Richard Shaw

Four Retire in Month All Top 30 Years Service

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Four Retire in Month All Top 30 Years Service

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After 40 years service Beatrice Smey, Research & Development, retired. In photo she is congratulated by Louis Coscia.

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Eugene St. John cuts cake honoring his 31 years service while Jacqueline Davino holds it.

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Florence Kelsey, retired after 37 years service. Congratulating her is Michael Banik.

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Philip McPhail, retired after 30 years service. Congratulating him is Bert Scullin, right.

Letter to the Editor

In the last CHEM-TEXTS a reference was made to youth— Bill Broden and Chet Zawacki— winning over old age in the Twilight Golf Tournament finals. The statement was misleading.

Although George Baktis and I are 55 year old men, and in the twilight of our golf careers, we had to give the two youngsters 14 strokes for 9 holes.

When we were young fellows, we gave the strokes to the old men.

Stanley Mazanski

Don’t get a snow job on snow tires.

[IMAGE: Snow tire]

Get Uniroyal Winterides

[IMAGE: Woman with tire]

ADVANCE TIRE SERVICE
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Waterbury – 756–7205

FITZPATRICK’S, INC.
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MEZZIO’S
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POUST’S SERVICE STATION
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Synthetic…

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the first part of 1974 and is expected to be completed about the end of March 1974.

Eligible Employees To Receive Benefits

Affected eligible employees will receive termination or pension benefits in accordance with the existing Company employee benefits programs.

There are 205 people employed at the plant, 175 of whom are members of URW Local 308. An estimated 40-45 of the Local 308 people will be retained to continue the operations in Bldg. 17 and the Synthetic Pilot Plant.

The plans do not affect the Chemical and Reclaim operations.

First Synthetic Rubber Plant in U.S.

The Synthetic Rubber plant in Naugatuck was the first to be built in the U.S. to manufacture synthetic rubber. It was constructed in 1942 during W.W. II and operated for the U.S. government to manufacture the man-made material.

Top UG…

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pledged the highest total amount of $6125. EMIC not only had the highest single pledge of $500 but also the highest individual average, $38.

The Chemical Pilot Plant was the only group with 100% participation by employees.

Committee Members

Committee members and canvassers were Constance Antrum, R. Barnes, W. Broden, Katherine Dowling, R. Foltz, R. Frank, W. Lavelle, P. Murray, C. Roland, J. Rzeszutek, D. Shantz, R. Shaw, J. Tarara, and J. Vergosen. R. Gaetz was chairman for the drive.

URW Local 218 Names Officers

Frederick R. Mayo has been named Secretary of URW Local 218 to fill the unexpired term of Michael Rosa who resigned to take a position in Distribution and Scheduling. Mayo presently works in the Process Development laboratory. He started with Uniroyal Chemical in 1948.

David R. Cornetski has been appointed to fill the post of Treasurer, replacing Walter Scott. Cornetski joined Uniroyal Chemical in 1968 and is a member of the Rubber Compounding laboratory, TSSC.

SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY

DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE

The Twelve Steps of AA

The twelve steps of AA were written by the founder of it, Bill W. and several of the original members about one year after they had achieved sobriety. They grouped together and asked themselves, how had they conquered their drinking problem.

They realized, as they thought about it, that they had in fact gone through these twelve steps. The steps today are the foundation of the AA program.

Some AA meetings are strictly for the purpose of discussing the steps and sharing experiences about them. The steps are a way of life for the recovered alcoholic. They are the guidelines for getting sober in the first place, and for mantaining sobriety. The steps keep members of AA free of resentments and away from that “first” drink.

WE . . . admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.

2—Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3—Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

4—Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5—Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6—Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7—Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8—Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9—Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10—Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11—Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12—Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Crim…

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Crim who joined Uniroyal in 1947, is a graduate of Purdue University’s School of Engineering.

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FROM THE FACTORY MANAGER

DEAR FELLOW EMPLOYEE:

The National Safety Council recently presented an Award of Merit to the Naugatuck Chemical plant in recognition of its notable safety achievement in 1970. The Award was based on the significant drop in our lost-time accidents during the year: only 6 compared to 24 for each of the three previous years.

In helping to attain this performance, everyone in the plant deserves to be congratulated. Such an achievement is the result only of individual effort and cooperation. With everyone’s increasing concern for safety, we should continue to improve on our experience.

During April, this safety awareness really paid off. Five employees were involved in near-serious eye accidents that would certainly have resulted in damage to their sight. Fortunately, all were wearing their safety glasses at the time of the accidents.

Although our on-the-job safety performance has improved, let’s not overlook safety when away from the job.

Off-the-job safety becomes especially important as the warm weather and vacation time approaches.

At this time there’s a tendency to take extra risks in working around the house—using lawnmowers, climbing ladders, or lifting heavy objects.

Or on vacation, there’s the urge to do everything fast—driving carelessly, exercising too vigorously in sports.

Whether at work, at home, or on vacation—let’s continue to place a great deal of emphasis on good safety habits. Not only you, but your family and fellow employees will benefit from it.

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Nystrom Gets $300 Grant

Harvey Nystrom receives Scholarship Award from Joe Bucciaglia. From left are Bob Kaiser, Walt Nystrom, Harvey Nystrom, Bucciaglia, and Irwin Prager.

Harvey J. Nystrom, son of Walt Nystrom, a Millwright in the Chemical Mechanical Department, received the Uniroyal Chemical Management Club’s $250 scholarship award, along with an additional $50 from the Larry Monroe Fund.

Ranked first among 172 seniors at Southbury High School, Nystrom was selected as recipient of the Scholarship from 15 applicants. According to Joe Bucciaglia, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, “all of this year’s applicants were deserving of the scholarship. It was most difficult for the committee to select one person.”

Besides his outstanding scholastic record, Nystrom was president of the National Honor Society, a State of Connecticut Scholar, and an active participant in a number of extracurricular activities.

