AI.IBERT A. KEIJTJEY A Medford Gorporation Representative

Diqmond Notionql To Expand Molded Pockoging At Red Bluff

Diamon,cl National Corporation has initiated a $1,000,000 expansion program for its \f olded-Packaging Division at the In'tegrated F'ores,t Products Center in Red Bluff, California, it was announccd today by William l{. Walters, chairman and president.

The project, scheduled to be complete<1 carl_v" in 1963, will increase capacity and dail_,produc,tion tonnage of nrolded pulp products tnanufactuled at ,the Red Bluff location. New equiprnent to be used at the installation is now Leing built by Diamond National's subsidiary, the Manchester trfachine Corlpany in Micldlertown, Ohio.

The new facilirties, according ,to President Walters, will allow Diamond National to nrannfacture new ,types of molded prrlp prepackaging trays usecl for packing meats, fruits and vegetables. The Red Bluff plant produces a contplete line of nroldecl products, inclutling egg cartons and p,icnic plates.

l)iamond National's giant installation in Rcd 81uff, rvhich was comple.ted in 1958 at a cost of $30 rnillion, wlas the first integrated forcst products center in California. It perllits f ull utilization of the companv's vast tirnber holdings by converting former wood residues to uscful products. Although thc operation orginallr. supplied I)N customers in the Wes,tern staites, it now ships to nrany cities throughout the country.

Earlier in the year the company undertook a $144,000 expansion at its Red Bluff ivlo,ldedPackaging D,ivision's pulping facilities which increased daily output of pulp produc'tion by 20 per cent with the installation of two additior.ral chests for pulp storage.

D,iamond National's other molded-pulp packaging operations are located at Platts- burgh and Ogdensburgh, New York; Palmer tr{assachuse tts; Middletown, Ohio; Brantforcl, Ontario, Canada: Great Yarnrouth. liriqland anrI Elsfleth, \A'est Ger.man,v.

U.5. Plywood Announces Plont Acquisition

Linited States Plywoocl Corporation has announced the acquisition of another- plyw'ood production unit at Sonoma, California.

'l-he transaction included all the rlanufacturing ecluipnrent ancl other asse'ts of the Pacific Coast Compar-ry's Sonoma plant u'h,ich has an annual production capacitl. oi about -10 million s<1. f.t.

In making the announcement, Gene C. Ilrewer, president of United States Pl1,'a.ood, said:

"The addition of ,this plant to our west coast facilities will strengthen our conrpetitive position in meeting the highh' specializecl demar.rds of the California market."

Brewer said 'the contpany plans to invest an additional sum of up to $100,000 modernizing and ex,panding the plant's procluctior.r faoilities.

The plant will be rnanaged as part of the company's California division u-ith heaclquarters at Anclerson. Kenneth l,forrow, general nlalrager of the division, said the companl. will continue to operate the plant with it_" i)resent employes. tr'[orrow said the plant is proclucing standard grades of fir plywoo<l including sheathing and some fir specialties such as Weldwood Two-For-One-a double duty subflooring panel that eliminates conr.entional joist construction.

The move increases the number of plan,ts operated by United States Plywood on the I'acific Coast to 25. Ot these, eleven are in California, inclucling the Sonoma plant.

The company is the third largest produ.cer of softwood plywood and its sales of plywood, hardboard and related produc'ts are larger than th'ose of any other company in the country.

In commenting funther on the mor-e, Morrow said that the company's sales and marketing organization will make it possible to con,tinue to operate the Sonoma plant for the foreseeable future.

A smqlf (l2"xl5s/+"1 disploy shows Moson:re ,X,, Siding os it oppeors on o house. Prominently shown on the finished sur{oce ore cqrtoon choroctErs ond soles lines pointing up the "X,, Siding feoturesprimed surfoce qnd seoled bock, exclusive X-90 fiber formulq for fop weothering quoliries, guidelines for cosy instollction, exceplionol dent resistonce ond extrq wide exposu?e for deep, ottrocfive shodow lines. A liferoture rock to hotd ,,X,, Siding envelope stuffers is included for mounting on the side. An unfinished corner shows the foctory primecool. The disploy is supported by o wire eoiel, 'which folds down when o sclesmcn tqkes it to ccll on prospects owoy from the lumber yord.