Show maytag co buys trainload of metal the maytag company of newton iowa washing machine manufacturers rs announced recently the purchase of a trainload of special alloy aluminum the value of which will approximate three quarters of a million dollars the shipment largest ever made to a company in the middle west is also one of the largest orders ever sold to a single customer by the aluminum company of america maytag officials stated that the shipment will contain enough metal for approximately aluminum washing machines the metal was shipped from agdens burg new york by bv boat to mil waukee wisconsin and will come the remainder of the way by rail the maytag company operates one of the largest aluminum found eries in the united states |