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Gillette, Welch Named To Head Up Idea Plan
Sam Gillette, right, discusses methods with Pete Welch to improve Idea Plan.
Sam Gillette, Manager of Methods Engineering, was named Idea Plan Administrator with overall responsibility for the program.
Pete Welch, Industrial Relations, was named Coordinator of the Idea Plan and is responsible for the coordination of if any section Administrators.
Lady Luck Prevents Accident
Lady Luck prevented the possible loss of both hands of an employee while he was repairing the mills in one of the plant’s production facilities.
When he attempted to ad-just the rollers, another em-ployee inadvertently started up the machinery. For-tunately, the electrical switch was in a reverse po-sition and the rollers oper-ated in reverse.
In the repair of equip-ment, the electrical power should be “locked out” on all moving equipment to prevent accidental opera-tion. If the equipment is “locked out” at the time, Lady Luck has no control over safety.
The plant has a good con-trol procedures for equip-ment “lock outs”. This area of employee safety is pres-ently being handled as a priority concern by the Chemical Labor-Manage-ment Health & Safety Com-mittee.
Construction Started
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Staples High School students collect samples of waste discharge for analysis of contents. The group visited the plant regularly for three weeks as part of an environment survey.
The successful operation of the pretreatment plant will depend on individual employees, particularly pro-duction and laboratory per-sonnel.
For example, a spill of some materials which are washed down the drain could disrupt the Chemical pretreatment plant and the Baro of Naugatuck’s second-ary treatment plant.
Nine Months
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freeze; slow down in capital spending throughout in-dustry; lower sales and earn-ings for industrial products; low-cost foreign and domes-tic competition in footwear and chemical business; heavy start-up costs at the Opelika, Ala. tire plant; and heavy expenses in the de-velopment of steel belted radial ply passenger tires.
Cards Finish In Last Place
by Howard Mason
The Synthetic Cards soft-ball team had a poor season, finishing in the cellar. The team’s finish was attributed to an irregular defense, in-consistent hitting, and in-juries.
The “old pro” Charlie Ro-land carried most of the team’s pitching chores, but inadequate hitting and lack-ing support hurt his effec-tiveness.
Vic Kloc led the team in hitting with a .600 average and Mike True led the Cards in home runs.
Employee Honored
The Archdiocesan Medal of Appreciation was awarded to Alex Nole, by Auxiliary Whealon of Hartford for his work in the Archdiocesan.
He has been a religion in-structor in St. Pius X parish for 15 years, and for the past 4 years lay director and cur-riculum coordinator of the CCD program. He is also president of the parish council.
SAFETY IS RESPONSIBILITY
GIVE WHERE YOU WORK
UNIRUYAL
Belted wide oval
Snowplow WHITEWALLS
ADVANCE TIRE SERVICE
410 Howard Ave.
Bridgeport & Stamford
FITZPATRICK’S INC.
2040 East Main St.
Bridgeport, Conn.
MIDDLEBURY SERVICE CENTER
POUT’S SERVICE STATION
Main Street Bethany
UNIROYAL HOME & AUTO CENTERS
BRISTOL
Farmington Ave. Rt. 6
NEW HAVEN
163 Whalley Ave.
865-4181
NEW MILFORD
Route 7
354-2831
Unions…
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Art Calder, Secre-tary; and Frank Sordi, Treas-urer. John Needham re-ceived the highest number of votes as a member of the Executive Board. In or-der of votes received, others elected to the Board were Bill Stenson, Gene Dough-ty, Ernie Molnar, Jean Burke, John Sullivan, and Joe Ar-bochaukas.
Chairman of the Elec-tion Committee was Walt Tobak who was assisted by Marie Yarosheski, and Len Gough.
CANFIELD CORNER
PHARMACY
VERTT & ELDREDGE, Prop.
CANFIELD CORNER – WOODBURY, CONN.
PHONE: 263-3587
MEDIMENT PRESCRIPTIONS
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UNIROYAL
CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 5, 1971
PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL
No. 5
Construction Started On New
$3,200,000 Pretreatment Plant
Nine Months Sales Up
Net income for the nine
months ending October 3,
was $33,234,000, equivalent
to $1.10 per share of common stock compared with
$27,852,000 or 92 cents a
share for the comparable
period last year, an increase
of 19.3%. Earnings were
equivalent to $1.04 per common share after adjustment
for the potential dilution
related to the company’s
convertible debentures issued in February 1971.
Sales for the nine months
totaled $1,277,000,000, a
gain of 8% over the $1,183,-
000,000 for the same period
in 1970.
Net income of Uniroyal,
Inc. for the 3rd quarter totaled $7,130,000, equivalent
to 22 cents per common
share, a gain of 38.6% compared with $5,133,000, or
14 cents per share, reported
for the quarter last year.
Sales increased 9% to $400,-
000,000 compared with
$367,000,000 a year ago.
$366,000,000 for the third
quarter of 1970.
Net income for the 3rd
quarter and 9 months was
adversely affected by the
following factors: freeze of
price increases, wage increase costs prior to the
Round the
river bank, opposite
wage-price freeze, and in-Quickly along the Naugatuck
the Synthetic plant, construcflation factors.
tion of the new $3,200,000 liquid waste pretreatment
plant is nearing rapid progress.
Utilized for the Fall of 1972
the facility will pretreat
3,000,000 gallons of waste
water a day for discharge into
the Naugatuck’s waters for pollution control and biological
treatment. After treatment at the
plant, the water will
be discharged into the Naugatuck River which is classified
“C”, and suitable for
fish, game and wildlife.
