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{TT7 Vol. 38, No. 1 L Winter, 1967 l I i | i : ABOUT THE COVER They say life.begins at forty and 1967 , marks that m0estooe in RCI*s history. If we mayjudge from past performance. t Oyr can- lOok Forwardto some intereat- " lag years ahead. In thh issue pf BY GOM1, you will find a review of pie companys growth-over the past forty years both here and ' abroad. It took some real searching t. and, .bcEqve it dr not, we even found , v -the ledgers that were hand-posted bad: is L927. Havingbecome accustomed to *" but IBM world of tod^we found them ?, strange uideed. - We are sending tills issue to Our stock holders becaioe many do not know the - history of Roichhold and how it has grown over the years. In addition, we feel we should give an explanation of ; the name BY GUM? It is really quite simple. Before the age of synthetics, paints were made-from natural gum rosins. So, when we started oor hide company publication back in 1931, we called it BY GUM!. And) by gaily, it stuck. ' ` JOHN ROTHSCHILD, Managing Editor J. 5. BROWN, Editorial Advisor Established in 1931, By Gum!, RCTs bouse magazine, serves as a .vehicle forinforming customers and Idemds con cerning RCTs latest activities and products. Its editorial offices arc located at RCTs rpcecutive beadguarttrs, RCI Building, White Plains, N.Y. TABLE OP CONTENTS Cellar prom Our Chairman. Page -3 Forty Years Of Growth--..................--i.--. A Lack Of Curiosity Cart Kill A Fat Cal..... .......----11- Research With A Puipose--_______ ________a--------- 12 Reichhold Phenolic Used In Girdo F Molding Plant.-- 16 ' A New Industry Grows In The South-..--__ -- 19 The Key To Better Wires And Cables,.. ...23 Precast Stone and Slate Panels Win Favor With Architects .............. . ................................. 26 RCI And The Free World----____________ 30 Heard This One?. . ---------- --------- 34 . '(; ]; "This information is presented in good faith ip assist the user in determining whether oar products ere suitablefor his appli cation. No warranty or representation, however, is intended or made, nor r protection from any lew or patent to be inferred, and all patent rightsart reserved RI-00031 A 71 EXHIBIT 3- Deponent rOa^ka Drrtrffi Bfiptr. WWW.DEPO&OOK.COM RESEARCH REPORT HERBERT U WAMpNER I'tcf-Prtsi&nt--Development eichhold chemicals, ihc. is a research-founded com-) Rpany and its progress over the years has been based, | for a large part, on continued research. ZJ THE FIRST TEN YEARS Forty years ago the company, under diename ofBeck, Koller & Company, Inc;, started the manufacture of syn thetic resins m Femdale, Michigan. These resinswere based on research which had been done ia Europe primarily by Dr. "Herbert Hocod, who. can be considered die technical father of Keicbfaold Chemicals. Hie Hist Doited" States patent assigned to Beck, KoBcr & Company was. applied for on September 9,1927, and was granted Apr? 14,1931. The first patent granted to a "person working" ih the Beck, Koller laboratory in the United States was applied for on May 5,1934, and granted July 9, 1935. These two patents bear witness to the fact that die company tw en gaged in research leading to patentable products oin die start. In an article appearing in the drat issue of BY GUM!, December, 193 L, Mr. Reichhold speaks of.... "the activity, of research chemists"... The followingissue ofBY GUMl, January, 1932, announces SUPER-BECKACITE 1001 and states, "It represents more than four years oC exhaustive