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t|TNDtINff - NATHAN COMPANY
Wholesalers of 14/est Coast Forest Products
Main Office
564 Market St.
2185 Huntington Drive
Other Offices
SAN MARINO 9, CALIF.
HPl, NOFl,lA Preporing Stondord for Lqminoted Hordwood Block Flooring
Washington, D.C.-Manufacturers, distributors, builders and others associated with the Laminated Hardwood Block Flooring industry are assisting in writing a proposed Commercial Standard. Meetings with the Commodity Standards Division, U.S. Dept of Commerce have been held.
The proposed Standard establishes two grades, Prime and Standard; both in prefinished and unfinished. The proposed standard covers the quality criteria lor 9"x9" blocks, tongue and grooved, and also provides a method of labeling. A modified waterproof bond is required that will pass a one-hour boil test. Sampling, inspection, and test procedures are outlined in the proposed standard.
Two industry-wide meetings have been held, one in New Orleans last October during the annual meeting of the Hardwood Plywood Institute, and another meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, in May under the joint sponsorship
San Francisco 4 of the Hardwood Plywood Institute and the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association. dent of HPI, has served as chairman Sam Nickey, presiof these meetings.
Pittock Block PORTLAND 5, ORE.
Foir to Feoture New Mqchines
Headlining new American-made machines to be shown and demonstrated at the fifth annual Supply, Equipment & Fabric Fair, sponsored by the National Association of Fur- ' niture Manufacturers, August 29-September 1 at the Conrad Hilton, Chicago, are those which will minimize hand-labor operations, permit greater latitude of efficiency in woodworking and upholstery, and greatly increase production, while reducing costs.
John M. Snbw, executive vice-president, pointed out the Onsrud Contour Profiler for use in economically profiling drawer fronts and bottoms, rails, and case posts, eliminating the need for marking and bandsawing, and claimed to increase production by 249/o. As last year, several foreignmade machines will also be shown.
