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Carrier Transicold Names Hogan President Randall J. Hogan has been ap- pointed president of Carrier Corporation's Transicold division. Formerly, Mr.Hoganservedas vice ^^^^^^ president of Pratt & I Whitney Turbo Power I and Marine Systems and general manager of mar- 1 keting and customer ser- •L 3 vice for General JBK^ Electric's Electrical Dis- y^tribution and Control business unit. Carrier Transicold, a division of Carrier Corporation, manufactures transport refrigeration and air con- ditioning equipment for the marine industry. Carrier and Pratt & Whitney are subsidiaries of United Technologies Corporation. For more information on Carrier Circle 24 on Reader Service Card Inmarsat-P Affiliate Company Elects Board A new company was formed re- cently to implement the Inmarsat-P global handheld satellite phone sys- tem, and a board of directors was elected at the first shareholders' meeting in London. The board mem- bers represent several nations, each holding an executive position in world-renowned telecommunication networks. Olof Lundberg, director gen- eral, Inmarsat, and Daryll Smith, general manager, Telstra (Austra- lia) serve as directors of the board from Inmarsat. Kazuo Yosida, senior manag- ing director of KDD (Japan), chair- man-elect of the new company, com- mented on the success of the meet- ing, "It was an excellent start to building a truly international, pri- vate enterprise. Within the next Circle 333 on Reader Service Card few months the board will make decisions on the chief executive of- ficer, staffing, location, permanent name, and contracts for the manu- facturing of the satellites and de- velopment of earth stations." When it commences operation in 1999, the new system will provide a unique, low-cost global satellite phone system, as well as data, fax and paging, using handheld pocket- size terminals. Fully complementary with ter- restrial cellular/PCN, it will extend the benefits of mobile communica- tions to anyone, anywhere in the world. The 38 affiliate investors from countries spanning six continents comprise many of the world's lead- ing telecommunications operators, a number of which are already ma- jor providers of mobile services. For more information on Inmarsat's new affiliate company Circle 26 on Reader Service Card Unitor Acquires Sotec Unitor Ships Service, Inc., part of Unitor A/S, has reached an agree- ment to purchase the New Orleans- based fire and safety company South- ern Offshore Technical Services Inc. (Sotec), strengthening the company's position within the international fire and safety sector. Unitor offers a NICET-certified, professional technical staff to per- form regulatory inspections and the design and installation of fire pro- tection and gas detection systems which comply to NFPA, NMS, ABS and USCG standards. The purchase of Sotec will enable Unitor to offer a complete engineering, design, instal- lation, documentation and mainte- nance service to its customers. Among Sotec's current projects is the full servicing of portable fire extinguishers, low-pressure carbon dioxide systems, and Halon fire sup- pression systems aboard several Military Sealift Command vessels around the world. Unitor is a worldwide supplier to the industrial, offshore and marine markets. For more information on Unitor A/S Circle 89 on Reader Service Card KVH Signs Telecom Contract With Mitsubishi KVH satellite tracking antenna. KVH Industries has signed a con- tract with Mitsubishi Electric Com- pany to manufacture satellite track- ing antennas for use in Mitsubishi's new marine telecommunications product. The new product will pro- vide direct-dial telecommunications capability with voice and data as standard features and facsimile as an optional feature. It will allow offshore vessels to place calls by di- aling a telephone number in a fash- ion similar to that in which a land- line or cellular call is made. The product is designed for use on the American Mobile Satellite Corpora- tion (AMSC) Mobile Satellite (MSAT) system. KVH Industries manufac- tures a series of electronic compass products for the military and ma- rine markets. For more information on KVH Industries Circle 23 on Reader Service Card EXPERIENCE DERBYSHIRE QUALITY BATTLESHIPS TO BURKE BB61 ,. i U DDG51 IS ON BOARD SEAWOLF TO SEAWOLF SSN575 SSN21 CD CD VALVES GLOBE, ANGLE, CROSS, GATE, STOP, PLUG, NEEDLE, CHECK, CONTROL, BLOW, EXHAUST, RELIEF, FOOT, FLOAT, SHEAR, MANIFOLD, CARTRIDGE AND MIL-V-24109 EDUCTORS & PERI-JETS® CUSTOM DESIGNED UNITS TO SUIT ANY CUSTOMER REQUIREMENT INCLUDING PUMPING, MIXING AND DREDGING. ALL CONFORM TO MIL-E-24127 INSTRUMENTATION VALVES & FITTINGS GAGEVALVES, ALL END CONNEC- TIONS, FITTINGS, ADAPTERS, THERMOMETER WELLS & FITTINGS. 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