investigation on Ihepan ofresearch iAemlsts- in the Detroit laboratories of Beck, Koller & Company, Inc." The first synthetic oils, sold' under die tradename BECKOITN, were introduced in 1934 to produce more durable and faster drying house paints, 3h December ofthat same year a-very significant announcement appeared m BY GUM!: The research laboratories had been enlarged. Thenumber of patents applied for.and grajUed dimng this peifod and the number of"new products announced to the bade, attest to RGTs active research program. THE SECOND DECADE During the next ten years RCI expanded considerably and changed the nature of its business.. While surface coat ing resins remained die dominant field of activity, the com- panyin 1937, enteredJhe chemical business. Its fits! efforts weteihe-iefining of glycerin. Shortly thereafter the manu facture of phthalic anhydride 'started. Early -ip Uus period the corporate-name was changed |o Reichhold ptemicjiis, Inc. to more dearly mSkate the -nature of .the 'business.. Oni-of .the guiding philosophies of the corporation aiso became evident--protect your raw tna- teria3:"siip|4ies` .majn&cturirig'ihem when yotume" add raarbsi cbnsideratipns warrant such action- The poEcy of estabijsbing manufacturing. technical service, and research acdvtd.es ln.ourcostbiaeTs' localities sbnilariy became firmly' iatiaieHud. " ' The period 193? to. 1947 also covers RCFs activity during World War 11. The company entered into the color business, and.jnto the manufacture of.phenoLThe know=_ _ RI-00032 I i i i 1 l i i ..Typlcgl dj-rrseprcji by RC7 affiliates around the world is tkis picture mien at lieichkvld Chemie AG, Hamburg, Germany. liowfor bqtftof these operations was purchased. In the case pf phttiol litis !cri to a very vigorous and vital period o| the hinny; shortcomings in ilia snforTOatioa'jitidipKJCess obtained The present phenol process brarS'Jiiae^re^mhlancc-lo Uic.qrigiPhL except that both ate .Based oh.itibsuIfiSdation orbehaend ''^iingi ^.:peri.od a eonaderaWe amount of time of iherroearfjtdejjartmehtwas devoted to developing continu' %attaia^ tbw materials. In this way . .pnorf^'mateffaKwere- .Conserved' for the war effort and . :np^niticaT materjais. \vefji made available for the domestic :tna^:eL' ' ' THE THIRD DECADE .. 1947 io .1957 saw a continued rapid expansion of RCI `as. |r;resujy,-of re^sreh-rfforis. The firstplapl fpr maleic anhydride was put on stream at the beginning of this period. Shortly thereafter the production of formaldehyde by a new RCL developed process was announced. No one then had any idea (hat this FORMOX process was to become the preferred one in the world for making formaldehyde from methanol. Now over a billion pounds of capacity per year in various parts of the world has been or is being constructed based on licensed know-how from RCL This is shout one- tixih <il all formaldehyde produced in the free world. Additional chemicals moved into production at RCI within the next (ew years--pentaeryihritol in 1954 and pentacfdorophenol in 1955. This same period saw the start of our Plastics Division, which has become the largest single division in the corpo ration. RCI's polyester resins became commercial items in 1953. . . RI-00033 THE FOURTH TEN YEARS This d?cadp$aw an acce|eratIdn of research efforts at RC1 through ij^raaUygenemied projects and also through llm acquisition of five companies, each of which brought their own research groups into the organization. Organic peroxides and -specialize# phenolic resins were added til (959: plasticizers^ glass fibers, and fiberglass panels in 19C0. The-present Treated Fibers Division had its beginning in 1.9.59 with the production .of paper glue itnes based on re search at Seattle-Tacoma. ' 'Research, work .was also done, on hydrocarbon resins .0urihg.4his pexibd and has restatedftj.the Delia Division 61 live coropany-at Gulfport,.Mississippi. ' ' A special kb6ratoryyfa;ropened in 1964 to study the- .