He received a Certificate from Knox College for a special Science Training Program for High Ability high school students and a Certificate of De Merite En Francais for his proficiency in French. For his outstanding performance on the National Educational Development Tests, he received a Certificate of Educational Development which is awarded only to students for outstanding educational capabilities.

Nystrom will major in Physics at Cornell University and plans to do postgraduate work in Astro-Physics.

Other members of the Scholarship Committee who screened the applications for the annual award were Irwin Prager and Bob Kaiser.

Logic-Networks Plan Initiated For Liquid Waste Pretreatment Plant

Al Manzi, left, Project Leader for the Pollution Abatement program shows progress of new liquid waste pretreatment facilities on the Master Logic Networks diagram. Looking on are Gene Hertel, center, who assisted in the diagram and Dick Shaw, Project Engineer.

by Gene Hertel

To construct the new $3,000,000 Liquid Waste Pretreatment Plant on schedule, a systematic, scientific plan for the complex pollution abatement project was initiated to achieve the target completion date in December, 1972. This major project involves a coordinated effort by many groups to identify the sources of pollution; to eliminate and reduce pollution; and to construct and put into actual operation the Waste Pretreatment Plant.

Logic-Networks Used

The Logic-Networks system is being used to plan, coordinate, monitor and control the pollution abatement project. It is an easy-to-understand, graphical way to plan a project. It shows the time sequence and the interaction of the many tasks and the people involved. This time-logic diagram then becomes a way for the project manager to monitor the project. Decisions can be made to expedite the project to meet the project goals on schedule. The time-logic diagram also serves as a work-discipline tool for the hundreds of people involved, since they are aware of their participation and timing and how it affects the project.

A master Logic-Network was prepared by Al Manzi, Pollution Abatement Project Leader, and Dick Shaw, Project Engineer. The master network shows the broad objectives of the project. Sub-networks were then developed for the participating groups. These show the detailed effort that each group must accomplish to reach the project goal. These sub-networks are: Start-up of the Waste Pretreatment Plant by Dick Shaw; Identifying and Sampling streams in the Plants—Joe Bucciaglia for the Chemical Plant, B. T. Dave for the Synthetic Plant, John Prior for the Reclaim Plant, Gary Arndt for the Pilot Plants – Yard Abatement by Bob Van Allen; Information and Discussion by Neil Melore; Purchasing by Hal Lynch and Bruce Perkins; R & D Labs by Lou Coscia; Early Warning System by C. H. Kim; and Liquid Waste Testing by Irwin Prager; and Chemical Tests by Frank Lussier.

Editor’s Note: Gene Hertel, of the R & D Department, has lectured extensively on Logic-Networks programs at the Tire, Footwear, and Chemical Division plants.

Bloodmobile Visit June 10

On Thursday, June 10, Uniroyal Chemical will sponsor its annual blood drive. 150 pints is the plant’s goal for this year.

Because of the facilities of St. Michael’s Parish House, the Bloodmobile will be located there from 9:45 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. Since blood is so urgently needed in the State, all employees are urged to donate.

Appointments may be made now with Adeline Farrar, R.N., Ext. 231; Ann McAllister, R.N., Ext. 397; or Bob Shortt and Sal Aloise, Ext. 438.

$1,564 Lost In GMF Fire

by Phil De Pasquale

$1,564 was lost in a fire which occurred in the GMF® grinding section of Bldg. 101. While grinding the chemical, used as an accelerator for curing butyl rubber, a flash fire broke out. The GMF operator on the second shift pulled the fire alarm and the heat from the fire turned on the overhead sprinkler system.

Quick action by the fire inspectors and chemical production operators prevented more serious damage.

200 lbs. of GMF were destroyed, for a loss of over $500. Mechanical and electrical equipment damage totalled more than $500. Water damage, clean-up, and repairs approximated $500.

The fire was the first in the plant this year which amounted to a sizeable damage. The exact cause of the blaze is still undetermined.

Club Elects New Officers

New officers of the Uniroyal Chemical Management Club and the Executive Committee meet to plan activities for the year. Seated from left are Dan Shantz, Lou Kaiser, president; Bill Broden, vice president; and Doug Ritchie. Standing from left are Bob Smith, treasurer; Earl Roller, Stan Mazur, Dick Keenan, secretary; and Bob Cronin.

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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 $5,143,000, or 14 cents per share, reported for the quarter last year. Sales increased 9% to $400,-000,000 compared with

$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

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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.

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Unions Elect Officers

[PHOTO: Two images showing union officers]

Joe Rzeszutek, left, was elected President. Cy Blanchard, right, Vice President; and Henry Hook, to the Executive Committee.

by T. Lee and F. Mayo

439 URW Local 218 Union members elected new union officers for a 3 year term.

Joe Rzeszutek was elected President for a seventh

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Charles Roland, right, new 308 President is congratulated by Rocco Manulla, left, Art Calder, right, and Frank Sordi.

by Walt Tabaka

URW Local 308 members elected Charles Roland, President for a three year term. Also voted into office were Rocco Manulla, Vice-Pres-

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by Dick Shaw

Quietly along the Naugatuck River bank, opposite the Synthetic plant, construction of the new $3,200,000 liquid waste pretreatment plant is making rapid progress. Completion is scheduled for the Fall of 1972.

The facilities will pretreat 3,000,000 gallons of waste water a day for discharge into the Boro of Naugatuck’s water pollution control plant for secondary biological treatment. After treatment at the Boro’s plant, the water will be discharged into the Naugatuck River which is classified “C”, and suitable for fish, game and wildlife.

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.

Foundations for the two 82 ft. diameter clarification

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[AERIAL PHOTO: Shows pretreatment plant construction site]

The Pretreatment plant occupies an acre of land near the Synthetic reactor area along the Naugatuck river.

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 59,617 shares of Uniroyal common stock by 46 payroll deductions over the next 2 years.

The purchase price of the stock was $19.3125.

