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SYNTHETIC PHENOL EX1>A INDUSTRY = '/ '.by ADp.LFO OTTOLENGHI VITER8I PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT lilt . . THE..MOST. IMPORTANT. FACT -WHICH- APPEARS made for funhcr iupplie*. .: . - upon..examlnatibn'..of.-the' deyelpptDentVof;,the Italian '-f, malclefayde rain for the.frone wall of nlastlcs industry clurinMu;7is ihc increase'of 7n ry-rrmr rnr* will *!m hr. rnrriTifrfrd r /v. - mercial.sciile. of phenol-formaldehyde resins wasstanied . isbeihg aimbi^ at tL: priaear time ^ ill;ltaly;ih:; 1913', but during the .fim years; this branch';- -Great acdyi^ f5'ribtcd ia p^,buiUing.`iup TOrlJ}7:'- &5|; ; fud,.afi;irreguiar development. Only' reccmly has; its. the most capablepresfe* existing-in .jactlyity begun idmove on.a.more d^ite:and solid line . of ;i-ew'-ma'chjnes- of iooo-tons, 'today thc^iopMbn '- after,-the Question regardfograw materials was success- ' ; presses; are largely-:used; others of 1000- ton*- Capaeitysft-'Y^ ... folly ?pdadequately, answered: ,';: . \ . have'been installed* and another of 4000 ton* 1* in theY ( _|i -.The; preparation of formaldehyde'was actimlfy.ffef-. course of development, as mentioned above `fcS ... formed..since- 1913 in connection with importaint. plants ' - , The injection moldmg,p{ themojiHitiC'reausris'it^ v^'tf^ for.the'-'m'anufacture of synthetic methyliaicphol,- The. .af thednitiaf state^but good results' have -alitady beejyffe-^8 , supply of phenol, was not so certain owing tci the;'rathcr , obtained by'iisingordinary presses itutably adjusted;'^ . limited availability''of tar. Today, it rnay however be particulir interest are big'carters of phenolic mins.:ftr.;-. '. J-'r^ considered-as satisfactory, a large plant working since , .theiayon industry; which it was found suitable.roimold'.'' v/Mz- . ?935'(<>f *h preparation of synthetic phenol from benzol . byiinjdipt^'iif'yi^MjiwJaU thit'tbesitry thick piece ^ .and two.b.ig coke works having been.erected; recently,. ; would tequire too lPngatirae for compression molding.'-.. ___ which provide the Italian market w'ithlarge-quantities ' -The'It'alyah.'production.of,laminatedplastics.is-'stili jof tar, , Furthermore a first plant for the; Manufacture'of ' ^comparatively}.m^CTateV/.hpwcver;'m..:thU'..^ldrtqofc. syfirhctic jirca was started during 1936; so that the supply , . progress;.!! ping;md^f^d . their.use-hu Is6:'iStM^| __ ~ of this raw material does not cause any apprehension, . outsidc'theeiww may.be menriooodj;fdenr%-'v. M At- the same'time .that raw" materials,were being del- . '.stance) thaj,gplihe.tankspf Vi mf,.a great nianber off' yeloped, the resins'and molding' powder, industry was . v which-' was 'supplied during'^y: to,'-Aeron*uticl';*qdv. y'l .consolidated, while 'simultaneously an extensive putn. - Marine )Authionti; Wpft.(made: wholly/of:laminated:;; licity campaign was undertaken with; regard to;-, rfie / ^iB^celnVli'Jp^ltlig&j&ed^alc^rip&lsiianice'^ad'ssI^xewwuui^^ . various applications. 'Theindust^lhacs therefore found' '= ~ ffavorable .conditions .for-its expansi.^piwhli:c.hu s. tarted in f-l.;- <S^in}; haf.shbi^rfomel)fvpgro durtrig i937; . huonw a.-.: 1937 and is now fryfull deyelopmehf;;j5jo_ evcrif'ithas lost sorne applications which have betnsub?. The most important consumer .of-molded"phenolic' stiriited by. more modem plastica'. it still mainrains,-,on. products is.still. the electrical industry. But they are also receiving'.'rapid acceptance in' other industries." Par ticularly, extensive progress was noted during 1937' in the use of.telephone apparatus made entirely of molded the .other.hand; privalcrice)'in; tbe'.buttbn and fashion . . article; sectioris >nd has. merwithfsuccesi -in. sliding fasteners ofdifferent'colors. .Anew techniquewas adopted : last year for casein in molding smailsizcd articles directly.' material, as well, as in the" production of broadcast ap-paraius'wjth molded casing. A further important"suc cess.was.the,nearly complete substitution;, of molded. ./phenolic^paits.for stainless steel parts for machines' of the in the forms desired'... . V ~ __ Pyrbxylinftob.haj not shown dunng^1937-1938 a prog-; . ress'which might, be/compairf^ith; thao attauiedvby-.: othi^fMiiiSi'4hc^iti|:<Q'p|uni^i^^a'i|ain. noted,*: nett: l taybhindustty.y The most .intefeiiing novelty of 1938 is - increase, especially in thefield ofspectacles, in harmomca. , the preparatidii of'complete fuifiiture of molded parfsfdr I^'i^ctaie(.%r^^)cpnstuii^'icl^r);a|d'in the m*no-' the equipment, of the State,Railway cars,!compfising:' a Xjittle. hinged "table weighihg abdut 3 kg/, a toilet seat l and seatToyet, a hoi facturcofsiidipigfasteners'.'whichareall'ribvelrie* with ., prospst) oflargedeyelPpinnit . -- , I, The n:anufacture:of.fwd new,type* ofplastic,miten*ls-.^ ~-'<t live frames'-hithertb made. oLwdod, etc,-. Within the current .year the Railway. Authorities will bc. supplied with the parts requirra for theequipmeht of jdonew cars, while, at .the, same time negotiations are already being '; : '~ has .been introduced^^^inTraly during i^yiraceate and. ' - acrylic resins.. Cellulose-acetate plasuc.matOTalS:h4nflL-:w;>;t^B largPdevelbpmimt ihitaiybeauseofiheir'foreigtiprigin;. .y During 1937 an important Italian nin.tr. l ' ' ' -1" - - - ^ 1^ - - OOCCTTOOBBEERR''11993388-' **' V9' ' M '7'ss-