1962 year in review; OI events listed

[Trade Journal]

Publication: American Glass Review Glass Factory Directory Issue

Pittsburgh, PA, United States
p. 8-9,11-16, col. 1


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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.

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February

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Owens-Illinois forms Italian subsidiary, Kimble Italiana, S.pA., to manufacture glass tubing at new plant near Milan, Italy.

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Kimble Glass Company, O-I subsidiary, reduces prices of its "Thinlite Curtain Wall" system.

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April

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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.

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July

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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.

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Carl R. Megowen, chairman of the executive committee of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, dies following a heart attack.

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August

 

Kimble Glass Company makes reproduction of antique glassware for the New Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Irutirute, Washington, D.C

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Defense General Supply Center. Richmond, Va., awards contracts for glass products to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Glass Products, Inc., and Owens-Illinois Glass Company.

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September

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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.

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November

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Kimble Italiana, Italian subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, purchases factory in Pisa that manufactures glass tubes.

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William E. Levis, retired chairman of the board of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, dies after a heart attack.

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Keywords:Hemingray : Owens-Illinois Glass Company : Kimble Glass Company
Researcher notes: 
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:July 4, 2012 by: Bob Stahr;