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FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1952 May 1 DOC KNT002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes with Lorillard May 1 1952 PURSUANT TO THE TCONFIDENTIAL Summary of the meeting held with Lorillard TCONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT JANUARY 7 1991 PROTECTIVE CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO THE JERARDI PROTECTIVE ORDER DATED were JANUARY ORDER matters . discussed discussed discussed 1. Projected Cigarette Production filter material at a rate approximately While we have been producing Lorillard's sales { equivalent to three million cigarettes per day This of at the rate of about 1,200,000 per day are currently difference between the two course is for but three cities The building and by what is is accounted for by some inventory figures amount of waste at Lorillard's plant It is still an excessive will be started at Loril- shortly expected that six new assemblers which will produce an additional 1,600,000 cigarettes per lard Ten additional combination - day giving a total of 2,800,000 be delivered from England in cigarette makers or assemblers will machines will produce ~ June and July and these higher production ~ 5,0 0,0 0 5,000,000 cigarettes per day a total production of 7,800,000 and consideration is This gives of ten additional machines in Octo- being given to the procurement we should as ber and November On this basis it was felt that to produce filter material rapidly as possible be in the position at both Bedford and Croton om. 2 Nethod of Production at Groton ever manufactured similar te Since only two carding machines aw ne dre since the second one is being the one being used Bedford and cannot another purpose at Raybestos Company used for we are faced with the alternative of either ordering take at abe nepwurccahradsedduplicating the one now at Bedford which willa web sini- now ends attteo mpropdut cuep l laret ah st amt ontbhesif ngorproduced ato Br edford by setting at Groton prrecting prrecting this prrecting prrecting this : 5 ee ote RCO MSa Ft --2- was decided that some immediate steps should be taken It is felt PURSUANITONTHE accompliARD PROTEGpEMAERY PURSUANITONTHE BONFIDENTIAL IERARDI ORDER that most of the difficulty comes in the variation of the crape paper purchased from Schweitzer and not from the filtering materorder to correct the situation ial itself immediately It was felt some little that in sacrifice should be BONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT of tars and nicotine removed and to acompliARD accompliARD plys of each instead of three pARY coc 991 PROTECTIVE DATEkness of crepe paper on the outside and will 7o1991 TO TH DATI JANUAR7Yo1991 somewhat easier draw It was felt that this should be only a temporary measure and the other steps to be taken are 1 To produce a web approximately 10 lighter than currently 2. To produce the filter material with the original weight web but using some English crepe paper which will he delivered this week and To make some filter material which will be a combination of 3. In connection with the English Crepe and the lighter web the older fine fine three layers of crepe it was agreed that should be used for one out of every three rolls crene paper and that these rolls should be marked separately for - Lorillard's attention 4 The proposed production liability insurance policy was given to Lorillard for their consideration and it was pointed out that it was the best that we could get and that it was not possible to eliminate the accidental feature AK AK Nicholson Nicholson Nicholson Nicholson fS ers e noe oops a3 ; eo eee Be ery can Sea ee