Company News
Koehler Manufacturing Co. supplied its brass flame safety lamps to transport the ceremonial flame for the Olympic torch relay from Athens, Greece, to Lake Placid.
The flame was carried by air on the 4000-mile journey from Athens to Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, where the Olympic torch was lighted.
From Virginia, runners in cross-country relays carried the lighted torch to the stadium in Lake Placid, where the final runner circled the track and lit the Olympic flame.
John M. Shearer has been appointed engineering supervisor of Ferno-Washington, Inc. He will supervise the drafting and research and development areas. He previously worked for Wayne Industries in a sales capacity.
Modular Ambulance Corp. has named Jay H. Allen and Bill Myers chairman of the board and president of the company, respectively. The company designs, manufactures and markets 11 different emergency medical vehicles.
Allen has been president of Modular Ambulance since June, 1973 and previously was treasurer and vice president.
Myers was senior vice president-operations and prior to that he was vice-presidentmarketing and national sales manager.
Albert D. Ekegren has resigned as sales manager of Weldon, Inc., to become president of Vanner, Inc.
Vanner, founded by Ekegren and James D. Sullivan three years ago, manufactures a wide range of electronic devices for the control of current in ambulances, fire apparatus and other vehicles.
Ekegren has served as past president, Columbus Chapter, and past regional vice president of the Automotive Booster Clubs.
Carolyn Root has been named general manager of Midwestern Safety Manufacturing Co. Mrs. Root has worked in the garment design industry since the early 1970’s, and has been a freelance consultant for Midwestern, where she designed the patterned turnouts.