-. need's of the adhesive industryand how best RCfcouId meet jlu.' diverse needs ofthe juanydiilerwit adhesives usedioday. Here-again on entiraly new field of activity was opened op through the research' of this group. Perhaps of most significance during this period was f a meeting in-I$58 of die technical directors and laboratory managers from the various-Rt-plants: One cohcluaoa Of this.meeting was a resolution which wasseiitio the Board if Directors and the Executive Committee of RCI asking that a centrai research organization be established 16 co ordinate the research of the various laboratories hnd tp i-rpand.ourefforts mtoftew fietdr.As a d&ect result pfthis r^^urioh'die.plahsforauniquetabQnttoryweredevetoped ;md the seaiEhfqt a cniable site was- begun. This came to fruition xyheq RCI Opened, flu;- firSt:;unif: ot its cciitrnllzed L.rvM.'-arch oigainzafioaat'Sri:riihgFoi#t,:NewYork,in !9d4.- ' .196$. saw the commercial. production of o-benzyl-p-- ciiii*rophrapl,. primarily for the `bactericidal field. At this i:Wtfbegati coinmerdaT prodactiop oriparachloropbenol :t 3 raw moterid foro-bcnzyl-p-chloropheaoli. which is also yild lb other chont'ral processors. " ' THS.fUTURt in the pastj ajfipr shareoE the research effort at RCI' )K&. becngiveiv to improwp^RfPductS Blready nionhlactured.. ..............,, . ....................... .. . ;iiuVflie 'pre^SS!^Ud'M n|ah^^turfe them. At filiitock- :Wh&tjf<e&iai flowing sloyvt*. u took at the lake provides relaxation an^ -:iiTiifinc'annrs^.%tpp^jhig'It .'rei^rili^uae^ ft#. ty Stains Forest rcseurohers. | Mincr-isagt^-pjraihercjaltoshitfscniringpiocessdeveT-- ^ TM *=**! ,J!Vd1h:|6^lhtroa#^ to make it He kijbws fij^VpOT' eompeiiticni wili be rising .-Sicily thesamotftingi, sdto maintain- darconipeiitive edge^ - In* trwrs ui keej? thinking ahaStd-.pf tfiebL ' IixaminaVion bfRCIi pasi efforts wifi also reveal that -i limptr portion ofoiirroeaich ha.s-beeii#ii:ected.to#pific pt.Kltici nrcris, Mrt.G. I.J-O^Cpiin?r.'Ui.ime; time stated that ith: tcit.s_i)rt fpf R^;ex^riy^ bedhgh^^-fr^ ti#-desiui. K-.-<is and pidpiiing in advance! 46;-qie the#;". ThRhat -iti> rpiRnp^pby bt^fid\|ii^' xcscdurcii effoiA it- 1 f .:i[ciiv!tVR pr^icts.wl;^>';ffi:ii^fipTi^6&.. ` . ' Vlr. jicTclii^fid .? -u*{ .pmb^-'i?/to/r#hin:l^e-.b(#' ofihe jwM l pF;&?^`hiwgisieM&c: :yt>fi .i iti^i eh;sr^y; Siriete:Uier hnye pind oinnthejitoiiF^ iiwy.wtfl > ^ iii'te *' * ,,, W,Ai m SGT* bbomori's. This U ** TM--rf k, 1 cMm* <**&&&& ` mm-,- jMMomakhhh, S.J.. B'lem, Fmct. WutUn.l'U>r RI-00034 I. J Reichhold Phenolic used in Circle F Molding Plant t flSlHKN you TUAN ON A switgh or plug in an appliVV ance, it's an even bet that you have used a Circle F Wiling device." This is the estimate of the management at Circle F Industriesof Trenton, N. 1., and their anpuai pro-' . dilation fignres substantiate iL - Cteii&reehwajit, suf^inibtdefit &f-CiiclrJ?rf'l&iicMold ing Division with tnci&ed'part &n4 the infection mold used j ttiake it. ' tip&jmg ikei-Jtoppet c/fib ^pkiB9lfc *iioIdih-.cp/ppbimL.; ' with '' MANY PRODUCTS' MADE' This-corporation producesover