The enrollment figure represents 61% of the Chemical division employees at the Naugatuck location.

18,000 Uniroyal employees

in the U.S. and Canada joined the plan, electing to purchase over 800,000

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[PHOTO: Construction site view]

The $3,200,000 facility will be completed by the Fall of 1972.

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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 Uniroyal in 1947; is a veteran of World War II; and a graduate of Purdue University.

Hats, Glasses Required

by Bob Shortt

As of May 1, hard hats and safety glasses were required to be worn in designated areas of the plant.

[IMAGE: Photo showing workers wearing safety equipment]

Joining the plant’s safety equipment program of wearing hard hats and safety glasses are two of its more attractive members. From left is Kay Dowling, Chemical Production, and Adeline Farrar, Chemical Plant nurse.

During April, foremen and supervisors discussed the new program with people in their departments. The program is based on a Section of the 1970 Uniroyal-
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Profits; Sales Up

Tires; Footwear Improve; Chemical Business Off

Uniroyal, Inc. income increased 10.6% to $10.6 million in the first quarter of 1971 compared with $9.5 million reported for the same period last year.

Sales in the first quarter climbed to a record of $413 million, about an 8% increase over the record $381 million set in 1970.

Uniroyal was the only Company of the “Big Four” rubber companies to report an increase in profits and sales for the first quarter of the year. Goodyear, Firestone, and Goodrich dropped during the quarter.

Tire, Footwear Business Up

Sales of original equipment tires hit an all-time high in the
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Phase I Of Liquid Waste Pretreatment Plant Started

Sewerage System Now Being Installed

[IMAGE: Photo showing industrial buildings and sewerage system installation]

A new sanitary sewerage system was installed in the Chemical yard to carry liquid discharges to main sewers of the Chemical plant system.

by Dick Shaw

The construction of Phase I of the new $3,000,000 Liquid Waste Pretreatment Plant is now in progress.

Phase I includes the installation of new sanitary sewers in the Reclaim, Chemical, and Synthetic plant yards. These new sewers will divert the sanitary sewage from the present side streams to the main sewers in order to be ready for transfer into the new pretreatment facilities.

Pretreats 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.

Uniroyal 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.

A major project currently under study is the elimination of the odors created by the Reclaim operations. By process changes, it is expected that the odors 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-
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[IMAGE: Photo of Phil DePasquale with concrete tank]

Phil DePasquale shows size of reinforced concrete tank that will be used as a sewage pumping station for one of plant’s buildings.

Medicine Search Started

[IMAGE: Photo showing three scientists studying a molecule model]

Studying a molecule prepared for pharmaceutical use are from left Drs. Costa Courduvelis, Zaven Ariyan, Coordinator of program, and Terry O’Brien.

by Dr. Zaven Ariyan

A Pharmaceutical Research Program has been initiated to study and screen chemicals for possible medical use. Assisted in the search by outside pharmacology 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 drug through clinical work and receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market it. Research work is presently centered on antiinflammatory drugs for the treatment of arthritis; cardiovascular antihypertensive drugs for high blood pressure and related disorders; and tranquilizer related drugs.

The Chemical Division R & D group consists of Dr. Zaven S. Ariyan, Coordinator of the Program and two Senior Research Chemists, Dr. Constantine I. Courduvelis and Dr. J. Terence O’Brien.

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tem eliminated the discharge of 34,000 lbs. of fiber to the river daily.

Air Pollution Control

A major improvement in cleaner air resulted from the conversion of the boiler house from coal to oil firing. This $500,000 facility stopped the discharge of 2½ tons of flyash into the air each day. The conversion also eliminated the need for cooling cinders which caused pollution of the river.

At a cost of $510,000, cyclones, Holoflite dryers, and a digester blowdown condensing system were installed to reduce pollution of the air from lint and evaporated oil caused by the reclaim plant.

Scrubbers Control Odors

Seven scrubbers are now in operation in plant buildings to “wash” the fumes and odors created by processing operations. Ranging in cost from $2,000 to $70,000, some of the complex systems prevent the discharge of phenolic, mercaptans, formaldehyde and hydrochloric fumes into the atmosphere.

Two new scrubbers are now on order and will be installed when delivered.

Groups Study Problems

Immediate remedial action is being taken by an

Cyclones reduce lint escape into air. Holoflite dryers, at cost of $500,000 eliminated the evaporation of 5,000 lbs. of oils daily in the air.

Environmental Improvement Group under Dick Shaw and Lou Kaiser and a special Research and Development group, headed by Irwin Prager, to reduce pollution by process changes in present manufacturing operations and to coordinate our research resources toward the use of effective control systems in new facilities.

New process equipment will contain pollution control devices and systems, and special monitoring systems installed for proper performance of pollution control equipment.

Every Employee Can Help

Improving the environment is too great a task for it to be the responsibility of any one functional group or department. For the most effective environmental improvement program it requires the active committment of every employee in the plant, laboratories and offices. Even the most advanced equipment will be useless unless it is operated efficiently by the individuals responsible for it.

Program Set Up

Recognizing each persons responsibility, plans are underway for a pollution control program to set up discussion groups and training sessions to help us improve our environmental quality efforts.

Still Have Problems

The Chemical plant still has problems, particularly in the area of fumes and odors. Environmental air improvement is a complex problem that requires a study of each source of pollution from the hundreds of vents on the 142 buildings of the plant.

As part of the plant’s commitment to environmental improvement the problems of fumes and odor are being resolved with action and the financial requirements needed to do the job.

Watts, Lokites Retire

Buddy Watts, center, tells the younger generation John Clinton left and Tom Haggerty what the Chemical plant looked like when he started work in 1926. “One of the best liked fellows” around here was the compliment fellow employees said about him when he retired after nearly 44 years service.

Joe Lokites, a BLE operator in Bldg. 79 is congratulated on his last day of work after 35 years service by Eddie Gooch. From left are Bronislaw Chrzanowski, Joe Lott, Lokites, Gooch, and Harold Litke.

