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Wood Conversion R.eseqrch ond Development Deportmenl Moves Into New Reseorch Cenler

Wood Conversion Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota, has moved its entire Research and Development Department into a new Research Center in suburban Roseville. The department is occupying 44,000 square feet of floor space in the Saint Paul Terminal 'Warehouse Company's nerv $2 million building, which also houses certain manufacturing operations of Remington Rand Univac.

Besides bringing the research wing closer to corporate headquarters in Saint Paul, the move to the new center will permit the company to coordinate all of its research work at one location. Formerly, research activities were carried out at both Saint Paul and Cloquet, Minnesota, the company's main manufacturing plant. Another reason for relocating the center in proximity to both Minneapolis and Saint Paul is the opportunity it gives for associating with other technical people in an area that is fast becoming an important national technical center. Of the 45 employees in the Research and Development Department, half are at the professional level.

The center contains a large number of chemical and physical laboratories and shops, as well as pilot plant operations. Specializing, as the company does, in acoustical materials for architectural and automotive applications, it has incorporated in the center one of the best equipped acoustical laboratories in the country. For example, it includes a reverberation chamber mounted on springs, where sound characteristics can be measured without picking up extraneous sounds or vibrations from other sources.

According to the director of Research and

Development, Paul J. McGervey, the center will be more concerned with long range products and new product development than it will with work on existing products.

The company specializes in fiber technology, using both mineral and cellulose fibers as raw materials in its line of insulation board products for the building industry. In addition, it produces cellulose cushioning products for automotive, packaging, and furniture applications. In a move to further diversify the company's product mix, Wood Conversion Company acquired Sonic Engine'ering Corporation of Stanford, Connecticut last June. This wholly owned subsidiary manufactures ultrasonic equipment for use in the food processing and chemical industries.

The company has two manufacturing plants: one at Cloquet, Minnesota, and the other at Riverside, New Jersey. In addition, it has a fabricating division with three plants in the southeast.

Retirement Housing Film ls Avqilsble From DFPA

A horv-to-do-it film for builders and lumber dealers interested in entering the retirement home market is being made available by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, which produced the fi1m for a special section on retirement housing at the 1961 convention of the National Association of l{ome Builders.

Copies of the 16 mm sound movie may be borrowed from the DFPA Special Projects Department, 1119 A Street, Taconta 2, Wash.

Carl T. Mitnick, one of the nation's biggest builders for this market outside the sun belt, and Dan Grady, associated with Nels Severin in Palm City and other retirenrent communities, appear in the film. Both Mitnick and Severin are past presidents of the NAHB and both are building House of Freedom, a retirement home developed by the plywood association in cooperation with a panel of housing experts and the National Association of Retired Persons.

Ivfitnick and Grady outline the nrarket and trace the development of marketing programs aimed at the over-5O home buyer. Mitnick describes the results of his House of Freedom promotion, which he says was more successful than "anything we dreamt of."

The film also gives information on where builders and dealers can obtain information on this market, on homes designed to meet its special needs and on special marketing techniques.

Moy Shorpen Your Profits

ROTO SHARP, precision-made rotarY lawn mower sharpener, easily sharpens rotary blades without taking the blades ofi the mower. Simply install ROTO SHARP in any ,,/,t", 3/g," or rlt' electric drill, raise mower 'on one side. and ROTO SHARP u.ill quickly and easily sharpen mower blades. Removes nicks and burrs, gives a smooth, even edge on both sides of the blade. Sharp blades mulch the grass better, giving a cleaner-looking lawn. For a prettier lawn, keep your rotary mower blades sharp with ROTO SHARP! Also excellent for sharpening many other impiements and tools around the farm and home garden.

Price is $2.95 each, postpaid Kolling Company, P.O. Box 252, Dayton 1, Ohio.

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Weyerhoeuser Soles Hit Record High

TACOMA, Wash.Weyerhaeuser Company sold a record high volume of its lumber, paper and allied products during 1961, but made less money because of lower prices, according to the annual report issued to shareholders.

