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Tracy, Calif.-Production of Sisalkraft products at a new Western Division plant here is announced by W. N. Stevenson, president of American Reenforced Paper Company, manufacturing division of The Sisalkraft Company.

The nerv plant, representing a capital investment of more than $750,@O, is the only exclusive manufacturer of reinforced waterproof, protective papers on the West Coast'

R. S. Youngberg, Western Division manager of The Sisalkraft Company, San Francisco, said the plant will serve 11 western states, Hawaii, Alaska, and Far Eastcrn markets.

Highly mechanized production 'n'i1l start immediately on Sisalkraft building papers. serving construction and agricultural markets; sisalation, insulation and vapor barrier used in residential and cold storage plant construction; and Fibreen papers, used widely in heavy industrial wrapping and packaging.

"The new plant is centrally located and has excellent highway and rail facilities to better serve the western states," said Allan MacKay, superintendent.

The modern structure is located on a 30-acre site within the city limits of Tracy and is of ivelded steel construction and corrugated asbestos siding. The main building measures 118 by 240 feet and is tr,vo stories in height. Situated at the rear of the main building is a pump building 32 by 32 feet and a boiler house 4O by 40 feet.

The Sisalkraft Company, as the sales division of American Reenforced Paper Company, has offices in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. The company has subsidiaries in Australia, the Australian Sisalkraft Company, and in England, the British Sisalkraft Company, Ltd., London.

On Trip to Aloskq

E. L. "Bud" Reitz, of the E. L. Reitz C<i., rvholesale lumber distributing firm of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Reitz, left last r,veek for Seattle, Wash., where they lvill join Mr. and Mrs. Howard Irrvin for an extended cruise aboard the Invin yacht "Jo-Jo." Ports of call will include Victoria, B.C., San Juan Island, through the Inland Passage to lower Alaska. On the return trip they rvill cruise through the Princess Luis Inlet, stopping at Vancouver for a few days, then on to Seattle. While au'ay they expect to do considerable hunting and fishing, and most of all resting and loafing, according to Mr. Reitz.

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