. All testing procedures comply to ASTM D4268, Standard Methods of Testing Fiber Ropes and to The Cordage Institute Standards. For more information Circle 4 on Reader Service Card GE Teams With Nuovo Pignone On LM2500+ Under a contract from GE, a new high-speed power turbine is being designed and developed by Nuovo Pignone for the new LM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine, GE Ma- rine & Industrial Engines (M&IE) reported from the Power-Gen Ameri- cas '94 conference. Nuovo Pignone is integrating the design and development of the new high-speed power turbine (HSPT) with GE's LM2500+ design program efforts. The LM2500+, debuted last June, is based upon the proven tech- nology of the LM2500 gas turbine, and is designed to prove lower in- stalled and life-cycle costs. LM2500+ gas turbines equipped with the HSPT will be available from GE for applications requiring output shaft speeds higher than those units with an uprated generator and mineral oil for the power turbine. The two-shaft LM2500+ is tar- geting the industrial and commer- cial marine markets for various 50- and 60-Hz power generation appli- cations, pipeline compression and mechanical drive, and fast ferry com- mercial marine trade. Emission controls available from the introduction of the LM2500+ will include water or steam injec- tion using a standard combustor of the LM2500 DLE combustion sys- tem. Testing of the HSPT will be conducted at Nuovo Pignone's Flo- rence, Italy plant, immediately fol- lowing the gas generator testing at GE's Evendale, Ohio facility. For more information on GE Circle 127 on Reader Service Card linking ports, coasts and continents by passenger ships and ferries tsiliiilii Passenger ships and ferries are connected with ports, coasts and continents by timetables that are accurate down to the last minute. Worldwide Service Under such circumstances the reliability of the propulsion plant takes on particular importance. MAN B&W four-stroke Diesel engines have been proving their reliability either as straightforward Diesel propulsion or Diesel-elec- tric propulsion plant on board famous cruise liners and ferries. With its comprehensive engine programme and the lowest heavy fuel consumption rate ever reached, MAN B&W is able to supply the ideal propulsion concept for every ship. MAN B&W Diesel, Stadtbachstr. 1, D-86153 Augsburg, Telephone (-821)3220 MAN B&W Diesel, Inc., 17 State Street, New York, NY10004,Telephone (212) 2 69-0980 Circle 255 on Reader Service Card 63 January, 1995
