Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 21, 1993                   TAG: 9310210323
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

IN BUSINESS

Westmoreland Coal Co. of Philadelphia has put its Westmoreland Energy Inc. subsidiary up for sale, the company said Wednesday.

Westmoreland, whose Virginia headquarters are in Big Stone Gap in Wise County, is one of the state's largest coal producers but has been struggling financially recently.

Westmoreland Energy earlier was involved in an unsuccessful effort to build a coal-burning cogeneration plant in Buena Vista. The company holds an interest in eight cogeneration plants in the U.S.

Westmoreland Coal has retained Merrill Lynch to help find a buyer. Merrill Lynch is also helping Westmoreland review the possible divestment of some of its coal mining operations. - Staff report

\ Briefly . . .

Computects Inc., a Beckley, W.Va., firm providing architectural and engineering services to the building industry, has opened an office in Wytheville to serve the Western Virginia market.

\ TSR Technologies, a Blacksburg communications and security equipment company, has been acquired by Grayson Electronics of Forest, a division of Allen Telecom Group.