[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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