Drive Nears
$21,000
by Jim Carroll
The United Givers drive
to raise $21,000 for the 16
Agencies in the Fund which
provide needed services for
families in communities in
which most employees live
is nearly completed.
Employees have pledged
$20,260 to date and only
$740 is needed to achieve
the plant’s goal of $21,000.
The average contribution
amounts to $21.40 per employee who donated.
Unions Elect Officers
Joe Rzeszutek, left, was elected President. Cy Blanchard,
right, was Vice President, and Henry
Hook, to the Executive Committee.
The steel superstructure
for the Operations Building
is complete and work has
started on the interior of the
building which will serve as
the operational center for the
pretreatment facility.
A
waste water collection pipeline, encased in solid concrete to prevent upheaval
and breakage during high
water periods, has been installed at the base of the
river bank. This pipeline
will connect the plant’s discharge outlets to a new pump
station currently under construction near the south yard
sewer outfall.
987 Join
Stock Plan
by Jack Dunn
987 Chemical Division
employees exercised their
options to participate in the
third stock purchase plan for
Uniroyal employees.
These employees elected
to purchase 59,612 shares of
Uniroyal common stock by
payroll deductions over
the next 2 years.
The purchase price of the
stock was $19.35.25.
The enrollment
figure
represents 61% of the Chemical Division employees at the
Naugatuck location.
Charles Roland, right, new 308
President is congratulated by
Rocco Manulla, left, Art Gallagher, right, and Frank Sordi.
by Walt Farleigh
URW Local 308 members
elected Charles Roland, President for a three year term.
Also voted into office were:
Rocco Manulla, Vice-Pres-
18,000 Uniroyal employees
joined the plan, electing to
purchase over 800,000
shares.
Foundations for the two
82 ft. diameter clarification
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Know Your Products: Retarders; Blowing Agents; Waxes
by Dr. Bob Brown
Besides the diverse line of accelerators, antioxidants and anti-ozonants manufactured in Chemical Production, the plant makes a number of specialty chemicals Retarders, Process Stabilizers, Bonding Agents, Waxes and Blowing Agents.
The Retarders, ESEN and Retarder L slow down the vulcanization of the rubber during processing. This may sound like driving a car with your foot on the brake, but when a customer is trying to mix a batch of rubber on a mill and it starts to vulcanize (harden) before he can finish processing it, it must rely on a Retarder to slow down the vulcanization.
Process Stabilizer 710 is also used as a processing aid. Rubber is usually easier to handle when it is fairly soft, but some types of rubber almost seem to harden into a liquid during the processing. Stabilizer 710 gives these rubbers the necessary hardness and fineness to stay sufficiently solid so they can be worked on the mill.
The Cogen® Blowing Agents are used to expand rubber and plastics. When mixed with rubber or plastics and heated, they form a cellular structure in the finished product, expanding the product volume and lowering its density. This results in a savings in materials for the customer. Blowing Agents are used primarily in rug underlay, upholstery, fashionable footwear, boats, and electrical insulations.
The Sunproof® Waxes are used along with Flexzones® antioxidants to reduce the oxidation of the sidewalls and treads. The Waxes are mixed with the rubber on the mill and then migrated to the surface of the rubber to form a protective film against atmospheric cracking.
Plant Gets Red Cross Award
The Naugatuck Red Cross awarded the Chemical Plant a Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding cooperation with the Connecticut Red Cross Blood Program.
In the annual Bloodmobile sponsored by the plant, 214 pints of blood were donated. Another 25 were deferred. During the year the Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 1033 pints of blood. Connecticut is one of the few states where the “blood itself is free”.
Organized by the Safety Dept, the successful drive was carried out by Bob Shortt, Sal Aloise, Adeline Furry, R.N., and Ann McGlister, R.N.
Three Employees Retire
With nearly 46 years of service, Andy Molnar, center, was one of the few active employees in the 45-year group of the 25 Year Service Club. Congratulating him from left are Carl Miele, Hank Wentlow, Walt Miller, Synthetic Pilot Plant Foreman, and Henry Quigley.
Joe Trangali retired from the Materials department after 26 years service. From left are Ben Fedorowicz, Frank Lynch, General Foreman, Hudson Flamma, Joe Trangali & Kirk Kirkendall, Foreman.
Christmas Special Royal Golf Balls
From November 15 to December 17, a special Christmas Purchase of ROYAL golf balls is available to employees through the Employee’s Sales room on Rubber Ave. Each employee is limited to a maximum of 6 dozen.
The balls come in a gift package and the prices range from 9.25 to 11.50 per dozen.
987 Join…
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shares of Uniroyal common stock.
“MIP” Stock Plan
Employees may still purchase Uniroyal common stock through the Monthly Investment Plan (MIP). This plan is operated by Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.
Enamait Improved
Bob Enamait has been transferred from the intensive care unit of St. Mary’s Hospital and officially recovered from the danger.
He is now in a private room and attended by private duty nurses around the clock. He is still on a circular motorized bed and receiving physical therapy. His response to treatment is good.
Safety Sign Installed
The first Employee Safety Record sign has been installed at Main Gate. Flashing lights indicate safety record for 24 hour period.
Three new Employee Safety Record signs will be installed to keep employees posted on the plant’s safety record for this year as compared with 1970.
Flashing lights will indicate the 24 hour safety record of employees (the red signifies a Lost Time accident; yellow, a Serious Injury; and the green will indicate that employees have worked safely for a 24 hour period).
CHEM-TEXTS
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UNIROYAL CHEMICAL, NAUGATUCK, CONN. 06770
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