Sales amounted to $491,641,000 for a seven per cent increase over 1960. Net income was $36,637,000, compared with $47,751,000 a year earlier. Earnings per share were down from $1.59 to $1.22, though quarterly dividends remained at the customary rate of 30 cen-ts.

President Norton Clapp told the firm's 14,900 shareholders that in the "strongly competitive" year of 1961, more people bought more Weyerhaeuser products than ever before, but at lower prices.

Softwood plywood sales jumped 45 per cent in dollar volume over 19{i0, while hardboard, particleboard and veneer boards showed a similar rise. The company recorded a 10 per cen,t gain in sales of pulp, paper and paperboard and a 2 per cent rise in containers and cartons. The dollar value of lumber sales drop6led 8 per cent, primarily because of lower prices. In common with other West Coast lumber producers, Weyerhaeuser stated it felt the pressure of increased Canadian competition.

Further steps toward the manufacture of more end products in company-owned plants were taken in 1961, Clapp said, with the acquisition of Hamilton Paper Company. New shipping container plants were built in 6ve cities across the country.

The year saw a complete reorganization of the firm's wood products marketing structure, the report stated, which will bring faster, more personalized service. An increased emphasis on research activities was syrnbolized by a substantial addition to the Longview, Wash., technical center.

Several new wood-based products were introduced, including three new chemicals from Douglas fir bark.

Weyerhaeuser's activity overseas continued in 1961 with the opening of a new shipping container plant at Ghlin, Belgium, and acquisition of an interest in a major producer of folding cartons and printing specialties in Munich, Germany.

Recovery from last year's industry-wide low prices and profit margins may be slow in coming, the report said, but 'Weyerhaeuser expects its "new and improved products and services to fully share in the expanding markets of the future."

Losco Develops First Ploslic lleler Yoke for Woter Meter lnstollotions

Lasco Industries, Montebello, Calif., producer of plastic pipe and conduit, announced development of the first plastic yoke for use in water meter installations.

Roy Eastman, vice president-sales for plastic pipe, said the yoke has the National Sanitation Foundation's approval for carrying drinking water and has been placed in production for water utility company applications.

The first order for 500 yokes has been shipped to Miraflores Water Co., Santa Maria, Calif., according to Eastman.

Constructed of ABS extruded rigid plastic pipe, it eliminates corrosion, electrolysis and other causes of metal pipe failure, is lighter than metal and more economically installed, Eastman said.

He said the yoke will withstand working pressures rp to 240 psi and quick burst pressures up to 1,200psi.

Yokes are used to bypass obstruction between the water main and point of service and to situate the meter when there are differences in elevation between these points.

Each yoke includes another Lasco development-a plastic universal stop valve which eliminates the need for heavier metal valves. It is designed to function as a corporation, curb, angle or service ,type stop, Eastman said.

Lasco, a publicly owned company, also is a leading producer of fiberglass building panels and chemicals.

Lominoling Fllm for Wood Discovered by Accident

Pure accident has often been the teammate of great industrial progress. History records that the accidental discovery of vulcanization by Charles Goodyear launched the giant tire and rubber industry of today. And a century later in like manner, the company named after this pioneer chemist chanced on a unique laminating film for surfacing woods while searching for a new tire cord.

Called Videne, the film is derived from polyester resins developed during World War II when The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was seeking a new fiber for tire cord. Essentially produced from petroleum, air and water, some of the polyester resins had interesting fiber-forming characteristics while others possessed unique film-forming qualities.

Chemically, Videne is an extruded unoriented polyester film which is thermoplastic. Unlike other plastic films it "stays put," with no shrinkage and will not cr^ze or crack with age. With a companion polyester coating it can be laminated under heat and pressure to any wood or wood composition materials in a one step process. Videne eliminates the necessity for multiple coatings ty,pical of ordinary prefinishing operations. No catalyst or cure time is necessary.

The film is produced in rolls, in widths up to 54 inches, in either a clear type for high gloss finishes, in a satin type for low gloss or matte finishes and in opaque colors. Gauges run from 1.5 to 5.0 mils.

