The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 34, Ed. 2 Sunday, July 6, 1947 Page: 5 of 34
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are "partners, and not rivals,
in (act .one cannot survive
prosper without the other," Craw-
ford H. Greenewfllt,-^piU" presi
dent and vice chairman of the
executive comipUtee of the Du
Pont,, Company, said in a recent
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CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN RAPID DESPITE LABOR AND MATERIAL DIFFICULTIES?—The aerial photo above, taken about February l, 1947,-or some six
months before that appearing on Page 1 of this section, demonstrates that progress of construction on the Du Pont compan^'s"Sfibine River Works at Orangcvhas bfcen
rapid despite labor and material difficulties. One of the quickest ways, to compare progress in the above picture with that of the later one is to count the smokestacks.
This general view of the plant stfows the hundreds of cars of workmen parked in the foreground and the huge wa.ter storage tanks of the plant in the background. It
is interesting to know that less than twoyeara prvor to the date the above-photo ijivas taken, the land in view was graiing territory for the famous Brahma cattle herdiT
' of Orange multi-mi,Uionaile H, J. Lutcher Stark, •• \ ' , ,
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Firm's Activities
Range Throughout
Southern States
The Du Pont Company has an
(extensive plant construction and
expansion program throughout
the...south, in Addition tolfthfc Sa-
bine River Works.
Ope of the half-dozen projects,
the Lji; Porte, Texas, plant about
20 nulcs southeast of Houston, is
substantially completed and is;
producing agricultural fungicides
and veterinary chemicals for the
South's great farms and herds.
These products include:
Piienothiazine,. most effective
fojt the control of internal para-
sites of animals, - "\
New Compounds'
"Formate" and •Zeriate" fung-
icides, new organic compounds'
for' the protection of a wide var-
iety of fruits, vegetables, and
other crops against attack-llby..
fungus diseases.
"Arasan" seed disinfectant, ef-
fective in'protecting corn, pea-
nuts and vegetables against fungi,
molds,-and germs.
"Tersan" fungicide for control
of fungi attacking golf and lawn
tuifs.
CHATTANOOGA NYLON
PLANT
The company's third plant for
making nylon yhrn is! being
built on „a 600-acre tract near
Chattanooga, Tenn. Construction
should be fully completed dur-
ing the third quarter of 1948.
About 1000 men and women
will be needed to operate the
plant when it is first brought into
[production.
This expansion, together with
extensions being made to present
plants,«will triple the output of
nylon textile, fibers achieved by*
the end of the war.
The plant site is on the north
side of the Tennessee River*
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In a Great Area
With a jSreat Future
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A Department
Working Man and His Family
for 40 Years at Orleans and
Crockett Streets.
IN BEAUMONT
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TyA's Chickamauga DaHn and
faces the city and Lookout Moun-
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First Nylon Plant
The f(rst nylon plant was bui)t
at Seaford, Del.. and began op-
eration in December, I939i abclut
a year after the invention of the
new product was announced. De-
mand far nylon was up to expec-
tations and the original plant
was soon expanded. \
A second^.pjant was built at
Martinsville, Va. The tatter,
which came into operation late in
1941, is currently being expand-
ed by the addition of a new unit.
From February, 1942, until aft-
er V-J Day, the entire production
of nylon was allocated by the
government for specific war,
nedds . During that period, tlfe ex-
pansion of 'manufacturing facili-
ties was limited to the require-
ments of the War Production
Board.
•Overnight Sensation
No yarn in, textile history has
imeeivecl ^fiuch public^ attention as
nylon. /almost overnight after its
commercial introduction, nylon
r' led an important position in
market for ladies' hosiery
yarn. . -
As a result of Du .Porit's suc-
cess in adapiing~"hylon for use
in other branches of the textile
industry, tremendous interest was
shown by weavers, knitters, rope
and thtyat—TTianufact u rertf,, and
braiders. *
Only limited ' quantities have
benn available for such purposes
up tK this point. With the com-
pletion xvf the : plant at Chattfi-
n«mga, anti the rounding out of
tlie Seafojdv and Martinsville
plants, the company will be bet-
ter-able to meet the needs of the
textile industry.
MARTINSVILLE NYLON
PROJECT
At the Martinsville, Va., plant
a major project for the expansible
of nylon production 'is almost
- Nylon for fine, textiles
and hosierv'Hs,,being produced on
a limited" bwis :fn the new unit.
Present estimates indicate the
new facilities will be ready- to
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operate on a full production bas
is by the end of the third quarter,
of this year.