Some 78 sons and daughters of Naugatuck Chemical employees will graduate from colleges and technical schools in June.

A car is never dangerous by itself, it’s the nut behind the wheel that causes most accidents.

Explorers Tour Reclaim Plant

by Pete Gucciardo

High School students, members of Explorers Post 103, which is one of several youth activities sponsored by Uniroyal Chemical, toured the reclaim plant where they had the chance to explore the manufacturing operations used to convert discarded tires and tubes into a finished rubber product. Guides for the tour were Art Nauges, Jim Carroll and Bert Scullin.

The Explorers offer your son or daughter the opportunity to learn about the many careers available to them in chemistry, engineering, agriculture, and business through discussion and practical learning.

Pete Gucciardo and Terry Mo are advisors to the organization with Bob Smith as chairman.

Pete Masone shows group chopped tires. Bob Doiron, Explorer president, inspects the rubber as Art Nunes, center, looks on.

Bert Scullin reclaim production superintendent shows Explorers slabs of reclaim rubber made from discarded, waste tires. From left are Pete Licnikas Jr., Lee Prager, Greg Pelchuck, Art Nunes, Walter Pelchuck, Gabriel Arcuri Jr., Mark Allen, and Scullin.

Chemical Highest Taxpayer

The Borough of Naugatuck’s list of assessment valuations shows Uniroyal Chemical as the highest taxpayer in the community, being taxed at $13,500,000. This represents 12.5% of the Borough’s tax revenue.

The Footwear plant pays $8,600,000 or 8.0% of the taxes.

The total tax of the two Uniroyal plants is $22,100,000 or 20.5% the Borough receives in taxes from the two facilities.

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NAUGATUCK, LEADER IN RUBBER CHEMICALS

New Curalon Plant Starts Up Will Increase Chemical Sales

[IMAGE: Factory/plant interior with workers and equipment]

Checking operations in the new Curalon plant are l. to r. Anthony Gambardella, Rocco Magnanimo, foreman, and Thurman Walton.

by Harold Smith

The new Curalon plant in Bldg. 17, formerly the Flexzone® and DDM plant, started production recently of Curalon® a new chemical curative used to harden and shape liquid polyurethane elastomers. The polyurethane elastomers have today become a large industry.

Uniroyal Chemical, was a leader in the research and development of the polyure-

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Results Successful In Water Pollution Abatement Program

[IMAGE: Industrial water treatment facility]

One of the three waste water treatment units along the Naugatuck river to provide design information for treatment of waste waters

by Dick Shaw

Uniroyal Chemical completed another major step in its water pollution abatement program with excellent results.

For the past 6 months, extensive engineering efforts have been concentrated on the operation of a waste water treatment model scale plant

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[IMAGE: Workers watching bagging operation with “DELAC-S PRILLS” visible on equipment]

Good packaging is essential to good customer service. Left to right, watching the bagging of Delac – S Prills are Jim Heagle and Tom Dowling. John Starr, right, operates the bagger.

by Bob Mazaika

Uniroyal Chemical is the world’s leading manufacturer of rubber chemicals, representing a high percent of the division’s sales. The Chemical division manufactures more than 70 different chemicals for the rubber, plastics and latex industries. 70 percent of these chemicals are made here at the Naugatuck plant. Many are patented, which means only Uniroyal Chemical can make them; but many are not, and sold against strong competition. Recent price cuts have hurt sales and profits and made selling a harder job for the Sales Department. To maintain this position as leader in the industry requires constant research for new chemicals; continued improvement in quality; extra effort on good packaging to improve service to our customers; who are the most important part of our business. Because of dirty, wrong-marked packages and poor quality products, we could lose two or three major customers and lose our position as leader in the industry.

Chemicals made at Naugatuck range from C-P-B, used by golf ball manufacturers to “cure” golf ball covers to Sunproof® waxes to protect tires against sidewall cracking from weather conditions.

Uniroyal offers more accelerators to the rubber industry than any other company such as Trimene,® Methazate, Delac®S, M-B-T-S, Monex,® Tuex,® GMF and Royalac.® These chemicals “cure” the rubber and help shape it into its finished form. Without these accelerators, rubber would be like putty or uncured cement. Accelerators are used to make every type of rubber product from pencil erasers to foam rubber mattresses and automobile tires. GMF® is used in the Minuteman Missile as part of the propellant system.

Naugatuck antioxidants, the best in the industry, protect rubber products from heat and oxygen which cause rubber to deteriorate, discolor, or crumble. For example, BX-A protects the nylon used in tire cord; Polygard® and Naugawhite® keep white products — such as sneakers and footwear — white and prevent the rubber from discoloring. Other well known antioxidants are Octamine, Retarder J and Polylite.

Rubber chemicals constitute the highest cost in every rubber product, and are from two to ten times more expensive on a per-pound basis than any other ingredient used in the finished product. Because of their high cost, customers demand the highest quality chemicals for these prices, otherwise they turn to

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[IMAGE: Person jogging/running in athletic wear]

Naugatuck antioxidants give Pro-Keds jogging shoes quality and longer wear life.

SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY

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KNOW YOUR BENEFITS: by Marion Hutt

Uniroyal’s Paid Vacation Benefits Comparable To Best In Industry

The entire vacation policy for wage employees is too lengthy to reproduce here but the following are some of the most frequently asked questions:

Q. How much vacation am I entitled to receive?

A. Employees will receive vacations based on their seniority with the Company on Dec. 31 of the prior calendar year, as follows:

1 year. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks
5 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 weeks
15 years . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
22 years . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
30 years or more . . . . 6 weeks

Q. How much vacation pay do I receive?

A. Those entitled to a vacation of:
2 weeks . . . . . . 4% of earnings
3 weeks . . . . . . 6% of earnings

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UNIROYAL, INC. FIRST QUARTER SALES AND NET INCOME SET RECORD HIGH

Uniroyal, Inc., set new records in sales and net income for the first quarter of 1969, George R. Vila, chairman and president, reported at the annual meeting of stockholders.

