September-October-November,1975

GivinqPromotionsStrengthenVariousDepartmentsIn a move to strengthen

sales to the automotive indus-try, Peter H. Russell has beenpromoted to the position ofNational Sales Manager-Auto-motive. Mr. Russeu will reportto Jack M. Price, MCD Sales

T_he Autophoretic® CoatedT-Square points like a .`Swordof D.amocles" at Pete Russell,n`e.wily pro_moted to position ofN.ational Sales Manager=Automotive.

Manager, according to GregoryL. Gibson, Vice President andDirector of MCD Marketing,who released the information.

Pete has held a variety ofassignments in MCD sales-

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Receivinq DepaptmentKeepsThe pictures sunounding this account of the Amchem Receiving Department show about as

many lift trucks as people because the lift truck is the second most inportant asset of thatdepartment. 13 such vehicles are assigned to Receiving and most of the 20 men in the departmentcan operate them. At any given moment of the working day, at least eight or nine of the propanefueled, 4000 Ib. capacity trucks are out around Amchem, moving raw materials to productionlocations,finishedproductstoshipping,justreceivedgoodstowarehouses,trashandscrapmetaltoassigned bins. ftirn;ti„a +A +Tia ^ff:^^. A_-_1_ ____ : _ _ Iassigned bins, furniture to the offices, and chemical waste for` ` \,,O ___-_` -_ e>-`.+\.,

Of course, the most impor-tant asset of the Receiving De-partment is its people. Theywork hard, mostly outdoors inany weather, and toward thegoals of getting the material tothe place required fast, and ofkeeping the company premisesas neat and clean as possible.To do all this, they must workwith most other departmentsof the company, but princi-pally with shipping, pro-duction, maintenance, and pur-chasing. They are a servicedepartment and take pride in

Scenic view from Receiving

what they have doneAmchem over the years.

processing.Brunson unload trucks, rail

All the men have ratherspecific duties but all help outgenerally, for instance, when itis necessary to unload a truck-load of drums quickly so pro-duction can begin an operationas soon as possible. Bob Leahycoordinates operations inBuilding 14, AI Grahame runswagon trains of materials, MarkSwisher sees to Building 19warehouse, Matt Sienko, PaulMoneglia (Sienko calls him"Monongehela") and Sam

Department window.

Pr®ductl®n Department Resumes FullIn a letter to all produc-

tion personnel on August29th, 1975, Eugene Snyder,president of Amchem, an-nounced a return to a fullwork week schedule effectiveSeptember 15th. The workweek had been reduced inJune as a result of a down-turn in the economy coupledwith substantial increases inraw material costs.

Mr. Snyder indicated thatthe return to the full workschedule was based on a mildupturn in the economy evi-dent late in the summer, andconfidence that businesswould continue to recovergradually sometime in 1976.

Mr. Snyder expressed ap-preciation to everyone in-volved for their effort.

cars, etc., Ed Witchey is incharge of the "yard." SterhigJohnson and George Muellerwork on small packages ofwhich there are hundredsduring a month, and Sterlinggets involved in the movementof furniture and equipment toand from the offices aroundthe company. Joe Zenobio andJohn Naudasher service pro-duction centers and GaryEvery keeps Building 23 ware-house in order. Francis De-Turo, Earl Harrar, Ken Coull,

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Work Schedule"We regretfuuy and reluc-

tantly were compelled to takesteps in June to reduce ex-penses. We made a deliberatedecision against drastic steps-we reduced the work weekin a modest and even handedway designed to maintain thesecurity and stabhity of ourfamily of employees. You re-cognized the necessity of thisstep and we are appreciative

of your understanding,patience and loyalty. We rec-ognize and appreciate the ex-tra effort you have put forthduring this difficult period."

And he closed by saying,"Your continued help,

loyalty and teamwork-oneof Amchem's most valuableassets - will help insure Am-chem's progress and growth -your future.

Messagefromthe President

Amchem continues to experience a very difficult busi-ness period. As a direct result of the recession, our Special-ty Industrial Chemical business suffered serious set-backsstarting in the fourth quarter of 1974. Opportunities in ourAgricultural Chemical business were limited because of keyraw material limitations, the agricultural economy and byreason of uniquely unfavorable weather conditions in cer-tain geographical areas. All of the costs of doing businesshave materiauy increased while our ability to pass on theseburdens through price increases has been limited by keencompetition and the recessionary economy. The year 1975will not, therefore, be a year of growth for Amchem.

We are all concerned, and disappointed-more impor-tantly, however, we are au the more determined to turn thissituation around and return to progress and growth. Theeconomy is strengthening and we have positive signs of im-provement in both MCD and ACD. We must and will "turnaround" in 1976. The most concentrated and dedicatedefforts of all wfll be required. Amchem can, and does de-pend on all of you to put forth that extra effort and toexert your full determination to the accomplishment of ourcompany goals and responsibilities. Amchem's future isyour future.