BELLE. W. VA.. PLANT
Production capacity is also be-
ng expanded at the Belle, W.
/a., plant by the construction of
dditional units'*for making gly-
j cokdiglycolic acid, um and
hexahjethylene diamine. Hexam-
ethylene diamine is used in the
manufacture of nylon intcrried-
Iates, the irWeascd capacity be-
ing required Bv the overall ny-
lon Expansion prhgi'am. i
AddecJ urea eapabjty will 'in-
crease the output Of this basic
ingredient of faifn fjmiliiei4 and
of many plastics. jSfycol is used
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er of,these locations provides sjif-"
fieiept space to accommodate the
expansion in manufacturing fa-
^ilities which it is now forecast
will be required over the next
several years. ' V
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tract of bottom land once owned'
-by George Washington, who re-
ceived it in a grant of 2,314 acres
from Lord Dunmore, Governor of
Virginia, in 1772.
Expanded Facilities
Among the units being built at
the new location arle greatly ex-
panded' facilities for "manufactur-
ing nylon as a plastic in various
forms. "Lucite" acrylic ^ resin,
and the hew plastic, polythene.
Construction on these units With
the necessary service facilities
started' ass soon as materials and
labor* became available for post-
war developments.
.,4 Nvlort has established itself in
an outstanding' way in the field
.oft*textiles an.d synthetic bristles.
The war, however, delayed plans
for wider use in the plastics field,
Because of its high heal -ctsisr
tance and ' extreme toughness,
work in connection with certain
special war uses indicates its
•wide application in. the general
plastics fielc). The hew plant will
provide facilities for lVianufaetur-
ing nylon' polymers, bristling
filament, sheets, rods,, tubes, and
molding powders. Pijiov to the
war "Lucite'' moldiqj^ powtlei;
had' been adop'
riety of uses.
Important Plastic
Polythene, one of the new plas-
tics being developed by the Du
Pont Company,', is now used'ex
tcnsively in the electrical insula-
tion field and possesses lOUiStarid-
ing advantages which should give
it an important position in the
plastics, fit Id 'generally. Adequate
facilities to supply this plastic
are being provided.
A project is underway to ex-
pand 'ifapacity~tti tfie Waynes-
boro, /Va., cellulose acetate plant.
A IK phases of the new construc-
tion Me expected to be fully com-
pleted during 194H. The plant ex-
pansion will increase production
,1 capacity for ,vAcele" Acetate ltay
0ii,yarn and staple for textile in-
ducing in one minute' more than
40 transparent bags, sealed and
ready ^to attract the eye of the
shopper.
UNTOUCHED BY HANDS
Du Pont cooperated in the de-
velopment of a machine which
applies production line "methods
to frozen food packaging. Hands
do not touch-the food at any step
Dii Pont research provided th<>
proper type cellophane which is
essential to the successful ope
ration of the process.
Moisture-proof cellophane film
is generally ' used for wrapping
cigars, cigarettes, candies, hak-.
er.y products and other food
items. Plain cellophane--is used
for packaging such items a£ tex-
tiles, paper specialties and Smok-
ed meats where moistur®,,,.^'^1"
fectioii is not needed.
''Brgness in industrial enter-
prise has, in reecm" ars, been
given an anpieasant connotation
for reasons which are 'difficuIfBBjH'
W he-added. "
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rtainly no small enterprise
coujd have accomplished what
Du Pont and many; other large
companies' were asked to under-
take by, our government during
thtrAva1!'; Certaialy^no snVu.U busi,-
tiesses" could have designed and
built the' atomic energy projects.
MoCj&mall enterprise could haVe
iakett' the gamble which • was
leceasaiy to put nylon on a com-
mercial basis. There must be
large enterprises to dp large
things. • ,
"Off^flie other hand, there are
many opeiations, both in the
fields of prtxh/ction and distri
bution which can be performed
most efficiently bjK^mall busi-
ness. Such operations cHmpl^ment
those carried out on a\lurger
scale, and, in fact, one cahnot
survive and prosper without th
other.
