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UNIROY AL CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 5, 1971 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROY AL CHEMICAL No. 2
Crim Named IR Manager
Mitchinson, Melore Receive New Posts
Jesse Crim was named Industrial Relations Manager for the Naugatuck Chemical plant, effective June 1. He succeeds Ron Mitchinson who has accepted a position in the Corporate Industrial Relations Department in Oxford.
Neil Melore was appointed Industrial Relations Manager for the Painesville, Ohio plant. Crim served as Industrial Relations Manager in Painesville from 1968-1971. He held the same position in the Santa Ana, Calif. and Washington, Ind. plants.
He joined Uniroy al in 1947, is a veteran of World War II, and a graduate of Purdue University.
Profits; Sales Up
Tires, Footwear Improve; Chemical Business Off
Uniroy al, Inc. income increased 10.6% to $100 million in the first quarter of 1971 compared with $90.5 million reported for the same period last year.
Sales in the first quarter climbed to a record $413 million, about an 8% increase over the record $381 million set in the first quarter of 1970.
Uniroy al was the only one of the “Big Four” rubber companies to report an increase in profits and sales for the first quarter of the y ear. Goody ear, Firestone, and Goodrich dropped during the quarter.
Tire, Footwear Business Up
Sales of original equipment tires hit an all-time high in the
Hats, Glasses
Required
by Bob Shorr
As of May 1, hard hats and safety glasses were required to be worn in designated areas of the plant.
Medicine Search Started
Studying a molecule prepared for pharmaceutical use are from left Drs. Costa Goundoulis, Zaven Ariyan, Coordinator of program, and Terry O’Brien.
A Pharmaceutical Research Program has been initiated to study and screen chemicals for possible medical use. Assisted in the search by outside pharmaceutical laboratories, the group is interested in developing chemicals which could be made at the Naugatuck plant.
Five Year Goal
The main aim within the next three to five years is to obtain a new drug through clinical work and
Phase I Of Liquid Waste
Pretreatment Plant Started
Sewerage System Now Being Installed
A new sanitary sewerage system was installed in the Chemical yard to carry liquid discharges to main claim operations. By process changes, it is expected that the orders of the Reclaim plant will be controlled.
Waste Control Important
The efficient operation of the waste water treatment facilities depends on everyone’s cooperation in the use of water, prevention of spills, and avoidance of washing chemicals “down the drain.”
The nature of our business requires the use of over 750 differ-
Pretreatsts For Borough’s Secondary Treatment Plant
The new pretreatment facilities will pretreat the plant’s waste liquids for acceptance into the Borough of Naugatuck’s Secondary Treatment Plant.
Uniroy al Chemical has committed $1,500,000 toward the construction of the Borough’s waste disposal plant, and will pay 60% of the operational costs due to the large volume of the plant’s waste flowing into the Borough’s plant.
50% of Capital Expenditures Allocated to Pollution Control
In 1971, approximately 50% of the plant’s capital expenditures will be spent on pollution control facilities.
Phil DePasquale shows size of reinforced concrete tank that will be used as a sewage pumping station for one of the plant’s buildings.
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