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m LIA16194 i . >. urn n i n mm llinni i i i l ) m i l feih, i.U ... '} LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OtO UPTWHTON *VMM NOW VOWC IT.K.V. i 1 Kt ran .'UB-ianar trrm |gt1T* Aubroy U. Cillie, General SaIh ifcntgor federated Uriels Dirtsloe, JLnertoan BtVf *^C end Refinlnf Co., Thltlng, lad. Before fixing Into the soil Is o r crystal bell and deternininf the inside confide-nisi low-djn on the outlook for k 1x *J Ktili, J would liks to discuss for i fw nenents phase of our business that sleep wo feel proud to be s pert of s ml wurth-wMls lnduTtry. Tbe wised wctel or white netsl alloy business, while related to the prinary lead saeltln; Indus try, poses auv ooc,vlex preblaw of 1 cwpletely dif.'ereat actors Tou eeetlsaen in the prinarr field hrve virgin ore extracted frea Bother garth is .our source of raw .---.to rial. "e, on the .`thsr hnnd, w!dle large users .f virgin aetils, depend to e eanstderablo extent cc the cruni* Iron the trule of :nericc_-. irxhirtry. Our raw saterial* consist of drosses, sxixsin^, end nonferroua residues of the netol Tcrld..-.; industry. free Vieec hjc.le beginainje oaoe t ie solders w.dLc'i give ."cur rx-.r eutonoaile its sleek liivs, the bearing netale w-ix-i keep Anen.ce rolling aid the t;?e nvtals wlcu sue roar orntnc newspaper poosubla. ft- suppl.-ing the technical Isr.av-how for V.w conversion of those scrap saterials into high-quality products far industry, the v dte Betel awuera of tide .tseseintlan ere perforulng * crest service to the Ration, T7e can be properly classified as a conservation industry. T'e are helping, to a large extent, in conserving the aotal rosouroos of the Ballon. Br eduortionsl processes during the past 90 years, wo hero taught the artel conruBlng industries hen to errs, conserve, sad torn into cash, strip and residues resulting froa t'.ieir operations. Today, virtually nothing in t ie nonferrous field Is thrown sway. Presented at the Annual Beating, lead Industries Association, April 13-U>, 1990, Chicago, Illinois st the Panel Jlscussian of load Canswers. ` fllJ lririiil.i M M y t M lh W > tn in i> iii iiia ^ > ii > '! m l i OWHPOW ' ' a*'il|PieaaBW|WWWIOWBiaBCTwwe|'''w-'-wi'-i owmHM"emwnn ^wowewww--ffwcwrwww -8- --That was not tn* bO SO >in ag% - TO Illustrate, In Lee " Angeles there is An cld garbage dajp between our plant In 1m Angelas County and dtwr.tero, It u used by the City during the latter part of ths laat oestury and the first part of th present. Sagebrush and reads covered it for May year*. Several enterpris ing individuals jot t' Idea that it aij-.t oontaln enough norv-ferrous rials to warrant a pining enterprise, They a ought and reoeived per:dealon to conduct testa. Toe result was t'ust for several years prior to sy leaving Loo Angeles in 1915, this Garbage dwap had been profit ably nincd by t'ds enterprising oonpeny. They a*y still be wording there since the project was not half eocpleted at that tine. There art undoubtedly sanr other aiallar locations throughout the eounti7 where lallar waste has occurred in tha past. Today we know that *a a raeult of the educational work dona by tha esocodary wMltsrs, no such flagrant waota of tha acusti7*a ra w.'caa Is possible. To give you soae idea of tha extent to which tha wind awtal business is coc.ributiny to tha eonaervmtion ef national rssouroaa, X an join* to quota tha bureau of l&ncs 19t*3 tonnage figures on aoaa types of scrap used as raw meUriel Solder and Tin Scrap end Droesae Babbitt "Scrap Type Uetal Scrap Type lietal and Lead Base Babbitt Dross 19rS50 This gives a total ef 82,113 tons of nor uaterlii. rieese sots that tbeae figures do not include hard or soft scrap lead, laad drosses, or batter:' plates bat only tln-oectelning xrap gonaratsd free the ass of uined awtal allays. In utilising such raw naierials, oca probably wonders about tha quality ef th<- and prof.:is. The answer lies in performance. V'a anew that the graphic arts industry haa reached a perfection la printing that was not thought poulble a abort 20 years ago. Tit, virtually all type actala are made free secondary wetals and drosses. la find such cars as Udsaoblla, Tide*, Cadillac, and nary others having high caspresrlor. engines developing horsepower t.ict res avail able only in tha dreoas of research engineers 20 years ago. Still to day these engines perfora in a higHy satisfactory nanner on bearings wads froa lead bass Bobbitt produced fron sacocdariea. liany additional advantagea of .xtrforoance could be cited, but X believe that title is cot naooaaary here. 17a all know that by atllixii^ nodtm nstrllurglesl procedures in tbs snelting and refining of secon dary wetala, alloys are prodaoed on a oooaerclal basis without difficulty to a ^irity oonaictant with ths sees alloy suds frs piijury actala. Vor that \w hevs discussed tha raw materials and the high standard of quality of our end products, 1st us en&alno ths narkst potential. According to statistic* Issued by this Association, approximately 65,000 tons of colder wee used in 19!j 7, approximately 75,000 in 19tf, and approximately 61,000 in 19k9. Solder sales in 191a9 held up seoowhat batter than uoat nonfarreua Betels, JUong acco of tha reasons arei w iiu. niiumuxiiHPPpm mmm * LIA16196 "~i rmiaa iiiShinifrTju'i.ii inj&fok : i* ri -3- 1. Peek autenobile production, 2. The de&cnd for bousing with the resultant large bcHding program. 