A handy tool to have

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Precision Shapes of Virginia Inc, based in Chesapeake, VA, has found out that the infrared measuring device developed by Sterling, VA-based Arc Second can be used for purposes other than for checking tolerances of the tooling and molds that Precision Shapes makes for boatbuilders. The $30,000 device can be used by boatbuilders to improvise hull designs and by boatyard operators to make quick measurements of boat parts that need extensive repairs or renovations.

Contracts & orders received, Use of materials & supplies, Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, Measuring & Control Instruments, Engineering for Ships & Boats, Instrument industry (Equipment), Marine engineering, Precision Shapes of Virginia Inc.

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New owner has big plans for Broward Marine

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Tom Lewis, chief executive officer of LPI Holdings LLC has bought a 57 year old marine yard, Broward Marine. His plans for renovation of the yard are discussed.

Strategy & planning, Acquisitions & mergers, Construction, Facilities & equipment, Executive changes & profiles, Engineering & Architectural Svcs, Ship Building and Repairing, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, EX. BUILDING, Shipbuilding & Repair, GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS, Construction industry, Planning, Officials and employees, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Buildings and facilities, Remodeling and renovation, Shipbuilding industry, Company business planning, Shipyards, Broward Marine Inc., Lewis, Tom (American business executive)

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New rescue tool marries GPS, EPIRB

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Northern Airborne Technology has introduced the first commercial model of a new 406 MHz device that combines Global Positioning System (GPS) technology with an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB). The GPS-EPIRB can give a precise location to rescures than a conventional 406 EPIRB. Moreover, Northern's SATFIND-406 GPIRB can update its position every 20 minutes allowing rescuers to compute the rate and direction of drift when plotting an intercept course.

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Product introduction, Marine Navigation Equip, Marine navigation equipment, Northern Airborne Technology Inc.

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