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Show TITANIUM CORPORATION SELECTS PLANT SITE Wilmington, No. Carolina, has been selected by Allied-Kenne-cott Titanium Corporation as the site for its initial multi-million dollar plant to produce titanium forgings and billets, according to Raymond Largent, vice president and project manager. The new plant site, which is a few miles outside Wilmington, consists of 1500 acres with about two miles of frontage on the Cape Fear river. Chosen after study of several possibilities the location offers low cost water transportation, a good supply of cooling water and ample skilled labor. The installation will include a complete laboratory to carry on a program of research and development de-velopment for the new company. When in full operation the initial unit will employ about 500 people. peo-ple. For the time being, company headquarters will be at Syracuse, New York. Allied-Kennecott Titanium was formed by Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. and Kennecott Copper Corp. earlier this year to utilize the complementary technological resources and experience of the two organizations in chemical processing and metal fabricating. |