Videne's built-in gloss varies from a soft matte finish to glossy sheen depending on temperatures and lamination techniques employed. On virgin woods as shown in Weldwood Permagard the clear Videne film brings out the natural wood grain pattern. To achieve special decorative efiects on inexpensive plywood and composition board Videne can be reverse-printed with rotogravure, silk screen, flexograph or other conventional processes.

Videne is laminated to plywood with specially developed high speed rotary laminating equipment. After processing, Videne wood laminates can be cut, dried, sawed, drilled and shaped with regular wood working equipment.

Forecasting a bright future for Weldwood Permagard, Goodyear officials predict that "Videne laminated products have opened a new chapter in the historic development of orefinished surfaces for panelling, kitchen cabinets. furniture and store fixtures."

ln the Finonclol News

Robert D. Syer, President of Allied Concord Financial Corporation (Delaware) and Harry Goldstein, President of Concord Factors Corporation, have announced the acquisition of Concord through an exchange of stock. Allied Concord Financial, formerly Allied Building Credits, Inc., is a leading company engaged in nation-wide consumer installment financing primarily of home im- provements and in servicing mortgages for institutional investors. Concord is primarily engaged in financing of commercial accounts receivable, and its acquisition is the initial step in a diversification into the fields of commercial and industrial financing. Mr. Goldstein has been elected a director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Allied Concord Financial.

The consumer installment financing and mortgage service business will continue to be conducted by the Allied Building Credits division of the company, under the direction of Mr. Syer. Commercial and industrial financing will be concentrated in Concord Factors Corporation, under the direction of Mr. Goldstein.

1\{r. Syer also announced that the capitat of Allied has been increased bv $4.000,000 through subscription by its stockholders to additional shares of common stock. and that capital and surplus now exceed $12,000,00. Total resources of the combined companies are approximately $75,000,000. Allied is currently negotiating with institutional investors for the placement of $15,000.000 of long-term funded debt, the proceeds of which, together with the additional capital, will be used to expand the company's activities in the commercial finance field and for continued growth of its instaltment finance business conducted in forty branch offices in major cities throughout the country.

Allied was acquired in 1959 by a group of investors headed by Lazard' Freres & Co., New York. In addition to Mr. Syer, Mr. Goldstein and Cyrus H. Ritchie, Financial Vice President of the company, directors include Francis S. Baer, Chairman, who is also Chairman of the Board of United California Bank, San Francisco; Howard S. Kniffin, partner of Lazard Freres & Co.; Roger L. Stevens, New York real estate investor; James McMullen, partner of Payson & Trask, New York; Dudley H. Mills, former President of Discount Corporation of New York; and Arthur Ross, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Central National Corporation.

PREI ATUREIY-fhey hoven't even recched Chovez Rovine sbdium yet. Pretty Jan Lynch, Hollywood, found the blccher secls on smoll itom-cors qt lha Wilmington, Colif., plont of Koppers Compony, Inc., recdy r- bc pushed into hugc pres3u?o cylinders cnd impregnoted wifh preteruolive chemicob to guord thim permonently ogoinst ottock by fungus, decoy qnd termiles. April lO, lhc reotr were in plocr for thc Dodger home

Guests-Golf-Girls-Green Srufr?

Something for everyone is planned for the April 20th meeting of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2, Lakervood Country Club.

Aside frorn the Mav 10th luncheon to be held in conjunction u'ith the LASC Convention, this rvill be the last meeting of the season.

Guests? Hcre is your opportunity to itrtroduce others to the advantages of becoming a Hoo-Hoo member.

Golf on Lakewood's fine course, for those rvho want to spend the day forgetting about business.

Girls ? ;\ star show tras been lined up for after-dinner entertainment.

Green stuff? There's still $100 in the pot to be ralTled off, and this will probably be the night when some lucky guy gets the opportunity to buy drinks for the house.

Going to Lakewood April 20th ? You bet ! See you all there !