[Trade Journal]
Publication: American Glass Review Glass Factory Directory Issue
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
p. 8-14, col. 1
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News Highlights of 1963
...a month-by-month review of happenings
in the American glass industry during
1963, as recorded in the pages of
AMERICAN GLASS REVIEW.
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January
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General Lauris Norstad is named president of Owens-Corning Fiberglas International. Dr. Charles B. Wakeman, is named director of electronics research at Corning Glass Works. Earl E Smith, Owens-Illinois treasurer, dies.
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March
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Owens-Illinois and Cristaleria Peldar, S A, form a new company, Cristaleria Pelda, to make glass containers and tableware in Colombia.
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May
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Owens-Illinois reports development of new luminescent glasses known as O-T Silicas, a family of glass-ceramic materials called "Cer-Vit," and a family of new polymers or glass resins.
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June
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New implosion-proof TV tube called "dramatic breakthrough" by Smith Rairdon, Owens-Illinois executive.
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July
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John H. Thomas is named vice-president of research and development for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Albert H. Agett is appointed director of research and development for American-Saint Gobain. Frank Nesbitt retires from Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
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October
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Owens-Illinois Glass Company's new Charlotte facility, the only glass container plant in Michigan, turns out its first bottle.
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December
Owens- Illinois reduces prices on non-returnable beer bottles by an average of two per cent.
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A cooperative research program on glass and its properties is launched by the University of Michigan in conjunction with Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
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