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FILE NAME: Crane Company (CRC) DATE: 1966 Sept 10 DOC#: CRC044 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Advertisement & Advertiser List Chemical Week Ci-rfam goes to work in the manufacturing p lant. . . 43 Sr 5ond chance for syndets-from-sugar process?,.. 0 I I va m tB T C s n z a a r a M p i i f f i i i t s w r ' m m 's j Whatever flows in the CPI count on Crane to move, control and treat it. Whether it's mercury, ammonia, acid or o il W hether it's stable or unstable, at tremendously high or cryogenic temperatures--no matter what it is, it's not too tough for Crane to handle, ' Take Crane's line o f chemical pumps. It's the biggest in the industry. Offers you the widest possible choice--from new AVS centrifugal pumps to canned Crane-Chempumps* that combine pump and motor in one, leak-proof, all-welded unit. Together, they pump just about any liquid, Including the ordinary, less-troublesome ones, with Jess maintenance. When it comes to regulating, Crone corrosion-resistant stainless steel valves and special alloy'valves stop leakage problems before they start. They come as regulars in many types and pressure classes, in a full range of sizes. For automatic remote operations, outfit them with Crane Teledyne* motorized valve operators. Where you have water conditioning, waste treatment and product recovery problems. Crane has the engineering and product sophistication to solve them most economically. With specified-to-order or pre-packaged Crano-Cochrane systems from demineralizers to deaerators, ion-exchangers to sait-splitters. But that's not the half o f it. Crane also has piping and fittings to meet about any requirement you have. For full details, write Crane Co., Dept. 012, 4100 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 80832. C R A N E valves pumps *mimas >vmrm treatment pmnzpwmm *mATim *Am commonma ON TH i COVER; Operator peers Into reactor m trickle of magnetic material drops from the opening. New markets are opening op for ceramic permanent magnets as designers per fect smaller and lighter magnets with higher coercive force <p. 101). .tKMMK Vol. 99, No. l l SEPTEMBER 10, 196 T H IS WEEK IN BUSINESS 5 VIEWPOINT: Cold light m the hot subject of advertising cost* is shed by study showing yearly change of such costs es a percentage of QNP. 2? Trade balance may trigger new economic policies for *6?. White House worries about the relatively rapid increase In Imports. An end to the 7% tax credit? Process Industries--which have benefited by several hundred million dollars in four years--ponder new project-payout formula. 29 Allied Chemical sets up new Industrial Chemicals Division, consolidating former ; " corporate offshoots of three of Allied's five original predecessor companies. fi , 30 Continental OM-Contolidatton Coal merger set for next week; Pitt-Consoi Chem is I Included, but potash and activated carbon stock holdings will be spun off. 30 Antitrust action In the U.S.: General Dynamics indicates it will appeal ruling by federal court In New York that it must divest its Liquid Carbonic division. 31 Antitrust proposal for the world*. Global-minded business man consider implications of Senator Hart's plan for agency to probe International mergers, cartels. 32 New opportunities on the horizon for plasties producers; Medical research on air borne mineral fibers could lead to restrictions on asbestos in major uses. 74 Canada's Prairie farmer begin a record wheat harvest, are expected to follow up with another fertilizer splurge-- raising sales 20% next year. 82 Manhattan's Perk Avenue Is becoming the, fashion address for chemical companies fc lured by modern offices, easy commuting, and good communications. D E P A R T M E N T S 112 There will be 290,000 fewer housing starts this year. Mortgage money is short, al hi , Business Benchmarks 112 though housing demand factors (family formations and Income) are good, ! . Business Newsletter 23 ` Countdown Engineering 107 T H IS W EEK IN TEC H N O LO G Y .S3 International 74 43 Du font's Corfam finds its first use in process equipment as a long-lasting pack - Key Changes I- Lett' 84 ing and seal material for pumps, etc, IS L Management 82 f; Market Newsletter ' 79 v. Meetings 19 47 Armour dll build plant for new series of amines derived from petroleum-based materials and made by a new catalytic process. National Roundup f Prwtoetl! - Reward 37 S3 Nebraska seeks patents on a new process for making surface active agents from 47 sucrose and beef tallow, will offer process free to those who'll build In state. 47 ; Specialties 101 , Technology Newsletter 89 Viewpoint 8 TH IS W EEK IN SPECIALTIES Washington Newsletter 33 101 Specialty magnet market will double in the next 10 years-- from $50 million to World Roundup 69 $100 million. Auto Industry will take lion's share. j. * i eiMwiMI WmKpMSsW**toMKneMiilt, te, gOW**M SWNowYwt, S.V. MOM. 