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Show PAGE esiablidiod a fourth hruiu-plant in mitral Utah at Orangeville (Emery ('utility ). A suitable huild-insecured and renovated Ly the Orangeville City Council assisted liy the Emery County Industrial Development Committee, ami a good supply of high uality labor were key factors in securing a new industrial payroll fur this rural Utah town. Continental Copper and Steel Industries, Inr. completed its dollar Hatfield Wire & Cable Division plant in West Jordan and began production of electrical wire from .021 to ,'j of an im-in diameter for distribution to western U.S. regional markets. Already, the 10,1(00 square foot production plant is being expanded ly 20.000 feet to allow for of wire ami cable completely made of Utah products. Full scale o)rations at the West Jordan plant will require 140 em- which will remove magnesium chloride from the lake brines and purify it for delivery to Dow Chemical. Hercules Incorporated will establish a new production facility K multi-inillio- at its llacchus Works for the of niuiiu-faetu- n- re ployees. Consolidated Froightways announced that Salt Luke City has liceii chosen ns a new base point its nationwide freight relay system and began moving 102 drivers into the Salt lnke area. Transfer of t lie drivers will bo completed by March 1. 15)71, and will boost the firms Utah payroll by more than in $2 million. Dairy Distributors of Logan exincrease pects nearly a three-fol- d in its cheese manufacturing activ-it- v as a result of an agreement entered into with L. D. Srhreiher Cheese Co. of Day, Wisconsin. Terms of the agreement call for both firms to acquire equity interest in each other. Schreiber is primarily a marketing organization. selling its cheeses under various brand names. The Isigan firm directed by Ed Gossner has been doing u $3.5 million yearly business with 65 employees. Annual volume with the new venture is expected to reach $10 million. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad plans an 11 million in- vestment to improve its freight car fleet during 15)71. This involves purchase of Iil5 cars which will raise the Rio Grande's fleet to ll.utiO and leasing of 250 special purpose cars. Thu move will help to meet shippers needs for space, protection anil fast delivery. Dixie Apparel Iwgan ueratiuiui at St. George as a contract manufacturer tor Isis Angeles apparel merchandisers. Thu new firm was launched mi a modest note with 15 sewing machine operators. An orderly, upward growth pattern is expected. Chemical construct a $4 million chemical plant adjacent to the Great Salt 1 .'ike anil ( lieinieals Minerals complex at Littiii Mountain. Scheduled for completion and activation in 15)72, the unit will dehydrate the magnesium cL ride il receives from u companion GSLM&C plant. EIMAC Division of Varian Associates set up facilities and began engineering development for protulies at its Salt duction of Lake City plant. This is a completely new line for E1MAC, which is aimed at building new ierfec-tiointo the present art of During 15)71 the activity will employ 50 workers, and by 1974 the requirement will be 200. Cans Ink Company of Utah, subsidiary of Gans Ink & Supply Co., Inr. of California, occupied its new plant at 1919 West 2200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. The new unit is equipped with the most modern ink productiuii gear available. Gates Rubber Company, with headquarters in Denver, acquired the Thermoid Division of II. K. lortcr Company at Xcphi. The manufacturing plant which has provided Xephis main liasic industrial payroll since it was established here in 1947 will turn nut the Gules line of fan belts and industrial hose. Kmloyment is expected to hold near the .200 mark under the new ownership. Genev a Works of U.S. Steel Corporation had its competitive stance strengthened with significant improvements to the large diameter pija mill. The four new outside-scaand five new inside-seawelders allow Geneva to step up quality and service posit inning on a major product. Great Salt Lake Minerals and Chemicals began actual mining" on Decemof tbe Great Sait ber ,2 with the dedication of its 14.000 acre commercial solar Mind system and processing units. Representing an investment which has now passed the $32 million mark, including a 2.5 million power generating facility built by Utah Power & Light, the complex has been four years in the construction and preparation phase. Certain to play u major role in