Partners, Not Rivals
"They are partners, and not
rivals, a fact that' is sometimes
overlooked, or misunderstood. As
to Du Pont, we are well aware of
that close' relationship, and, -in-
deed, countless -small businesses
have flourished because of that
awareness." . <
Speaking of the widespread
const-rut ion program , that. Du
P$nT"KS8'"eharted over the next
few years, Mr, Greenwalt called
fesearch a orime resource of in-
dustry and pointed out that, for
every dollar Du Pont spends in
research, approximately throe dol-
lars are spent in expansion ' of
-plants and construction of new-
ones, providing ,mote and more
FIRST PRODUCTION EMPLOYEES—The Brown sisters of
Frances, U) and JuliiT'Til, were the first of about -800
employed at^tbe Sabine River Works, Frances started as a r«
ist on March 15, 1946 and now is an aA'ounting'tlerkr Julia,
started as a stenographer, is now in charge of the central
graphic office, the mail room arid central'files. The sisters, who
side at 410 Tenth. St., Orange, attended' University of Texas. '*<:
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j/ilis and better aniV lower-priced
products.
New Texas Plants
"lie pointed to two new plants
in Texas — the" Sitblne Rivet-
Works here and another at La
Porte, Tex.—where research htis
made it possible to take., advan-
tage of the low i;ost .and ready
availability of petroleum pro-
ducts as ra\v-matcriate. to a new
nylon plant under construction at
Chattanooga, Tenn,,! and a new
plastics plant at Washington Bot-
tom, W. Va; i H .
"Tfus ambitious program is ijn
excellent example of the diain
h starts with an aggressive
policy arid ends in plants
producing more arid better goods
for the service and benefit of the
people as a whyle," Mr. CirefnCf
wait declared.
Depend on Ciist^mors
Any successful busineS
continued, depends upon cusi
ers who buy the goods, the em-
ployees who make them and the
stockholders who provide monfy
for raw materials and plants and
machines to do the work. ^
Of nearly 118,000 stockholders
who own the Dit Pont Company,
about 80,000 of them own less'
than-100 shares of Du Pont ,stt«ftk>
each, Mr.. Oreenewalt said,
"Together they have provided
about $10,000 In eapitiil fot' each
of the 74.000 Du Pont empl
so each owner has,, bn the
age ,provided' a little less
the tools necessary for each |«.- .
ployee," he added.
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such as nylon, required In
effort. Employment also
tinued to rise, particularly
manufacture of sueh newl
veloped products. At the
1945, almost 28,000 ei
were engaged in production
sale of products which either
not exist, or which the Co
did not manufacture on a
mercial scale in 1925. ,
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Among the newest editions i
tapered nylon filamcr*" "
paint brush bristles;
, tetraflubrethylene resin, an
dustrial plastic which with si
all acids, including thoie
dissolve gold and silver; and
tains its form and strength'
■temperatures higher than
known organic material;
aectlcides: polythene, a
which is a good electrical
lator aLnd- is flexible and
over "a wide range of
tures; | and "Duco"
Chrome_nltrocellulose laeqi
new automobile finish.
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a basic
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indus-
diglycolic acid/is
TflW'tTfpWit^rwTtTf many Uses in
the Yield,plastics.
WASHINGTON BOTTOM,
Y W. VA,. PLANT
At' Washington Bottom, near
Parkcrsburg, W, Va, plant facili-
"tlfB-tor"
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company's activities in the plas-
tics industry are under con-
struction. The new plant is sche-
duled to be frilly incompleted by
the Sccojid quarter ,^f 1940',
The Du Pont Company already
operates one et- t-^c largest• plas-
♦ :csNplants' !r.. fhe: swir.'tr
ei 6A a.sixty-tgur a?r-. .site -a*
Allrapoii: R J. h>I'I -i
plant at Leomiubtcr, Mass. Weith-
LLOpHANE EXPANSION
xpansioji of the Sp.vuanee
Pis nt, near Richmond, Va!, to .in-
ert aSe Capacity for manufactur-
ing cellophane Is expected to be
completed by the second quarter
of 1948.
The new unity will boost the
output of cellophane cflllulpse
film to meet the mounting de-
mand for this highly transparent,
strong, flexible, grf!i|?tyipf,oof, oil--
proof, and air-prqof packaging
material.
Ground has just,A been broken
iniating another 'slwWrl-e project
ahd modernize
maRirig filin"
at the corr.pany
cellophane plant at Old Ilukory,-
V,% This, ,jol) when, completed
sometime m 1948 will result in
the einployrhcnt of more than 10(1
men aftd women. y'
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as. plain, transparent cellophane,,
this product is now produced in
more than 60 forms, including
moisture-proof film, thb exclusive
development of Du Pont research
Du Pout's most recent eontri
meat of Tthis product ts a
cdnTinoh. pr'c"'ei'.!)Mfhi«:li pai-Riget.
froiten tooda m cellopiianc, pro-
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