[Trade Journal]
Publication: American Glass Review Glass Factory Directory Issue
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
p. 8,9,10,11,12, col. 1
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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.
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February
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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.
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April
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J. Preston Levis, retired chairman of the board of Owens-Illinois, dies at the age of 71.
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May
Libbey Division of Owens-Illinois, announces plans to produce table glassware at former Libbey-Owens-Ford plant in Shreveport, La.
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June
Owens-Illinois announces its 20th domestic glass container plant, to be constructed at Mansfield, Mass.
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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.
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Owens-Illinois announces plans for new glass container plant in Puerto Rico, to employ 300 persons.
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November
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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.
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