future economic growth of the State, the facility will produce yearly yields of 210,000 tons of potash, 100,000 to 200,000 tuns of magnesium chloride and 150,000 tons of sodium aulfatc. The GSLM&C work force was 150 lit the end of the year. An additional 50 hires arc expected during 1971. The current payroll is running $1.6 annually. Scheduled for completion in 1972 is a $.2.5 million second phase plant X-r- ns X-ra- y. m m ikc a f high-streng- th house & Distribution at the Freeport Center. Most of the nationally prominent firms product line will be stored and distributed from the Clearfield facility. Mountain Bell spent $31 million for new construction in Utah during 1970, a 39 jiercent increase over 1969. More than 31,000 telephones were added to the Utuh segment of the system. National Lead pressed construction and preparation of its $70 million magnesium recovery facility on the south end of Great Salt Lake in keeping with a timetable which calls for partial operation by July 1971; completion date ia scheduled for 1972. The firms production target is 45,000 tons of metallic magnesium annually, with 80.000 tons of chlorine and leaser amounts of lithium, calcium sulfate and potassium sulfate realized in the process. Impounded in the No. 3 section of National Leads 30.000 acre ponding complex ia 480.000 tons of 28 percent magnesium, a three-yea- r supply of material. Peppers Allied Metals Company of Salt Lake City joined with the Learner Company of Oakland, California to begin construction of a major junk automobile shredding unit on Salt Lake City's west side. Construction on the plant will coat $1 million and is scheduled for operation sometime in 1971. Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Companys Provo plant became the first Utah firm and one of the first in the western region to be awarded the nuclear stamp by the Atomic Energy Commission for manufacturing nuclear containment vessels. The N" stamp permits the Provo facility to fabricate everything except the reactor itself. Piute Manufacturing Company of Circleville extended its Garfield-Piut- e county apparel manufacturing network to Henrieville. The new branch plant ia set up in a renovated recreation hall provided the community. Employment is approximately 25. Review Apparel, with headquarters and main plant at Fillmore, established a branch plant at Scipio which had been set up initially by Manufacturing and closed down in 1969 when that firm discontinued operations in Utah. Employment at the branch should stabilize at about 30. by Cal-U- Itio-Algo- will Company man-ufiictu- rc graphite fiber for the aurospuce industry. The unit will occupy several existing buildings at the Bacchus plant and will begin production in April 1971 with 50 workers. The development is encouraging evidence that Hercules intends to maintain its Utah operations near the 1600 employment level despite diminishing defense outlays. Hill Air Force Rase recorded another year of monumental impact on the Utah economy as the States largest employer. Total combined military and civilian payroll for 1970 was $196 million, compared to $189 million in 1969. Combined employment by the end of the year of which 16,628 totaled 19.124 down about 5)00 was civilian from a year ago. The decline was noted mainly in the civilian segment as result of reduced personnel authorizations and was accomplished by attrition, rather than involuntary separations. Jetway Equipment Corporation, subsidiary of Stanray Corporation of Chicago, moved its corporate offices from Long Beach, California to Ogden. Jetway manufactures 80 percent of the telescoping aircraft passenger bridges in use at today's modern U.S. airports. Marketing is conducted on a worldwide basis. Other developments in the consolidation move to Ogden include a tripling of production sluice at Ogden and Clearfield to 210.000 square feet and construction and occupancy of a new 12.000 square foot office building adjacent to the Ogden unit. Employment at Jetway's Utah operations reached 400 during the year, up 315 from three years ago. Kennecott Copper Corporation's Utah Division turned on its new sulfuric acid plant capping a bold move to convert pollution reduction into economic gains. Under optimum conditions, the $8 million unit, which was 18 months under construction, will recapture 163 tons of sulfur which would otherwise he expelled into the atmosphere. and converts it into 500 tons of sulfuric acid daily. The acid is used in the copper recovery