Show EXPANSION OF UNITED FILTERS COR one of the most interesting developments manufacturing industry is the in the filter acquisition by the united filters corporation in hazleton pa which was of a property formerly owned by the benjamin iron steel company the property when originally taken over several mo months ago included a modern and thoroughly equipped foundry machine shop building twelve and a large d assure the company of sufficient aar acres es of aroun ground room for all necessary essary future expansion located directly 0 on n the lehigh valley railroad three sidings provide ample shipping facilities for the plant sidings run di erectly into the loundry and machine shop thus making it it possible by the aid of modern cranes to load the heaviest machinery directly onto railroad cars hazleton is also served by the pennsylvania railroad a fact that further facilitates the handling of both domestic and export shipments during the past five months additional construction work has been undertaken and the property now includes a modern office building a machine shop with approximately square feet of floor space and an up to date foundry with a capacity of awen ty five tons of grey iron castings per day it is interesting to compare the comp anys present facilities with their small manufacturing turin establishment of 1916 which consisted of merely a filter leaf manufacturing plant requiring the second floor of a small building in jersey city since the first of the year the company has transferred eleven of its manufacturing facilities from belleville new beresy A quantity of new machinery has been added in the shop which is provided with modern tools for handling both small and large work even the largest of the sweetland units weighing over ten tons are handled as readily as the laboratory units weighing less than a hundred and fifty pounds the filter press plates and frames are machined on modern highly developed equipment that reduces the labor cost and insures the trueness of the parallel finished surfaces the new plant at hazleton is now busily engaged in manufacturing united filter fater presses and sweetland filters the manufacture of american continuous filters will also be started shortly here it is planned to build most of the companas comp anys products including the american filters as well as the united filter presses and the sweetland filters the phenomenal demand for its equipment so widely used in the cane and beet sugar districts in the manufacture of maltose cereal beverages soft drinks oil products and in the chemical mining and metallurgical industries is responsible for the th e corporations move to concentrate all of its manufacturing at one point it has been the constant aim of the company to develop and build labor saving equipment which eliminates high maintenance charges and loss of products in manufacture with the new facilities which are available the company will better its already excellent service and will be in a more advantageous position to take care of the greatly great ay increased demand for the new united filter press which has found such favor in the sugar and chemical districts the main office and testing laboratory 0 of f the company have been transferred to hazleton the company still maintains sales offices in now new york chicago and salt lake city with additional representatives in los angeles and europe |