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FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1952 May 23 DOC KNT003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes with Lorillard - : e . erNee Summary Summary of of the Summary with PURSUANT TO . CONFIDENTIAL meetTHiEngmeting IERARDI PURSUANT JANUARY PROTECTIVE IERARDI PROTECTIVE ORDER JANUABYCH 1991. aaron held with held Oe Lorillard Lorillard ss THEFIDENTIAL -- TO : DATED Lorilard - Lorillard Lorillard was somewhat result of Dr. Parmela's and Mr. THEFIDENTIAL THEFIDENTIAL PURSUANT PROTECTIVE ORDER cows 7 1991 criticalof our cedrees Bennett's visit there THE DATED during the past two weeks They felt that we should have obtained a technical man by this time that there was need of some devine to prevent the crepe paper being stretched as it was unwound that no uniform proper control system was in effect cient and that the web was not that supervision is not suffiThey felt that while they had their own share connection with the the difficulty that Kent cigarettes of responsibilityresponsibility that the factors mentioned in Bedford operation were also playing a part in was still being experienced with the draw of It was also pointed out to Lorillard that while many of their criticisms were justified and we had already recognized such de- ficiencies in the Bedford operation that they should remember that . they had marketed the cigarette mich sooner than we had thought proper in their anxiety to to get the jump on their competitors and program progressed that we felt that the had not on as sound a . basis as it would haveprogressed had we had the sole responsibility responsibility been _ One of the results had the need of the Bedford operation which had not been desirable because we did not have our own employees our own equipment our own supervisors or our own building and had to rely on a company procucing the material for us in collabora- tion with us that no longer wished to produce filter material since it meant refusing orders from their regular customers for their own materials starting June 9th We also pointed prior that we had jointly jointly decided picture and felt cal manman man that we that be careful to get a man with it awl te on needed a full techni- for the range proper qual Excausing here Sanything anything t. trouble ou. r . ^' - 7 exrjapens -: CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO THE Da IERARDI PURSUANT CONFIDENTIAL ORDER THE JANUARY has1991 IERARDI PROTECTIVEORDER 3 N JANUARY7 199l1y99ly 0738 y cigarette _ if the San Nad DATED oe ae De reactions that 199ly reactions the cigarettes felt felt is however however PROTECTIVE ORDER DATED (fe _ sters are to be taken _ 1. Starting immediately we are to roduce a web would filtering weight weight but . rontaining rontaining approximatel2y more asbestos lower weight we give a better draw and the iency would be corrented + the audition of % asbestos effic- 2. is felt that up to this time Schweitzer have not demonstrated that they are capable of supplying a uniform crepe paper since the indications - better results that the Inglish quantities and the Swiss Crete are of each are to bettered bettered . . inmediateliy nmediately 3. is now planned that in July or August the cigarette . - will be changed to a longer cigarette it was stressed that all . problems should he solved longer that time 4. A conference was held on May ourselves and Schweitzer and they are willing to undertake to supply us with crepe paper according to the specifications which we require 5. It is recognized that conrection with carding in conjunction investigation is to be started tion of certain of synthetic in substitu- 6. It was suggested that it may never paper of the quality required It currert currert currert currert method processes was method new new method method method of manufmacatunruinfg acmanutfactuuring ringmanufacturing manufacturing so long the the the flat paper direct be as possible to obtain manufactured it surgested