process or sold. The additional capacity raises Kennecott's total daily acid production to 1900 tons. 1 Dow MONDAY. MARCH 1, THE DAILY RECORD TWO Killehrew Incorporated occupied new office and manufacturing space at 2132 Richards, Salt Lake City. The firm, which bears the name of Harmon Killebrew, home run king of the Minnesota Twins and American League Player of the Year for 1970, manufactures sporting goods and toys for marketing throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The line includes the LaDell Anderson Equalizer, an adjustable basketball goal. Koch Enterprises, Salt Lake City firm, jointly with Rubicon Chemicals owned by Uniroyal and Imperial Chemical Industries, developed a new method of producing frames for household furniture such as chairs, sofas, and hassocks with the use of urethane foam. The foam is injected into a mold where it solidifies into a rigid finished product. Koch's Salt Lake plant employs 20 and has the potential for adding another 100 during 1971. Koret of California observed the second year of full operations at its Price branch plant by turning out its one millionth pair of womens quality slacks at the Carbon County facility. Employment held steady near the 100 mark through the year. Medical Development Corpora- tion began production of disposable body fluid collector systems which are designed to replace glass collector vessels now used in operating rooms. MDC marks 5 cc increments on the plastic vessels and then fitting them with conductive tape which sets off a quiet signal to notify technicians the container is full, a great improvement over glass items. The company expects to produce 30,000 completed containers daily with the payroll. 70 people on Research and Development Company began production of a sampler that can readily size the iwrticular matter going up an exhaust stack. With the device in use, plant engineers can have fingertip control of stackcleaning systems and can react acMedi-Com- p cordingly. The budding enterprise is housed in a plant at 1132 S. 2nd West, Salt Lake City. Seven employees have been hired. Corporation Megadiamond achieved a notable objective in development of. its synthetic industrial diamond industry in Utah County by turning out the world's industrial diamond. Dr. Tracy Hall, president of Megndiamond and faculty member at Brigham Young University, unveiled the synthesized stonu which represents a $300,000 investment. Motorola established a 30,000 squure foot distribution center utilizing space at National Ware largest man-mad- e 20-car- at t te Toronto headquar- tered mining firm, established a large uranium extracting complex 30 miles south of Muab. The project calls for an underground operation at a depth of 2,600 feet at a capital outlay of $20 million. A work force of 200 will be required to recover the ore which is destined for Euroean and Asian atomic energy power plants. Rockmont Envelope Company, wholly owned subsidiary of Iak Well Paper Industries, Denver, began production in a new manufacturing plant at 2230 South Main, Salt Lake City. Represented here for many years by aales personnel, the company was persuaded by last year's market to establish a production plant in Utah. Investment in envelopemaking machinery came to $50,000 which will allow production of 50 million envelopes the first year. Employment began with 15. Ryder Truck Rental and Leasing completed and occupied a new $400,000 service facility in the Wagner Industrial Park, Salt Lake City. Completion of the new facility brings Ryder's Utah investment to $2.5 million. The Salt Lake City unit is reported to be the most complete and costly of the firms nationwide system of 260 sendee centers. Servi-Tec- h Incorporated, division of Silvex Industries, developed an innovative piece of equipment for the potato processing industry in its Salt Lake plant The machine adds precise amounts of salt and dextrose to potato products, with 100 percent accuracy on a 24 hour processing cycle. The first machine was delivered to J. R. Simplot Co. W. Whitney Xtueck Company turned out the first finished product at its Pleasant Grove plant. Headquartered in Connecticut, the firm produces presses used to metal products by molding metal into various shapes utilizing dies. The firm plans to produce band saws and other items of infal-rica- te dustrial equipment at the Pleasant Grove facility. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company underconventional terminated ground mining operations at its Cane Creek potash projK-rtin Grand County and begun conversion of its extensive facilities to solution mining. Recent research has determined that solution techniques offer economies for recovery over conventional mining. Thioknl Chemical Corporation observed its 13th year ns u member of the Utah industrial family, noting thut $400 million have lieen channeled into the Utah economy through its Wasnteh Division. Of this amount $300 million has gone for wages, with the balance representing disbursements for Utah 15)71 produced goods nul I the firm sel up shop in II .n i1957. in These I'iguiCounty i" exclusive of the iron of Thiokol's oeriilii.ns at l. . Clearfield Job Corps Criner .. Ogden Division. Kroplu men1 Wasatch has stabilized at li" New contracts for the year i1 eluded $9.5 million to pr !: 100,01)1) illuminating flairs l'.i " U.S. Air Force. Trane Company's Kearns p!u provided a notable example ol iG' Utuh Manufacturer's slogae: Hah Makes, Makes I tab The product is a giant 11 1'" I diameter fan. largest ever turned out in the Utah facility, for in stallation in tbe I.DS ( himli high-ris- e office building. The fan is capable of forcing 3S.ihm , feet of air per minute lhmii i, ti l; building's circulation s,sli-mtublishcd here 10 years ago. :! is liuMmy firm's employment stable at 200. Utah Power & Light (,onii:'i; announced plans to proceed w,;1. construction of a thermis-lpower plant in Huntington ( 'ai: start ii.g (Emery County) 1971. Completion of the watt unit is scheduled for and will require 1 million tons of coal in the first phase, lcaliod) will provide the coal from undei ground mines near the plant site. I'le Fabricating Company added a new dimension to the employment and utilization of manpower on the Uintah and Ouray Indian What . . ! 450-nuy- .i 1 Reservation when it began pro- duction of plastic laminated motel and hotel furniture and other plastic mill work product'' in cu.-t- om a 14,000 square foot plant. Employment reached 60. The firm is seeking contracts to furnish Indian and western style motels. Wasatch Chemical Company subsidiary of Mountain Fuel Supwith ply Company contracted Chemgro Corporation of Kansas City to formulate and jwckage Ron Ami cleanser at its new Salt Lake City plant. Under the agreement, finished cleanser is delivered to the Freejsirt Center for distribution with other Bon Ami products to customers throughout the western U.S. The new activity increased employment at Wasatch by 10. II. Wenzel Tent & Duck Company's St. George sleeping bag manufacturing operations experienced an exceptional year for sales growth" creating need for a new specialty sleeping bag line of nylon mummy bags and back (acker bags. With employees at three locations, Wenzel is second largest privute employer in Washington County. Annual payroll exceeds $350,000. Westward Coach Company of Covina, California turned the long inactive uranium mill at Mexican Hat (San Juan County) into a modern mobile home manufacturing plant in ccsqieration with the Tribal Council of the Navajo Indian Reservation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The West Coast manufacturer signed a long term lease for the property after a $300,000 renovation pregram readied the mill for production. Built during the uranium boom of the fifties, the mill was acquired by the Navajos from Atlas Corporation after it closed down in 1964. The work force will lie drawn from the several thousand Navajos living in the area. Employment of about 300 will initially lie reached. Wheelwright Lithographing Company stepiml up its capabilities dramatically with the installation of a new five-colpress at its Salt latke City plant at a cost of $250.1X10. Addition of the fifth color unit provides needed flexibility in producing color graphics and adds a major dimension to the or graphic arts industry in the Intcr-mounta- in region. Wurlit.er Company, internationally prominent manufacturer of high quality musical instruments for 114 years, chose Ixigan over .2.2 other cities in seven states as the location for a 200.00(1 square fjsit western U.S. region production plant. Being constructed on a 50 acre site at 14th North and Hth West, the sprawling will Ik occupied early in 1971. plant The com-pan- y will build pianos and organs. W hen the plant gets in full swing, xiHHilily within a year of occu-panrapproximately 400 will lie employed. y, LAWYERS The DAILY RECORD publishes Court Decisions when Issued Subscribe today. Telephone All Supreme 487-065- 1 I i |