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(Detroit) ex panded its oceanic activities by ac quiring for an undisclosed amount of stock Marine Advisers CLa folia, Calif.), producer of oceanographic in struments for petroleum and utility companies, state and federal agencies, and firms engaged in scientific pro grams, " (2) Fluor Corp, (Los Angeles) and B. L, McFarland and Associates (Fort Worth and Midland, Tex.), a group of five companies involved in offshore and onshore drilling opera tions, have agreed to merge, subject to stockholders' approval. The Mc Farland group operates five offshore drilling rigs to the Gulf of Mexico. (3) A tentative agreement to merge has been reached by U-S, Plywood Corp. {New' York) and Champion Papers, toe. (Hamilton, O.), It is sub ject to both directors' and stockhold ers' approval. The corporate identities of both companies will be preserved. Reducing <3as Rates The Federal Foyrer Cmfeslt has ordered El Paso Natural Gas Co, and Transwestern Pipeline Co, to reduce by $17 million/year the price of na tural gas in the southern California market. The rate cut stents from the July 26 decision in which FPC turned down the application of Gulf Pacific Pipeline Co. (a Tenneco subsidiary) to supply gas to the Los Angeles area {CW, Aug. 6, p, 20). Gulf Pacific last week filed for a rehearing, B1 Paso and ' Transwestern were told they would have to lower their rates to reflect the lower costs result ing from the bigger deliveries pos sible in the expanded system. At the same time, FPC said it would conduct further proceedings to decide if cus tomers should get additional benefits resulting from more liberal deprecia tion allowances. FPC has given the companies 45 days to show cause why the reduction should not take place, r f iiirb m ^ m m tAmimMm ifucfs used in centndljr air-condiifoned buildings. t&imslm duets and insolatten in ham* central-heating piani* m \ m vehicle bmk Hnbigs and lutei piate*. Auto undirpatinif, , Asbestos ceiling and;flour til*. - Asbesto sWngles' ad fMlf!* /CorftitsttirnogctioenutatipiifidsmnioJW,r*afBt|;ov,mg, aslest.os*fliled waflboanfs anA and -flouring*, piping and insulation* - 'jnchtwnthm of asbostesfitod scrap, improperly fllttred ffliwnft from asbestos processing plants. Asbestos: Awaiting `Trial' The asbestos Indtastry--whose end products are valued at more than $500 ratiJon/year--y be ia for a shakeop, It could come in ft for of federal fafisfartfow limiting the use of asbestos, because asbestos has been anot yet "convicted**-- m significant health bastard, Prob able contender for asbestos markefet plastics. ^ Recent studies have convinced U.S, Public Health Service specialists and other medical authorities that about 40% of all Americans have mild, chronic cases of asbestosis, even though most of them never worked directly with asbestos, Unlike other airborne dust particles, asbestos fibers have the ability--al most as much as activated carbon--* to absorb polycyclic hydrocarbons and arsenical. Furthermore, says USPHS, in the past' 30 years the as bestos-related cancer rate ' has in creased sixfold. The Inferences; While the average asbestos worker is well protected, the man on the street is not. The 3x1- irticron asbestos fibers is his lungs cap come from a variety of sources (table, above). And medical experts say there's no way to assess hydrocarbon content in those lung deposits. American Cancer Society research ers fed certain there is a synergistic relationship among airborne asbestos, smoking and lung cancer. They reason that the nondegradoble. hydrocarbonsoaked libers may well be a constant source of lung irritation, PBS officials flunk it may take 1 them up to five years to `establish | asbestos' true role as an air pollutant ; However. Congress may act before i the research Is finishes!. Says Repre | sentative Robert Watkins (R,, Pa.}: , "We've seen enough evidence al- f ready. Asbestos will never get a clean | bill of health, With just a little more ? data we'll move for controls ami | strict ones," ^ J Some form of asbestos control n | in the offing, public health officials J are certain, if only part of a larger j dean-amtuent-air prog-arm However, j there is the danger that Congress may j enact rigorous controls on the quanti- ` ty of asbestos that could be used, J In that case both Canada and U.S. | asbestos products manufacturers f would ire hard hit, Of the five forms , of asbestos mined today, chrysolite j asbestos holds the predominant mat bet position because of its insulat- j ing and processing qualities. Canada j produces more than 8ll% of the chry- ' xotiks asbestos used m the U.S. In j both countries, a number of serious J dislocations would occur. I At present, there is no known ma* ; terial that could fill all ot asbestos' j strategic rotes, On the other hand. | should federal controls merely call _ for higher standards for binders a! j shielding, that would spark a rise ot j new products, with plastics taking ; the lead- j Reason, say industry spokesmen, j present polymer technology could 1 easily turn up products to replace as bestos in most end-uses. 32 CHEMICAL WEEK September 10, 1966