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facility for its new headquarters, located at 50 Enterprise Center in Middletown, R.I. This new facility is adjacent to the company's current leased facility, and will house the Administration, Engineering and Manufacturing departments. GEC Alsthom Awarded Contract GEC Alsthom has won an order from Metrovias of Argentina to upgrade the Buenos Aires metro signalling system. CMW Equipamentos, GEC Alsthom's Brazilian subsidiary, will supply onboard signaling systems for 79 trains and a complete signaling system for automatic train control and central traffic management. The upgrade encompasses 53 stations on four lines, covering a distance of 32 km. The new system is expected to improve train performance and ensure greater passenger safety. 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AMI is an installation contractor special- izing in engineered solutions for the world- wide offshore industry, principally focused on deepwater mooring system design, hook-ups of FPS/FPSOs and MODUs, sub- sea installations, structural mating ser- vices and fuel/product terminals. Tracor Signs Agreement To Sell Division To SIMCO Austin, Texas-based, defense electronics manufacturer Tracor, Inc., and SIMCO Electronics, Santa Clara, Calif., announced that they have signed a defini- tive agreement providing for the purchase of a Tracor division by SIMCO for $7.5 mil- lion. The division, which is involved in instrument repair and callibration, is known as the Instrument Services Division, and is part of AEL Industries, Inc., acquired by Tracor in February. SIMCO CEO Lee Kenna, Jr. said that the acquisition has opened up new growth opportunities: "National geographic cover- age and the technical capability of Tracor's personnel make SIMCO the largest suppli- er of non-warranty instrument callibration and repair in the United States, with the broadest range of technology." SIMCO Electronics provides technical services to the U.S. government and high- technology manufacturers in the biotech- nology, semiconductor, computer and aero- space industries. TT Club Adds New Directors At its recent board meeting in Taipei, the TT Club appointed three new directors, namely: Robert Cooper; C. Eugene Cox; and Lua Cheng Eng. Mr. Cooper is chief executive of Ports of Auckland Ltd. and presi- dent of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (ITPH). He is also a former international vice president of the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (ICHCA), and chairman of the New Zealand Container Terminal Operators Association. Mr. Cox is senior vice president with responsibility for Engineering and Operations for the Bermuda Electric Light Co. Mr. Eng has been CEO of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., Singapore, since 1979, and the company's deputy chairman since 1990. He is also president of the Singapore National Shipping Association, chairman of Jurong Shipyard Ltd., a director of Bobbitt Cooper 82 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