Licensee Employees Receive Service Awards

Stig Sasse, Director of European Operations, presents ServiceAwards to members of S.B.A. Chimie, Agriphar Agricultural Divi-sion, Amchem Licensee for Belgium and Luxembourg. From leftto right: Messrs. De Roo, Ullens, I;acroix, Sasse, Mdse. Adans, M.Fouillien. The ceremony followed by a reception, was held in thecompany's dining room in the presence of M. Four, Chimiemanaging director and several other Chimie executives.

REFffl=fflVol.18, No. 5 September-October-November,1975

Published by

AMCHEM PRODUCTS Inc.Ambler, Pennsylvaniain the Interest of AMCHEM

Employees and Their Families

Hugh Gehman, Ec!z.for

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PROMOTloNScontinued from page 1

territory salesman, territorysales specialist, industry salesspecialist, industry sales mana-ger, and a special project re-sponsibility for prolnotingAmchem's new Autophoretic®Coating Chemicals. He retainsthe latter function but nowassumes responsibility for allsales activity at automotivecentral offices in Detroit, andfor all Amchem national auto-motive sales programs. He willbe assisted by Thomas J.Bueter, Automotive Manager.

Gibson emphasized that thepromotion of Pete Russell andthe nature of his assignmentmarked a change of the func-tion from marketing to sales. Itis hoped that this change willbuild a stronger and more post-tive Amchem image.

Pete, who is tall, boyishlooking, and friendly, plans tomove his family from ChaddsFord, Pa., where they now live,to the Detroit area sometimeafter January 1, 1976. Thefamily consists of his wifeJanet and two children, LoriAnn, aged 12, and Cralg, 7.

Shortly after Labor Day,the initial field trial of theAutophoretic® Coating Chemi-Gals process will have begunand Pete, among others, win bebusy with the details of theoperation. It's the first big stepin this challenging and im-portant job, and Detroit maynever be the same when it is allOver.

OTHER PROMOTIONS

Jean Bigotti-Data ProcessingMiss Jean Bigotti was named

Computer Operations Managereffective July I, 1975 byWflliam Tomfinson, manager ofthe Data Processing Depart-ment. Miss Bigotti joined Am-chem in 1966 and has beenresponsible for a number of

::t#tra°kceesssff¥uf::sC:1;°nns:bit;for batch operations as well ashandling the terminal system,according to Tomlinson'sannouncement.Bob Zornig-MCD Sales

Robert Zomig has beenmade Southv.est DistrictManager, Western Region, ofthe MCD sales department, ac-cording to an announcementmade by Paul Kern, Field SalesManager. Zomig-, one of thefirst members of the Presi-dent's Honor Club initiated lastyear, will supervise activities inan area of southern Cahfomiaand all of Arizona, and will re-port to J. N. Harsma, WesternRegional Manager.

Bob's previous sales terri-tory has been the bay areaaround Sam Francisco and hehas been a weekend gold pros-

pector there. His B.S. degree ingeology from Arizona StateUniversity may help him findgold in "them thar hills" ofArizona and southern Cali-fornia.

Mike Clark-MCD Sales

Jack M. Price, MCD SalesManager, announced the pro-motion of Michael J. Clark tothe position of District SalesManager, Great Lakes Region,effective August 15,1975. Hewill supervise sales activities inMichigan and report to Paul R.Kern, MCD Field Sales Mana-ger.

Mike had previously beensalesman in the eastern Michi-gan area and then a salesspecialist for steel industryproducts in the Great LakesRegion. He joins Glenn Reedwho is the other District SalesManager in the Region.

Bob Entrikin-MCD Marketing

Robert G. Entrikin of theMCD Marketing Departmenthas assumed marketing respon-sibnity for the steel industryproduct line (Rodines, Grano-draws, Cuprodines, etc.) inaddition to his present Fabri-cated Metals marketing workand Ridoline cleaner marketingsupervision. This announce-ment was made by J. W. (Pat)Harrison, MCD MarketingManager and the change was ef-fective July 1,1975.

Bob Govoni-Foster Division

Bruce Foster, General SalesManager of the Foster Division,announced the promotion ofBob Govoni to manager of theNortheast District. Mr. Govoni,who had previously .been azone salesman, will continue tomake his headquarters in theBaltimore-Washington area.

Rorer-AmchemAcquires Company

According to an announce-ment released by GordonMoyer, Vice President andTreasurer of Rorer-Amchem,the company has reached anagreement in principle with theJacques Seed Co. of Prescott,Wisconsin to acquire the latterthrough an exchange of shares.Terms of the agreement aresubject to approval by theRorer-Amchem directors.

The Jacques Seed Companyspecializes in developing andmarketing hybrid corn seedand other crop seeds and re-ports sales of over S 10 millionfor the last fiscal year. Theacquisition is expected to addnew growth potential to theagricultural business ofAmchem.