Sales for the quarter were $368.8 million, an increase of 9.3 percent compared with $337.4 million for the same period last year and the highest for any first quarter in Uniroyal’s history.

Net income was $12.5 million, another record for a first quarter. This compares with $12.1 million during the first quarter of 1968.

First quarter earnings were equivalent to 44 cents a share of common stock compared with 43 cents a share last year.

The new record in earnings was achieved despite inflationary trends in the economy and high start-up expenses for an unusually large number of new plants coming on stream worldwide, Mr. Vila said.

During the next five years, Uniroyal has programmed capital expenditures of more than $600 million. During 1969, expenditures will be $150 million compared to more than $100 million in 1968. Heavier capital expenditures, Mr. Vila said, are necessary to keep pace with expanding economies around the world as well as to gain maximum benefits from new products from Uniroyal’s research and development laboratories.

Naugatuck Leader . . .

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competitive companies for the quality and service. Major competitors in the rubber chemical market are well known large chemical companies like Monsanto, du Pont, R.T. Vanderbilt and American Cyanamid.

Our rubber chemical business started more than fifty years ago as a producer of sulfuric acid for the brass industry in the Waterbury area. Today, Uniroyal Chemical supplies 25% of the total rubber chemicals used in the rubber and plastics industry. Practically every automobile tire manufactured, contains one of Uniroyal’s chemicals. In the past ten years, sales have doubled and, depending on the rubber and plastic industries’ growth, sales are expected to continue at this growth rate.

Interestingly, our rubber chemical technology was the base from which our present agricultural chemical business developed with the introduction of Spergon and Thiram seed protectants. Agricultural chemicals like MH-30,® Alar,® Aramite,® Omite,® Alanap® and Dyanap® have become an important part in the Division’s growth.

Today our list of rubber chemical customers include such companies as Goodyear, Firestone, General Tire, Armstrong Tire, Cooper Tire, Dunlop and many other large companies, all important to our rubber chemical business. With good quality products, properly marked, clean packages, and good customer service, they’ll continue to do business with us. Each of us in our own way, by doing our jobs in the best possible way, makes certain that we keep our valued customers.

Hold That Tiger; Keep Chained!

PLACE CYLIN HE

[IMAGE: John Sickola Jr. of the Materials Handling department chains full cylinder “tigers” securely in place.]

Stories of jet-propelled gas cylinders are common, but this one did so much damage in a few seconds that it deserves mention because the same thing could happen in our plant.

A CO₂ cylinder without a cap was being moved across an airplane hangar floor. It fell; the valve broke off; and the cylinder took off, tore through several airplane wings, broke off sprinkler heads which started a flood, destroyed equipment, went through a concrete wall and finally ended its wild, damaging flight outside. Damage cost $500,000.

This type of accident is not restricted to CO cylinders. Any compressed gas in a cylinder: freon, oxygen, air, acetylene, nitrogen or chlorine, will react in the same way. Many of these cylinders are stored throughout the plant.

It is especially important, in the plant, that all compressed gas cylinders be kept in retaining racks and secured at all times. When not in use, mixing valves and gauges should be removed, and the protective caps put back on. Keep cylinders chained. Don’t turn a tiger loose in the plant.

Spring Tire Sale Ends On May 29

A Special Spring Employee Tire Sale will run from March 31 through May 29. Employee prices will be substantially below regular prices on tires for cars, small trucks, campers and trailers.

A feature of the sale will be the new Uniroyal Master with different front and rear tires for better steering and traction, a steel reinforced tread and a 40,000 mile guarantee.

Also included in the sale are the Uniroyal “Fat Max”, “Alley Cat” Tiger Paw, Wide Tiger Paw, Tiger Paw and the Laredo “Rain Tire”.

This will be the only sale on these tires this year.

Slips can be obtained from Industrial Relations: Ann McAllister, Synthetic plant nurse: Luella Anderson TSSC; and Rosalie Tolbert, EMIC.

[IMAGE: Practically every tire on the road contains a Naugatuck chemical to protect it against heat build-up and give longer service life.]

What Employees Say About Safety

Q. What do you think of the safety attitude of the people at Uniroyal?

A. Dom George says, “The Company is making every effort to improve the attitude of the people in the plant. Some still haven’t got the message and don’t seem to care. The best reason in the world to be safe is my family and to make a good living for them.”

A. Roland Bergeron says: “I work in many different areas of the plant and I think the safety attitude of most people in the plant is pretty good. But some people don’t seem to care about safety at all. They don’t use common sense. They don’t wear their safety glasses, hard hats, or proper protective equipment for the job.

The plant should stress to employees through more movies and discussions on what could happen in a chemical plant if employees aren’t safe, especially when handling the different types of chemicals. Some of our people think that a serious accident couldn’t happen here as in other chemical plants, so they often take a lax attitude toward safety.

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which has provided the technology essential to the design of an adequate and economical full-scale treatment facility for the waste waters generated by the plant’s manufacturing.

The model scale plant studies and results were reported to the Water Resources Commission and reviewed at a meeting attended by Mayor Raytkwich of Naugatuck and representatives of Malcolm Pirnie Engineers, the Water Resources Commission and Uniroyal Chemical. The plans were recently approved by Hartford.

Uniroyal and Borough officials are now able to proceed to establish agreements which will form the basis for proceeding with design of the municipal water pollution control facilities and for Uniroyal to proceed with the design of waste water pretreatment facilities.

Dick Shaw project engineered the new plant, assisted by Steve Schwartz who has been exploring the possibility of recovering discharged materials for reuse.

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UNIROYAL

Merry Christmas – Happy New Year

CHEM-TEXTS

Vol. 3, 1969 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL No. 11

[IMAGE: Two people decorating a Christmas tree]

Getting ready for the Christmas season, Madelyn Malone, left; and Molly Cobbol decorate tree in lobby of Main Entrance.