J5,000 different.elec* local wiring devices for industrial and domestic use. Their products vary from wall plates and dimmer switches fox lighting applications to.plugs and oiitictsfor washing 'ma chines, dryers and stoves. Circle F'w&Ing devices are used as.cpnrponentpartsby many major appliance manufacturers and each-day several hundred thousand Qrde F units are' installed by riectrtcai-cdntiaeibR. ' . _ Ylrtmdly every, electrical device manufecCured. by Cifck'F coh&instme pr:mc&'Cpmp6henl$'.iholded of phen olicresin,.Fdr- Qbttoils-t^fisop*, &e .-corporatipti m^kes-Ss many -bf tlti'cbmpporiit parts fits-products .as possible. It.wes oue of .the. firrt"cornpahies to seYpp a production 'facility Yorradlding thcrino'seiiipg resiiis ;in the twenties. ThisEacilLtyvOp^t^^ylril^ticspivisioh, faask'eptpace- wjfb.ihe iddustry-and was recently cjtedbya grocipofpro- ductioa machinery experts'&s the finest they-have men in thewodd*. ' DAILY PRODUCTION EXCEEDS .. v' onejwmoN piE^?jy: . ,, ... . f^ratingunder'theidiicriwn^Di^onSu^rintenci- .ent,.dhrisprrenwaldf flic piastres Diyisaon jsM.eiflclently .run ,dpc.ration, wih. a Viriihly P? AyhcncVitr afre'w piPtiuetiop iiemis programmed;: 'riacn.irnmedratelybecc^^ aridipoidTOakereb^^^iu^nedon;^ tirejtqinred cbm-... presbh:.mpi^-Fi|te^<^;t^ta^:stM'1b/.)i*^pt^id:-i|^'- pt^u^,hti9tdg mtbc!'0ip|6'. - ingp!^^.lhr!t?.molds tolerances, TJjcycaticohtiun cevitiw forfrttta2to36idenii- cal parts, and cost anywhere from several hundred dollars . to sbo.QDO esich. `" 16 RI-00035 RI-00036 lOtu of several i&ticries of highspeed.nioldiits rfiacfitnei requirid by Circle F 10 turn out more -than one imlBon parts * day, QUAUTY: OF- RESIN IS IMPORTANT Having prepared these cavity molds with mirror-like finishes, (Ifollbws that top-grade molding compounds must be used in them to attain the desired -finish. At Chicle F by combining high precision production machinery with top quality rawimalerials, the Division has been able to con-: sistentiy produce large quantities of accurately made parts-. .At the same time, their high standards have resulted in the virtual elimination of rejects and the use of costly finishing operations. During a recent interview Me. GrecnWald stated that; "Oar products have to come out of the pressesalmosi ready to use..All we do is tumble and wheelabrate the parts to remove the,`!fiash.n.(excess plastic), andthe parts_are then-ready to go pn to assembly in other parts of ttie-pbud.' "Oar raw materials have to be good; At bur-high-pror duciipp rale, we can'tafford xeject9 pi;.haruJ-fiiushing operas tions. have.been using Reichhold thermosetting,reaps ahd jhQlding cornpoupds1 in ibhplan.t lor yeaii, aqdthey mold well id oiir eqaipmeiit " . ' "We also appreciate the competent technical service we get.from Ruff Coed: and Doc 'Weisbecker of Reichhold . Chemicals.' We are constantly instailing new and beilcr equipment here, nnd their assiStance hns .been very ushful . ' '' ' - -: - ' T- OTHER - RESINS, US|D . .. , Not limited exclusively, tt> the producUori.-of phenolic . moldedjp&tjs, CirdeFs Hisrics'Diyidon f^rtSL Qf i^-forraaId^hyde :reans, !ahd inqldi parts itw- spraai' applicatioDS ftom-.lbermbplastic naqns iifct. nylQn. andstyrtnb. . ' "' - ' - The next time you turn ab aswitch prpiug hi ah-appE* ante, remember, you probably -just used a Circle F wiring device. Sines Circle F uses large quantities of Reichhold resin, - chances arc good that you-also just used something hwcje-^ra.Rmchhqld phenolic, mplding-cop>TMTM"',;'; " -- RI-00037