3. the astounding growth of a new Induetry - television, lu The steady growth of the fruit Juioe canning industry, plus continued heavy deaand for other canned food ' products. To show hov an industry can bloetoc forth almost oremlght, Z will d*-e the apirocinete production of television eetsi 197,000 la 19u7, 953,000 in 19-S, and a trsaendcus total of 2,667,U00 in 19U9. Tie projected figure for 1950 la 3,750,000 arts, or slantt Uo% man than in 1519. I as told by an engineer for one of the leading pro 1 ducers that there are 250 soldered cccnectlene on the errsrage talevision sat. The aae foroaa t.at kept solder on a reasonably eren keel la J 1919 are ever, core telive ini?50. The ortcnobile Industry say build another 6,250,OX care endoveke this year. "-Idle a fev norths ago eoonoeiste were tal'.lnc about the deacad for aoo ears being caught up * by Jws or July, r.oa it la ptrtapa the lata third or fourta quarter or 1" the year. Uany aakea of autonomies are setting nev sale* records sooth after sooth. i 1 The building Industry should continue at an arpandlng peae draw ` lag 1950. Mtb tha population of tha coun.ry increasing at the rata at betvean 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 annually, there should be no isaving la the deaend for food predicts, thus the panning industry should prosper, This all adds up to oootlsued good business in the solder industry in 1950. The Babbitt phase of cur industry shored a sharp decline la 1919 tree tha high level at 1917 and 19W. lbs approodacte figures arti ISi,? -- 76,000 tons, 15--6 -- &--,000 tons, and 15--9 5--,OCC teas. E* 'Idle the general elunp in bualaesa fr<M April to Septenber, 19u9 contributed to this reduction, ether Important factors are involved, la 19ii7 and 1911 there vere very large s'.'ipoer.te of freight cure and Babbitt lined ear brccsea s ipped to /Tones and other foreign countries. These can be considered non-recurring orders. The dieaeliaation projm on .Marricar. railroadj has drastically reduced the consuaptian of Babbitt by tils industry. .Tile cons-xvtion of Babbitt by the autmotive Industry should continue at peak rates, end t-ie general increase in industrial activity should increase Babbitt cenauaptien over thet for 19k9, I do not believe that ire will see nearly the teenage reached daring 19l7 and 19-8. Tor lorg tern t:lnl-ing and planning, shall *.. * say ever the next too decades, it la ire11 to consider the probability of a revolutionary charge in the pn-er plants of autcnobdlss, trucks and other aodas of transportatlon. I refer to the possibility of Jet propulsion replacing tbs internal cssburtlor. engine;. Such a change would hav drastic af f fect on the solder business for automobile radiators. Babbitt for bearlags, and even the battery industry could be seriously affected. i Should It be poetible for us to explore atill further in the f future, we would probably find tie utilisation of atoxic energy Musing a great upheaval in the nixed aetal Industry. It la doubtful, barerer, if those of us present here need to lose sleep over that probability i 3 -jef iiiiiiiiBaasrarsiiiu*is,iiii iiswaiill'riWaa>eewBewii iiw iu> afaa L IA 1619 7 * '-*'*- * ' ^^vi^-iii?ty^f^iir1tTi'T^'~i'iinftr`i~n`~Yriri. i i A- The other member of the alxed metal faniiy Is typo metal. CM favorable factor lit the cutloob for t;?e me tel ii the feet thet la 1916 end early 1969 when prices were et their astronomical peek, the printing industry irilled off end need vp every conceivable pound of f Mtel poss-ble, without hurting their business. Thus, when artel la required toicy, it la usually purchased instead of emanating fro* standing forme. 'hlle oocpetition is keen amongradio, telerlsion, newspaper*, end megssince for the advertiser's dollar, the printed media seen to be getting their there end lineage la increasing. It teens reeaenebl* I to conclude that cs long es we here good potential buying power o r tbs part of the Basset end e high rote of demead for such consumer products j es eutwiobllrs, - ashing machines, cd tIeviai-n acts - to aostioo Just a few - end several ooopeniee in each field oagwtlag for the available business, we will continue to see heavy advertising sohadalee. This mesne oiemuj s >m1 business. In oocclusion, I would like to state that prioe-wiee competition la crtrmsely keen. T/hile ooste have steadily mounted ainoe 1965s ** find today many iastenoea where producers here cut their epreed between raw material cort and tho tailing price. Such a situation does not load It self to a stehl Used Industry. Tomage-nle, I believe the aired metal business in 1950 will be greater than 196T, but not equal to the peak years of 1967 and 1963. 4 wmemm !WPt 'Jim1-' ajMUM 1 awn 1 JlMLiwi.wei'