Frank Hopkins To Address The Foremen’s Club

by Lou Kaiser

Frank Hopkins, Vice President and General Manager of the Chemical division will address the Foremen’s Club January 15, 1970, at the Elks Club in Naugatuck.

Mr. Hopkins will discuss the present and future busi-

[IMAGE: Portrait photo of Frank A. Hopkins]

FRANK A. HOPKINS

ness outlook for the Chemical division, and the effects of the present economic trends on the divisions and the plant’s operations.

Man Falls, Breaks Leg

by Sal Aloise

A fall from a railroad tank car resulted in a broken leg and a bruised shoulder when an employee slipped and fell backwards. The accident occurred while he was placing a recirculating hose in the dome of the tank car. As a result of the injury he will be incapacitated 8 weeks.

The second lost time accident happened when an employee caught the heel of his foot in an elevator door while he was taking a product from the 1st to the 3rd floor of the building.

Besides the two lost time accidents in November, five serious injuries were reported for the month. This rate of accidents shows little improvement over last year.

With every effort being made by the plant to improve safety, no progress will be made in the prevention of injuries unless every employee continually thinks safety and avoids taking chances.

Now that winter is here, ice and snow conditions require a greater concern for

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Pollution Of Naugatuck River To Be Controlled

by Dick Shaw

The construction of a new liquid waste pretreatment facility at the Naugatuck plant at a cost of almost $3,000,000 has been approved by the Uniroyal Board of Directors. The new facility will control the plants pollution of the Naugatuck river.

The facilities will provide the necessary pretreatment of the plant’s waste waters and will prepare the complex mixture of chemical and water wastes for acceptance into the Borough of Naugatuck’s water pollution control facility.

Lower Cost To Taxpayer

The cooperative venture which provides for treatment of Uniroyal’s wastes in the Borough’s plant will result in lower costs to the taxpayers of Naugatuck and to the Company and will comply with the State’s Pollution Abatement laws.

Lower costs to the taxpayer will be realized since Uniroyal will pay a substantial portion of the operating costs due to the large volume of Company waste flow into the municipal plant.

[DIAGRAM: Schematic showing waste water treatment process flow, including:
– SYNTHETIC PLANT WASTE
– CHEMICAL PLANT WASTE
– NEUTRALIZATION AND PUMPING STATIONS
– WASTE EQUALIZATION TANKS
– OPERATIONS BUILDING
– WASTE WATER COAGULATION AND SETTLING TANKS
– PRETREATED WASTE MIXING TANK
– PRETREATED WASTE TO MUNICIPAL FACILITIES]

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Schematic drawing shows the new waste water pretreatment facility scheduled for 1972 completion.

Location At South End

The pretreatment facilities will be constructed along the

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[IMAGE: Industrial equipment/construction site]

At right is outflow of waste water into river. New waste water pretreatment unit will control pollution. At left is one of units used to pump waste water to model scale waste treatment unit.

Plant Loses Reclaim Sales

Tentative plans to halt production of bicycle tires and tubes, and reduce production of passenger car, heavy service, and farm tire tubes at the Indianapolis plant would affect our Naugatuck business.

Competition from foreign bicycle tires; the decline in passenger tire tubes, and competitive pressure from low cost tubes were cited as the reasons.

The proposed cutback would affect our butyl Reclaim business which is used for inner tubes.

It will also affect our sales of Aminox®, MBT, MBTS, 710 Stiffener, and Tuex chemical business. These chemicals are used in the manufacture of tires and tubes.

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$21,000 Contributed to United Givers

[PHOTO: Image showing people near a vehicle, including children on crutches and adults]

United Givers help the Red Cross provide free transportation to the Cerebral Palsy Center in Waterbury. Penny Litke, left, on crutches, 3 ½ years old, goes three times a week. Helping Penny is her mother, Mrs. Harold Litke. Kathy Magnamo, 8, is held by her mother, Mrs. Robert Magnamo. Kathy attends the Cerebral Palsy Center every day. At right is Roy Woodcock, a volunteer driver. Without the services of the Red Cross and the Cerebral Palsy Center many children would not receive the treatment and care to make their lives happier and fuller. (Naugatuck news photo by J. Jensen.)

by Eric Johnson

$21,000 in pledges were made by Uniroyal Chemical employees to the United Givers fund drive. This is the second successive year that Uniroyal Chemical topped $20,000 to support the 16 charitable, social work, and youth organizations in the fund which in some way touch the lives of every employee or his family.

One Third Of All Firms

The plant’s contributions represent almost one-third of the Industrial division’s goal of $65,000. The success of this year’s campaign reflects the vital concern and involvement of employees in community problems and activities by helping the mentally retarded, children with cerebral palsy, the free blood programs of the Red Cross and the many youth organizations in the Fund.

Four Departments Top Their Goals

Reclaim Production, under the Chairmanship of Bob Foltz, Joe Rzeszutek and Pat Tortorici; Synthetic Production under Chairmanship of Leon Raskauskas, Archie Civitello and Carl Wehmann; Engineering under Vic Anderson as Chairman; and Materials Handling with Hank Lynch, Chairman.

Exceeding last year’s pledges were Chemical Production, Factory Services, Research and Development, and the Accounting Department.

Research and Development contributed the highest amount $5,878, with the Division’s offices contributing $2,841. Every group deserves commendation for their generous support of the drive through the payroll deduction plan and “give where you work”.

More than 1,100 employees participated in the drive with 404 not participating for various reasons. The average pledge of contributors came close to $20 which is one of the highest of any company in Naugatuck and Beacon Falls. While individual contributions varied, some people pledged a $1.00 a week and some contributed $200 annually.

Close Doors, And Windows At Night

by Ed Weaving

With cold weather here and long weekend shutdowns due to the season holidays, foremen, supervisors, and employees of different departments should make sure doors and windows are closed, especially during nights and weekends, to preserve heat in the buildings and prevent freezing of the sprinkler systems.

