New Walfboard Plant In Sacramento

Sacramento Plastics, Inc., is the name of a new company formed March 12, 1948, to man: ' ufacture wallboard, hardboard and flooring. L. I. Carr is president. P. V. Burke is vice president, and G. J. Thompson is secretary-treasurer. Directors in addition to the ahove named are Murle C. Schreck and E. H. Engstrom.

The new industry will utilize wood waste in the form of shavings, sawdust and blocks from the plant of Sacramento Box & Lumber Company. Sales will be handled by L.J. Carr & Co.,

65th & R Streets, Sacramento. Eric H. Engstrom is sales manag'er. It is expected that the new plant will be ready to make production samples around July 15, and to be in production August 1.

The type of merchandise that will be first on the market will be floor covering for homes, public institutions, and warehouses. This is flexible, and can be laid over any old floor, new floor, or concrete. It has a high wear factor,

Pctten-Blinn Appointed Distributor

E. J. Benson, North Hollywood, Calif., special representative for the Chemiseal Company, announces the appointment of the Patten-Blinn Lumber Company as distributor of Chemiseal products in the territory covered by thetr 22 branch yards throughout Southern California.

Main office, research and control laboratory of the Company are in Detroit, Michigan; plants are at Wilmington, Delaware; Pontiac, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; and Oakland, California.

These products are now available at all the Patten-Blinn yards, and there is also a dipping tank at their 26th and Soto Mill in Los Angeles, available to all dealers who wish to have their lumber "Chemiseal Treated."

very low water absorption, and is resistant to ordinary cleansers, cleaners, and solvents. It can be treated or waxed if desired, and will be marketed in one foot squares. It comes in mottled colors of green, blue, red, and natural wood.

The |l-inch wallboard is of fine textured surface. It can be painted or treated in any way, desired.

The hardboard, r/s" thick, will be used for topping, paneling, and many other purposes. Both wallboard and hardboard will be sold at competitive prices. These boards are resistant to water and other liquids.

The presses used in making these wood products are hydraulic, with two compression ranges, one being up to 1000 lbs. per square inch, and the other up to 2000 lbs. per square in,ch over a 4x8" area. These are multiple presses of from four to 12 openings per press. They are controlled with a quick closing low-pressure system to assure immediate contact and equalized cure. They are heated by circulation to afford even temperature over the entire compression area.

The process of manufacture iq. new, using compression moulding developed by Fred Hughes Laboratories, Sacramento. This concern is erecting tfre factory, and doing the chemical and research work for $acramento Plastics, Inc.

Form Loccl Associqtions

Two local associations have now been' formed along county lines in Western Oregon within the Western Forest Industries Association, and a third is in process. This is a move by the Association to strengthen the organizational machinery of the thousands of independent sawmill operators, loggers, truckers, lumber remanufacturers and allied interests in the several Western states.

As explained by R. T. Titus, executive vice president and general manager of the Association, the development of local groups, functioning as Sections with the parent body, provides a means for independents in each operating area to handle their local problems unitedly and at the same time preserve the necessary affiliation to meet state and federal problems with coordination.