[Trade Journal] Publication: American Glass Review Glass Factory Directory Issue Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
· · News Highlights of 1962
...a month-by-month review of happenings in the American glass industry during 1962, as recorded in the pages of AMERICAN GLASS REVIEW. · · February · · Owens-Illinois forms Italian subsidiary, Kimble Italiana, S.pA., to manufacture glass tubing at new plant near Milan, Italy. · · Kimble Glass Company, O-I subsidiary, reduces prices of its "Thinlite Curtain Wall" system. · · April · · Corning Glass Works, Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, and Owens-Illinois Glass Company joins 20 industrial firms to underwrite a three-year research program ar Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio. · · July · · Kimble Glass Company, subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, develops new television picture rube system, called Kimcode. which excludes need for implosion plate. New method is claimed to offer significant savings in weight, flexibility, and manufacturing costs. · · Carl R. Megowen, chairman of the executive committee of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, dies following a heart attack. · · August
Kimble Glass Company makes reproduction of antique glassware for the New Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Irutirute, Washington, D.C · · Defense General Supply Center. Richmond, Va., awards contracts for glass products to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Glass Products, Inc., and Owens-Illinois Glass Company. · · September · · Libbey Glass Division of O-I formally dedicates first major table glassware plant built west of the Rocky Mountains. California Lt. Governor Glenn Anderson officiates at opening of the new facility at City of Industry, Calif. · · November · · Kimble Italiana, Italian subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, purchases factory in Pisa that manufactures glass tubes. · · William E. Levis, retired chairman of the board of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, dies after a heart attack. · · |
Keywords: | Hemingray : Owens-Illinois Glass Company : Kimble Glass Company |
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Researcher: | Bob Stahr |
Date completed: | July 4, 2012 by: Bob Stahr; |