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Messrs. N. Craft, Boston hauliers, have taken over the busines. of Messrs. F. Smalley.
The new Esso refinery at Fawley will be opened by the Prime Minister on September 14.
The Aluminium Development Association, London, W.1, has published its 1951 directory of members.
A party of workers from the Bergen (Norway) transport undertaking recently visited Guy Motors, Ltd.
Vehicle output of the Nuffield Organization has been reduced by about 6 per cent, because of the shortage of raw materialS. • * '5• * A total of 507,000 motor vehicles is
registered in Quebec Province. This shows an increase of more than 50.000 since the end of 1950. • Comprehensive service for K.L.G. sparking plugs is now available at the depot of Smiths Motor Accessories, Ltd., at 153-155, Bothwell Street, CiIasi, gow, C.2.
The address and telephone numbers of Gervis Components, Ltd., are given incorrectly in the London telephone directory. They should be: 4, Wakeman Road, London N.W.I0 (Ladbroke 3688, 3132, 1806).
A new sales and service branch has been opened at Secunderabad, India, by Automotive Manufacturers, Ltd., the Leyland agent at Bombay. Mr. A. T. Kothavala, an engineer trained Scotland, will be in charge.
The headquarters of the Board of Trade is being transferred to Horse Guards Avenue, Whitehall, London, S.W.1. Correspondence previously addressed to Imperial Chemical House and Thames House (North) should be sent to the new establishment
SHELL CATALYTIC 'CRACKER COMPLETED
THE first modern catalytic cracking unit in Europe has recently been completed at the Shell Penns refinery near Rotterdam. It took nearly two years to build and is due to come into full operation shortly. Its capacity is about gm. tons a year. A catalytic cracker performs one of many processes to secure the largest possible yield of high-grade products from crude ail.
The Pernis refinery is now the largest in Europe. Repairs to war damage brought its capacity back to the pre-war level in 1946, and subsequent expansion raised the figure to 5m. tons a year. The new extensions form part of Shell's overall post-war refinery expansion programme which .includes two important projects in the United Kingdom,
Taking installations in France, Germany and Italy into account, Shell claims to be the biggest refiner in Europe, with a total annual capacity of some 20m. tons.