Chairmen Do Good Job

The success of the campaign was undoubtedly due to the generous spirit of employees, but a good amount of credit belongs to the committee which organized the drive and did the canvassing. The Executive Committee for the drive was Eric Johnson, Chairman, Roger Amidon, Vic Anderson, Joe Bucciaglia, Bob Foltz, Gene Hertel, Frank Lynch, Milt Makoski, Leon Raskauskas, Joe Rzeszutek and Jack Vergosen.

Chairman of the plant sections and departments were Mike Dodd, Bob Grahame, Al Juliano, Paul Laurenzi, Roger Lestage, Stan Mazur, Phil Morin, Doug Ritchie, Sal Sapio, Dom Scalzo, Pat Tortorici, Mary Vergosen, and Carl Wehmann.

During the day windows and doors are often opened particularly if weather suddenly becomes warm, and are left opened during the night when the temperature drops below freezing. This causes freezing of the sprinklers which results in breakage and water discharge. As a result, not only is equipment and material damaged, production stopped, but cleanup operations are involved as well as a shutdown of vital sprinkler protection against fire for the plant’s safety.

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Pollution of Naugatuck River To Be Controlled

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Naugatuck river at the south end of the plant. They will consist of waste collection pipe lines, pumping stations, neutralizing facilities and coagulating – settling basins.

Operations Building And Laboratory

A two story operations building will be constructed for storing and adding waste water treatment chemicals. A laboratory will be included in the building where control analyses will be made to insure that the wastes are pretreated properly for acceptance into the Borough’s water pollution control facility.

Completion Scheduled For April 1972

Completion of construction is scheduled for April 1972 in compliance with orders from the State Water Resources Commission.

The pre-treatment plant is based on extensive laboratory and pilot plant work which has been conducted at the Chemical plant for the past four years at a cost of more than $300,000.

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safety both on and off the job. When working or walking outside, watch out for icy patches to prevent slips and falls which may result in serious injuries. Every effort will be made by the Materials department to keep areas sanded but its virtually impossible to sand every spot in the plant.

It’s every employees responsibility to sand an icy area or to report ice or hazardous conditions to his foreman or supervisor who will contact the Materials department to correct the situation.

Major Step In Pollution Control

The Naugatuck River south of Thomaston has been assigned a C classification by the State Water Resources Commission. Class C is defined as “suitable for fish and wildlife habitat, recreational boating and industrial process and cooling”.

The waste water pre-treatment plant is designed to control water pollution consistent with the State requirements for Class C waters.

This water pollution control facility is part of the long range program for improving the quality of the nation’s rivers and lakes.

[PHOTO: Four men in hard hats examining documents outdoors]

Dick Shaw, project engineer for new plant discusses site with, left to right, Gordon Anderson, Shaw, George Vila, and John Evans.

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FROM THE FACTORY MANAGER

Dear Fellow Employee:

I’m sure you will be interested to know that after the recent sign up for the 1968 UNIROYAL Employee Stock Option Plan over 62% of us, in our plant, are participating in the new plan. This increase over the 56.2% participation in 1966, no doubt, reflects our interest in recent increases in the selling price of UNIROYAL stock.

In this connection, I am often asked what has caused our stock to go up. Very frankly, beyond general economic considerations, there is only one factor that causes stock to go up or down, and that is the value the buyer – the public – places on the profitability of the Company. Profitability is the measure of how good a job a Company does in meeting the needs of it customers. Very simply, it indicates how well each of us and the thousands of other UNIROYAL employees are doing our jobs.

As owners of the Company’s stock, it is in our best interests to see that we, as employees, do our jobs in the most effective and efficient manner. This has been, and will continue to be the spirit of the Naugatuck Plant.

[Signature]

John D. Evans

Louis Triano Heads Elks

Louis Triano, a 35 year member of the Naugatuck Elks Lodge, was elected president of the Connecticut Elks Association at their 39th. annual convention. This is the highest state office attainable by an Elks Club member.

Triano served the local lodge as Exalted Ruler in 1942-43 and again in 1950-51. He is a certified National Ritualistic Judge, judging contests throughout New England.

Lou has been in Marvinol® vinyl R & D as a laboratory technician for the past 18 years, working on Marvinol plastisol and organosol formulations. Our vinyl resins are used in the manufacture of Naugahyde® upholstery fabric, footwear and rainwear.

Semaskvich Compares Uniroyal With Other Companies

Ed Semaskvich of the Mechanical Dept. worked around the world in the U.S. Navy, as a construction and iron worker, and for automotive and brass companies. He joined Uniroyal 18 years ago.

When asked his views by the editor of Uniroyal World on how Uniroyal compared with other companies that he worked for, Semaskvich expressed these opini “I

particularly like the improved safety program, the excellent fringe benefits, and the good management and employee relationship that is constantly improving, at the Naugatuck Plant.”

“The Company seemed a little on the conservative side when I first came, but in the past few years a new, progressive outlook has taken place. For instance, I can suggest

new ideas to my superintendent, foreman or even the factory manager, and if they think they’re good, they take action.” According to Ed, “no company is pertect, but Naugatuck beats the rest, otherwise I would’nt have stayed around for 18 years.

Ed has taken an active interest in the Naugatuck Swim Club for young children for many years and is a member of the V.F.W.

SUGGESTION PLAN WINNERS RECEIVE $630 FOR IDEAS

At the last Suggestion Award Committee meeting held recently, a total of $630 was awarded to employees for suggestions on safety, improved working conditions, and changes in equipment.

Any employee may submit a suggestion and win an award by using a little imagination. Your idea may win you as much as $500 for just a few moments of your time. Look around your department, there are hundreds of opportunities staring right at you.

