[Trade Journal] Publication: American Glass Review Glass Factory Directory Issue Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
· · News Highlights of 1973
...a month-by-month review of happenings in the American glass industry during 1973, as recorded in the pages of AMERICAN GLASS REVIEW. · · February · · Raymon H. Mulford, chairman of the board of directors of Owens-Illinois, dies in Toledo; John J. Timberlake, president of Forter-Teichmann Company, dies in Pittsburgh. · · April · · J. Preston Levis, retired chairman of the board of Owens-Illinois, dies at the age of 71. · · May
Libbey Division of Owens-Illinois, announces plans to produce table glassware at former Libbey-Owens-Ford plant in Shreveport, La. · · June
Owens-Illinois announces its 20th domestic glass container plant, to be constructed at Mansfield, Mass. · · September
Owens-Illinois introduces a new corporate logotype, a block O and I separated by a hyphen, set over the company name in smaller block letters, replacing logo adopted in 1954, an I inside of an O. · · Owens-Illinois announces plans for new glass container plant in Puerto Rico, to employ 300 persons. · · November · · Owens-Illinois unveils a massive glass monument in front of its Alton, Ill., facility, to mark the 100th anniversary of its founding, originally as the old Illinois Glass Company. · · |
Keywords: | Hemingray : Owens-Illinois Glass Company : Kimble Glass Company |
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Researcher: | Bob Stahr |
Date completed: | July 19, 2012 by: Bob Stahr; |