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N25348 dwti'aM") LDBSBD OIL DKPMglBW Of today's operations of th* itodlkriM Departnent, tto earlleart record is la 1902 Whan ths eosqpany created a Linseed Oil Kill at the sits of the present sill. The sill consisted of l? hydraulic freeses end no expellers insswach as at that tine the espalier produced ell nos considered of an inferior quality; the refining of oil woe, of course, is its infancy. In fact, the principal preeeee of refining was to leave the ell in the storage tanke until the feete had settled eat end then it was filtered to r--ore what little foots rensined. Zt was ths besst of the Gonpany at that tine that as raw oil was shipped without being aged for three nonthe. & m article taken fren the April 1902 Chawoleou the statenent la nada that "the parity and usefulness of Linseed Oil is largdy depended open the way it is aged"* la spite of this statement, however, ssnstiss between 1902 and 1906 nine expelIere were inetailed at ths will, hot were kept in operatien only a abort tine when they were renored and eat op la Montreal to produce oil for the aherwin-Wn iwas Cowpany of Canada. By 1926 the Kill had bean increased fren 12 presses to 2b end its capacity for producing oil laeraaaad fren 22$ taakeors per yearsto 1*$0 tankeare per year, and 16,000 tone of Tinseed Cake annually to 32,000 tone. Producing linseed Oil hy the hydraulic pirmaae ylslde an oil of ewellent quality, tat the cost of producing it is prohibit!** das to the sober of nan required to operate the cookers, press**, trlaaere, ate. for this reason the six espalierspresently operating in the Oil Mill were Installed in 1935-36. The nan hoars required par wit of production decreased aaterlally through the oae of the expelluru. Although ths quality of ns oil produced is inferior to that of the hydraulic*, the yield is approximately the eana. Itotil the beginning of World War 11 there wee two Min genres* fron which the ccnpanj obtained their flaxseed used in producing Tiinaeod Oil* see being the northwestern control states such as Minnesota and the Batata* and the other being Argentina. Tbs Oil Mill received flwtseed fron the northwestern states via boat and fro* the Argentina through the St. Lawrence River, although the first shlpaents fren the Argentina were unloaded on the east eeast and forwarded here rail. At the advent of World War II the Argentina was lost to us as a source of flaxseed sad, therefore, an* acreage was sown to flaxseed in inerleaft with the result that at present the entire production of Trimsud Oil in this country is Aron Anerlsan grown flax. taring the second quarter of the 20th oeatwry a process was developed In Oexneay through which the oil reasining in the linseed cake after pressing was rsaoved through eolation of the oil in advent sad then avagxnrating sway the solvent leaving pure oil. Two processes were developed in tide country called ftaneh's Process and the Andersen Bmn for advent extraction of Linseed Oil. Zb 19Jb8 patents were issued to The Sbsrwis*4fi21inae Ccnpooy on an original process tor solvent extraction which did not require the use of pre-pressing of flaxseed before advent extraction, fit 191*8 the present Solvent Extraction Plant at the linseed Oil Mill was pat is operation. This plant can extract oil fren the weal so that the residual ell left is below IS, whereas neal free the espalier and hydrsdic processes runs fro* $jS to 6$S.ell. 0007-SWP-000121956 In 1918 a disastrous fir* occurred In the hydrmj&ica at the Oil Hill which pot then completely oat of operation. Currently the Company la operating oily the Expeller and Solvent Extraction Floats, with a production of around 1|50 tankeara per year of which 70 aro sold to the trade and 3^0 are cannoned inetitatleasily. This represent# approximately one-half of the annual requirements of the Company's linseed oil. Along with the production of the k$0 tankcars of oil, the mill produces 2$,000 tons of meal annually, all of which is sold for animal feed. Also, at the Oil Kill raw oil Is converted into Alkali Refined Oil or (Ui) and into various bodied oils and litho varnish. This processing of the oil is done la the Oil Refinery. At the present time none of the raw oil or (2) used in the Canpaxqr's point factories is made at the Linseed Oil Mill, or of the raw oil produced at the mill and beln.-* converted to refined oils* For years the paint industry had consumed great quantities of Tung Oil, all of which was imported from China, but after Japan had invaded China in the late *30'e tide source was reduced and the Company began at once developing a substitute which it found in dehydrated Castor (Ml or Dehydrol. In 1937 the Dehydrol Department at the 011 Mill was pat in operation and it furnishes all of the dehydrated Castor Oil consumed by the Company. The department has a capacity of 300 tanka of Dehydrol per year, of which the Company consumes approximately 11*0 tanks and soils to the trade about 10 tanks or approximately one-half of the capacity of the department, which is home out by the fact that for tin past year we have run only one of the production units. Recently a new type of Dehydrol of a lighter viscosity was brought out by the Auxiliaries Vegetable Products Research Laboratory in answer to a constant demand for this type oil from the Sales Department and it is expected that the annual production of Dehydrol will again approximate its capacity. APULZARIgS DEPARTMENT The Auxiliaries Department of The Sharwin-Wlll iaaa Company was created as such about 190$ when the operations at the Linseed Oil Kill and at the Osark Smelting & Mining Company at Coffeyville, JUesas were combined under one manager of which Mr. George A. Martin, later President and Chairman of the Board of the Compary, was in charge. In 3910 the White Lead Plant at Chicago was put in operation under the Auxiliaries Department. In 1917 production of Lithopone at Chicago was Inaugurated, also, under this department. In 1916 Mr. Martin was mads Vice President and General Manager of the Eherwin-tiilliama Company and Mr. H. J. Main, who has beam General Superintendent of Paint Manufacturing, waa made Manager of the Auxiliaries Department. Mr. Main continued as General Manager of the department until 3931 when he was mads Vies President of the Sherwin-Williams Canpaiy and Managing Director of Auxiliaries Department. Mr. Hain continued In this position until his retirement in 191*$. Shortly after Mr. Bain's retirement Mr. S. 3. Coolidge, Jr., was elected Vice President and director of Auxiliaries 0007-SWP-000121957 TIM CAMS Tha Manufacture of Tin Cane by the Company was initiated in 1074 in Cleveland where cans were made by hand by tinsmith* at the rata of 1500 cane per day. Slowly the manufacture of cane grew through the installation of aemi-aiutcmatic and finally automatic Machinery until the yearly production of cans in the Company has increased from 450*000 to 150,000,000. In 1921 a new Tin Can Plant at Chicago vae opened and production of cans at Cleveland was abandoned. In April 1921 Issue of the Chameleon it was stated that "the saw Can Plant at Chicago la a decided departure from the old can department at Cleveland and the smaller one at Chicago. A new building has been erected and modem high grade equipment has been installed. The equipment for making the standard round cans from quarter-pint through one-gallon siseais completely automatic} the equipment for making miscellaneous or odd else round cans* and also that for making small square cans* is semi-automatic. The plant accommodates a nine line can layout producing 30*000*000 or more cans per year." In March of this year the Company announced that it is erecting a new can plant at Hubbard* Ohio which will have a capacity of around?0,000,000 cans per year* with sufficient space for additional productive equipment. Around 1947 the Tin Can Plant put Into operation a lithographing Plant which now consists of two plate coating lines and three printing presses. More and more of Sherwin-Williams' products in cans ere being put into lithographed packages all the tine. This* of course* has increased greatly the number of people working at the Can Plant* as well as affording a much more attractive looking package in which to offer the Company's products. 21MC AND LEAD PIGMSKTS AMD CHEMICALS In 194 Tbs Shervln-Wltllama Company purchased the C^ark Zinc Oxide Company at Joplin, Missouri. Dus to the fact that most Zinc Oxide at that time was manufactured from Zinc Sulphide ore rather than Zinc Carbonate ore, it was necessary to roast the ore to remove the sulphur before combining it with lead or* to form leaded Zinc Gbd.de. Roasting ore requires a large amount of fuel and to secure a cheap fuel the Company decided to move the Qsark Zinc Oxide Plant from Joplin* Missouri to Co ffeyvllle, Kansas where there was an abundance of natural gas at very low cost. In 1906 production was started in one small else oxide furnace at Coffeyviile which was known ss The Ozark Smelting & Mining Company. Today the plant cover* 80 acres and produces Leaded Zinc Oxide on four large furnaces* Lithopone, Zinc Sulphate and Cadmium Metal. FOr sometime the Company operated mines at the Magdalena range of New Mexico* producing both sine sulphide and Zinc carbonate ores for use at Coffeyviile and* also* mining lead carbonate for the production of Pig Lead. La 1945 the operation of these mines wars closed down and the property was. subsequently sold. At the present time all of our lead and zinc ores are purchased and the Company is not engaged in any mining operations! 0007-SWP-000121958 A* the lead and sine ores c o m from th mines they are crushed and then concentrated either by oil flotation on shaking tables or by electro static separation. This removes a large portion of the dirt and foreign natter from the ores and, of coarse, provides considerable saving in freight and in operating costs, lbs Zinc Sulphide ores are roasted in kilns which moves the sulphur from the Zinc Sulphide leaving the sine in font of Zinc Oxide. The Lead Sulphide ores are not roasted inssnach as the sulphur content is required for conversion to lead Sulphate when they are blended in the furnaces with the Zinc Oxide. In addition to the Zinc oxide and lead ore in the leaded Zinc furnaces, each charge is eonposed of chatts, coal and flux. These materials are mixed mid blended with great care ao the resultant leaded Zinc Oxide le of the proper opacity, color and so the chemical constituents are in the proper ratio. The Leaded Zinc Oxide la fumed off from the furnaces and carried by enormous fans along a hugs pips to tubular coolers. These cooler* allow sufficient heat to escape from the pigaent so that it can be safely blown into the bag room and caught there In cotton bags standing upright over hoppers. The pigment is retained in the cotton bags inside the begs and in the hoppers while the furnace gases conveying the pigment escape through the meshes of the cloth. At regular intervals the bags are shaken causing the pigment to fail down into the hoppers and are emptied into paper bags for shipment to the paint factories. Leaded Zinc Oxide is produced in four different grades - #511 which is composed of $0% basic Lead Sulphate and $0% Zinc QxLdej #ltl? composed of 35% basic Lead Sulphate and 65$ Zinc Oxide} ftitll consisting of 25% Lead Sulphate and 75% Zinc Oxide and #Lli2ii Which is composed of 12% Lead Sulphate and. 86$ Zinc Oxide. In 151? the production of Llthopone was Inaugurated at the Chicago Plant. In the manufacture of Llthopone, e solution of Mm Sulphate ami Barium Sulphide are run together into a large striking tank wherein a chemical doable decampoeition takas place mu) an intimately mixed precipitation of Barium Sulphate and Barium Sulphide la deposited. After the precipitation is complete the slurry is then filter pressed, washed and the filter pressed cake is then calcined, ground, screened and packed. Operations continued at Chicago until the year of 1939 when it was discontinued. In the meantime, however, a Llthopone Plant had been built and put in operation at Coffeyville in 1931. The dewand in 193*3 for the pigment was such that the capacity at Coffeyville wae doubled. At present the capacity of the Coffeyville Plant is 27,000 tons annually, of which ?5W is eonsuamd by the institution and 55T is sold to the trade, leaving an unused capacity of 12,000 tons per year. In 1910 a small plant was put in operation at Chicago for the production of Basie Carbonate of White Lead. This plant operated until 19b? when the production was discontinued. In conjunction with the production of White Lead the Company, also, produced Litharge and Red Lead. The manufacture of Zinc Sulphate at Coffeyville got underway in 193? with a capacity of . The entire Zinc Sulphate production was crystalixed and sold as one mole Zinc Sulphate. Later the manufacture of Zinc Sulphide was discontinued and Llthopone was made with Zinc Sulphate as a crude material instead of Zinc Sulphide. In the later 19^0* s a spray dried was installed at the Zinc Sulphate Department producing a fine granular Zinc Sulphate which is much more acceptable to the trade generally the akila dried material. At the present time the capacity of the Zinc Sulphate Plant ia 19,000 tons of 100$ Zinc Sulphate per year, of which 6500 tons are consumed by Shervin-Williams for the production of Llthopone and around 2500 tests are sold to the trade. 0007-SWP-000121959 The refining of cruda Wood Sulphate Turpentine at the Chicago Plant we pot in operation in 1936. At pretest the consumption of Turpentine by the Sfeerwin-Willieee Ooapaay is practically nil and the operation of the plant la, therefore. Halted to the trade aalea of Turpentine ehich anounte to approximately 700,000 gallon# annually. The plant can produce at the rate of 1,650,000 gallons. 0007-SWP-000121960