The award winners were:
L. Fortier, Chem, Prod. – $15; J. Schumacher, Mech. Dept. $15; L. Respass, Reclaim – $15; M. Janetty, Mech. Dept. – $15; E. Clark, Mech. Dept. – $15; H. Vogt, Engineering – $35; E. Clark, Mech. Dept. – $35 E. Clark, Mech. Dept. – Hon. Men. R. Ruginis, Mech. Stores – $15; T. Turner, Chem. Prod. – $15; L. Fortier, Chem. Prod. – $15; J. Slasienski, Chem. Prod. – $15; J. Sickola,

Chem. Rec. – $15; J. Slasienski, Chem. Prod. – $15; K. Ferreira, Lab. – Hon. Men.; E. Smith, Pilot Plant – $30; C. Hiser, Mech. Dept. – $15; F. Rosa, Mech. Dept. – $15; J. Enamait, Mech. Dept. – $15; A. Brodeur, Mech. Dept. – $15; A. Picoli, Mech. Dept. – $15.

Also R. Tucker, Mech. Dept. – $15; R. Tucker, Mech Dept. – $15; E. Koslowski, Chem. Prod. – $15; J. Lynch, Chem. Prod. – $15; D. Persutti, Chem. Prod. – $15; C. Ferguson, Mech. Dept. – $15; P. Hardt, Chem. Prod. – Hon. Men.; S. Molnar, Chem. Prod. – $25; S. Molnar, Chem. Prod. – Hon. Men.; J. Gandolf, Mech. Dept. – $15; J. Gandolf, Mech. Dept. – $15; J. Lynch, Chem. Prod. – $15; C. Iannuzzi, Mech. Dept. – $15; F. Gagne, Lab. – $15; R. Pakalnis, Lab. – $25; G. Mitchell, Chem. Prod. – $15; W. Breton, Chem. Prod. – $15; J. Kerski, Materials – Hon. Men.; J. DiSantis, Dispersions – $25; G. Reale, Mech. – $50.

Pollution Program Progresses To Clean Naugatuck River

Dick Shaw, project engineer responsible for the Naugatuck plant’s water pollution abatement program, explains the function of new equipment installed along the Naugatuck river bank to Mayor Raytkwich, Thomas Scanlon, chairman of the Naugatuck Sewer Authority and John Evans to study the problems of water pollution.

Three scale model liquid waste treatment plants are located on the west bank of the river at each outfall where pollutants presently enter the river. The units have been in operation since the end of May and so far have shown considerable success in helping us determine what pretreatment methods are necessary to adequately prepare the complex waste waters for

secondary biological treatment. The operation also provides representative samples of the sludge resulting from actual manufacturing conditions to provide data for the design of efficient sludge disposal facilities.

At the present time the plant’s water pollution control program is on the schedule set by the Connecticut Water Resources Commission to stop pollution of the river by 1971.

In the past few years the Naugatuck plant has taken considerable steps to reduce both water and air pollution in the area. The progress to date has made the Naugatuck plant one of the leading industrial companies in the air and water pollution control program.

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Synthetic Plant Dismantled

The Synthetic Rubber plant is nearing the final stages of dismantlement. In the reactor area above many of the tanks and salvageable equipment have been removed.

The Federal Equipment Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, who purchased the plant for resale, has been shipping the tanks and useable equipment to all parts of the country and overseas.

The Hortonspheres, which were navigational landmarks for airplane pilots, have been carefully cut, piece by piece, prior to shipment to Canada for re-erection.

Thomas Ennis of the Plant Engineering department is in charge of the operation which has been going on for several months.

Pallets Avert Mishap

Thomas Carey points to the broken support under a tank trailer, loaded with a caustic byproduct.

The Materials Department has found a new use for old pallets as safety supports under tank and trailer trucks.

The pallets have already saved thousands of dollars when the support of a tank trailer filled with a caustic byproduct collapsed between Bldg. 118 & Bldg. 18. Besides the loss of the material, the spill would have interrupted the operation of the pretreatment plant.

To prevent recurrences of such mishaps it has been made a standard safety practice to place the old pallets under the trailers.

2,000,000 Manhours . . .

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Safety Record & Costs — 1966 to 1975

in 1975 they had dropped to $100,000.

Since the plant is self-insured, its insurance costs per 100 hours were high because of the frequency and severity of the accident. These costs adversely affected the profits of the plant.

Lost Time Serious Injuries Total Total Costs
1966 21 84 105 —
1967 22 56 78 —
1968 20 68 88 —
1969 23 56 79 —
1970 6 66 72 —
1971 20 63 83 $231,567
1972 11 62 73 $275,641
1973 9 24 33 $199,682
1974 4 23 27 $238,359
1975 3 26 29 $ 95,307

New Sewer System Reduces Pollution

by Richard Shaw

When the new $3,000,000 liquid waste water pretreatment plant went into full operation it became necessary to start work on the next major item of water pollution control, the separation of the storm and process sewers. The entire project will cost about $1,500,000.

The Chemical plant was built with only one sewer system which carried all the process waste, sanitary waste and storm water to the Naugatuck River. The sewer system is now connected to the pretreatment plant

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Pasquale Tortorici, Reclaim, was presented $168. Eleanor Chmielinski, Research and Development received $156. An award of $100. was given to Lawrence Fortier, Chemical Production.

All Employees Eligible to Submit Ideas

Any employee may participate in the Idea Plan. It’s a simple way to earn extra money by recommending improvements in the way things are done.

Awards are made for suggestions on production improvement, equipment changes, materials handling, waste reduction and other areas.

The minimum award for an Idea is $25.00. There is no limit on the maximum award.

The new sewer separates the rain and process waters. It will carry the rain water to the river and prevent an overflow at the Pretreatment plant.

and during periods of heavy rain or snow melt there is too much water for it to handle. Some of the water must overflow to the river carrying some process waste with it.

To prevent the overflow the plant is installing a separate sewer system for storm water which will collect water from the building roofs and the yard areas and carry it directly to the river.

Storm sewers will be installed continued on page 4

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