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New Pockoging for Noils Developed by lndependent

The teohnique of visual ,packag:ng, used by foods, drugs and other direct-consumer products, is now being extended to the building materials field.

The Independent Nail Corporation ol Bridgewater, Massachusetts, manufacturer of the Stronghold line of threaded nails and special fastenings, has developed transparent polyethylene packages for mauy of its products.

The bags are being made of a stronger polyethylene material designed to eliminate punctures and also to preserve its transparent quality. These bags are now being used by Independent Nail with several of its industrial customers such as asbestos cement siding manufacturers. The require<l number of nails to fasten one square of asbestos cement siding are packaged in the new bags and distributed with the siding.

Now, however, Independent Nail plans to package nails in small quantity for direct retail sale to the hone handYmarr.

"The advantages of the custorner being able to see the product are well-known," says Richard Gold, president of Independent Nail. "But this concept up to rlow l.ras not been used satisfactorily by the nail industry. Our experience with this new packaging has convinced us that small-quantity packaging of nails with positive point-of-sales factors is possible."

"The polyethylene packages can be made to any size and a new method of "counting nails" will enable us to reduce the relatively high-cost of packaging our products in small quantities," says Gold.

Independent Nail plans to conduct further market research on the ,possibilities of mass distribution of Stronghold nails in the nerv packaging.

guccessful Olympic Promotion il

Dealers in eleven Western State are now benefiting by one of rthe most succes'sful pro- , m,o,tions ever staged by Olympic Stained Products Company of Seattle.

The aim of ttti. spring promotion is to t^ provide the homeowner with a "Patio Pak" ---on,e quart of Olympic CALIFORNIA I REDWOOD srtain, plus a 2 in' pure bristle ' brush, fo,r refinishing outdoor ,items such as I picnic tables, flower boxes, planters, lawn I ch,a{rs, trellises, etc. Wi'th ,the increasing trend to outdoor living in the West, people I are naturally €ager to "dress up" their outdoor furniture early in the spring. 1

The Olympic Patio Paks are des'igne'd to I be displayed by the dealers in their traffic areas. They are inside a colorful display case with a spring p'romotiou display which has been resulting in rrlany sales, dealers report. Olympic CALIFORNIA REDWOOD stain won',t crack, peel, blistor, or rub ofi and it is made by a company thait for thirty years has been a leading manufacturer of stain.

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Johns-Mqnville lntroduees

Vinyl Bose in Nine Colors

Johns-Manville has introduced a line of vinyl cove base in nine new clecorator_se_ lected colors ranging from pastel tones to deep, rich shades.

The company is ofiering its new lines at llo extra premium, with one price for ali colors. These are: red, yellow, green, rose beige, brown, gtay, ivory, white and black.

J-\{'s nerv base is available in 2/z-inch and

4-inch widths in either 4-foot lengths or, on special order, in 50-foot rolls. Factorymolded corners and matching feature strips also are available.

Dealers may obtain sample color chips from their J-M salesmen or by contacting Johns-Manville, Dept. VCB 562, 72 East 40th St., New York 16, N. Y.

Norfh Pccific Lumber ln Exponsion Progrom

North Pacific Lumber Company, Portland, has announced promotion of Phil Polachek to assistant manager of the Inland Species division, where he will head up the company's Spruce development program. Having joined the rapidly growing forest products firm in 1958, Polachek's promotion marks the latest move in North Paci,fic's current program of expansion in personnel and facilities.

New Sectionol Lown-Gorden Fence

Production of a new pla,stic-coated steel lawn and garden fence, that can be arranged into a 'r'ariety of patterns or easily removed, 'is announced by the manufacturer.

The new "L'ock-Tite" Steel Fence is designed to add inexpensive beauty to lawns a.nd gardens without the rruisances some,times associated with permanent fences.

The Nelson "Lo,ck-Tite" Fence is quickly arranged into any of a variety of pattern.s which can be changed as often as desired. Assembly or removal requires no tools. I,t can be quickly and easily removed for neat lawn trimrning, etc., simply by pulling the individual sections out of the ground.

Specially formulated lifetime plas,tic coating adds color and protects the steel from the weather while the steel core gives he colorful plas,tic coating rigid strength.

Exclusive interlock clips, furnished wi,th the fence sec,tions, quickly and easily slip over the plas,tic-coate'd s,teel rods to connect the sections into a continuous, rigid fence.

Each fence section will cover a distance of up to on.e foot or more, depending on the pattern of arrangemen.t.

Sections are packaged six in an individual, attractive, selling-aid w'rapper. Each set includes two each of three colors-red, yellow, and green, each with contrasting white stripes.

Complete informa,tion, including prices and delivery, is immediately available, without cost or obligation, upo'n request from NELSON INDUSTRIES, 115 East Carson S't'reet, Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania.