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CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 13, 1979 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL No. 1
Equality Policy Affirmed $614,000 AR Okayed for Plant
The Uniroyal Chemical plant has a firm commitment to offer equal opportunity to all its employees. It is the policy of the plant’s management to support this policy continually.
This policy requires that all recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, compensation, benefits, and company-sponsored training, education and tuition assistance, as well as social, recreational and health programs and social and cultural events be made available and carried out without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, or handicap of any individual person.
J. Robert Douglas, the Industrial Relations Manager for the Naugasuck plant, is the Compliance Officer and has the responsibility of monitoring the Uniroyal Chemical Affirmative Action Compliance Program; and reporting to management the program’s progress.
The responsibility for the improvement of the program and the positive results of it rests with each Manager, Foreman, and Supervisor as an integral part of their management responsibilities.
$500.00 Scholarship Offered
The Uniroyal Chemical Management Club is again offering a $500 scholarship award. Fifty dollars of this award comes from the Larry Monroe Fund. The scholarship is available to a graduating high school student who plans to attend college. To qualify, one of the student’s parents must have worked for Uniroyal Chemical at Naugatuck or Bethany for two years or more.
The fund is supported by the dues of the club’s members.
Applications for the scholarship should be obtained from the Industrial Relations Department or by telephone call to Constance Antrum, Ext. 3217.
April 20, Final Date
The applications must be returned to William Broden, Chair-
A major Appropriations Request (AR) of $614,000 has been approved for equipment additions to the Naugatuck SD-1 plant. The direction of this major project will be the responsibility of the Naugatuck Plant Technical Department.
Naugatuck SD-1 represents a new product to be manufactured in Chemical Production. It is the major success story so far in both the R & D Development Lab and the Chemical Product Development.
Used in Tires
Naugatuck SD-1 is a sulfur derivative accelerator for use in the vulcanization of natural and synthetic rubber in tires and related goods.
MAP Plan Saves $27,358
When it was decided that major repairs would be required on the PR-03 vessel in the FOG plant (Bldg. 124), original repair estimates indicated that it would take 17 days of Maintenance Department work to complete the necessary repairs.
A Management Action Plan (MAP) was then written to plan the work and coordinate these repairs. As a result of this action plan it was determined that the repairs could be completed in 10 days instead of the estimated 17 days. Through the combined efforts and cooperation of the Maintenance and Manufacturing Departments, the required repairs were made and the work was completed in 8 days.
Naugatuck Schedule Met
Because of this earlier turnaround, Bldg 124 was able to finish its scheduled Naugatuck 444 production run over, begin a new 81 production schedule, and meet the planned production schedule.
$27,358 Saved
Based on conservation costs it is estimated that $27,358 was saved.
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1978 Sales Improve; Chemical Hits High
The Company sales in the 4th quarter of 1978 were $728 million, an increase of 21% compared with $596 million in the 4th quarter of 1977.
The Tire and Related Products were $435 million in 1978, compared to $371 million in 1977. For the year, sales were a record $1,575 billion against $1,359 billion in 1977.
Operating profit for 1978 was $54.1 million, compared with $77.1 million in 1977.
Preferred Dividend Paid
The Board of Directors declared $6 in dividends on the preferred stock, applicable to 1978 net income. With the $2 declared and paid in the 4th quarter, this amounted to the full dividend on the preferred stock for 1978.
Octamine P Now Made in Plant
The innovative screening system – in the background – enables Bldg. 94 to make the Octamine P
Increases the probability of the chemical. Foremen (standing in foreground) Walter Stogdenbills, and Robert Van Allen, Tech Services and Van Allen were instrumental in devising the new system.
Octamine has been introduced as a Naugatuck Chemical for about twenty years. It is an excellent antioxidant and is used to protect a wide variety of rubber products against aging and discoloration.
The new Octamine P production system in soft rubber stocks, customers require Octamine as a powder to assure rapid blending in the mix. But grinding it to a powder is difficult.
The system, developed by Bldg. 94, increases the probability of Octamine and allows production of a finer powder to meet customer requirements.
The Chemical Sales Record
The Chemical Division of Uniroyal had sales of $316 million in the 4th quarter of 1978, compared with $271 million in the 4th quarter of 1977. For the year, sales were a record $1,443 million.
In 1977, sales were $1,391 million. Chemical sales are growing at a faster rate than Tire and Related Products, which were $1,575 billion against $1,359 billion in 1977.
For the year, sales were a record $2,443 million while 1977 sales were $1,991 million. Chemical sales are a record $571.5 million compared to $571.6 million in 1977.
Special Bulletin
The Naugatuck Chemical Plant won a Nationwide Award for Hazardous Waste Control of the 1979 National Environmental Industry Awards Program.
The program is co-sponsored by the President’s Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Industry Council.
The Council presented the award on February 28th at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. In two years over $250,000 has been saved by burning the incipient waste.
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