Amchem People CooperateOn United Fund Drive

When this issue of the News went to press, the UnitedFund campaign at Amchem had just been launched. Whenreaders receive their copies in the mail, the campaign winhave been completed. Amchem, this year, conducted itsUnited Fund drive early as one of a group of pilot cam-paigns for the Philadelphia area. As such, considerableimportance was attached to the results which were to beinflcu:Fcti:]#ttefecac¥#¥gpf organization this year were

John Kirch, ACD Group Product Manager, and Paul Kem,MCD Field Sales Manager. They have diligently recruitedcaptains, distributed fiterature and promotional material,set the goal, and provided the mechanism for contributionby all employees. Assisting in this planning and recruitingwere Bob Entrikin, MCD Marketing Manager, and SteveEinfalt, Director of Industrial Relations.

Captains for the various departments are listed below.

PurchasingAdvertisingAccountingIndustrial RelationsInternationalACD SalesResearch Labs-ACDResearch Farm-ACDAnalytical LabMechanical R & DOfficers GroupReceivingProduction-Bldg. #5Production-Bldg. #23Production-Bldg. #9,14, 34PackagingShippingStoreroomPlant Managers OfficeProcess Development Bldg. #35MaintenanceInventorySupervisorsOffice of Regulatory AffairsEngiveeringLegalFoster SalesHydro-FaxFoster LabFoster Philadelphia Plant

MCD SalesProduct PerformanceResearchrMCD

Technical ServicesSystems Engineering

Earl JohustonMarge Delaney

Patti CappuccioGerry Catalano

Tom KieferGary Fuess

Paul StrohmCarol MandellGaye WintersLuther BurrisE. A. Snyder

Sterling JohnsonGeorge Mark

Jonathan MeisterNorman Woodward

William WilesDavid Dean

Robert WrightRobert WrightRobert Wright

Ted SosnowskiRobert Compton

Ray CollmerMyra Love

Dale Fetterolf and Jim CarrollHoward Katzoff

John JacksonDick MitchellNora Leasure

Don Chew. Dan Waldenand Dan Mullin

Jack PriceG eorge Brumbaugh

Mark Kuehner, Nelson Newhard,and Tom Jones

Jack CarrollSandy Wallace

The Amchem goal in 1975 was S16,000, up by $1,000or almost 7% from last year. The general PhiladelphiaUnited Fund goal is $22.7 million. At Amchem, specialincentives to contribute in the form of a weekly drawingfor a Sloo aft certificate and a grand prize of an all ex-pense paid weekend for two at Tamiment in the Poconoswere introduced this year. Any contribution of at least 50cents per week for one year made the donor eligible for thedrawing.

But the biggest incentive for contributions turned out tobe the great need to be met by the United Fund and theeducational, medical, and charitable services rendered by allthe various agencies which the United Fund supports.

Eckmah Involved ihPhiladelphia United Fund

The bare bones of the an-nouncements in the Philadel-phia Inquirer and PhiladelphiaEvening Bulletin in Augustwere that the United Fund hadnamed John Eckman, presidentof Rorer-Amchem, Inc., aschairman of its rna).or em-ployee campaigns departmentfor the 1976 campaign. The an-nouncement went on to saythat the 1976 goal is $22.7 nil-lion and that the drive beginsSeptember 29, 1975. Mr. Eck-man's department is re-spousible for the largest chunkof the goal, about 40%.

Mr. Eckman talked aboutthe job in a relaxing mannerbut it didn't sound like a relax-ing job. What does he do? Well,the job is a mixture of recruit-ment, supervision, pubHcity,encouragement, diplomaticprodding, and a number ofother things including many,many meetings-meetings toset goals, chart courses, selectthemes and materials, recmitcompany representatives,launch training programs, andso on and on.

Mr. Eckman stressed twoimportant features of thisyear's campaign. First, about10 companies are serving asbellwether groups to the rest.The bellwethers include bothAmchem and Rorer and theywill conduct their campaignsearly, completing soficitationsbefore the others begiv. If allgoes well, therefore, in these10 early campaigns, results canbe used as examples to showthe remaining 350 that theirgoals can be met.

Second, he pointed out thatit has been well establishedthat in uncertain or even reces-

•sive economic times, peoplehave tended to do better intheir contributions to charity,education, and health care.National giving to all causes inboth the United States andCanada reached a record $25bfllion in 1974, a year of un-certainty. And the PhiladelphiaUnited Fund also raised moremoney last year than everbefore. The theme this year-LUCKY YOU-reflects thisidea by appealing to the indi-vidual who fe¢S a job to con-tribute to help those who areless forfunate.

Mr. Eckman has been inUnited Fund campaigning forabout the last five years andseems ready to continue. Doeshe like campaigning? Well, itmust be done. And the appealof the United Fund is to helpalleviate poverty, strengtheningthose who need help so theycan again make their own way.He feels no hesitancy in asking

for assistance or support insuch a cause. And private con-tributions seem like a muchbetter answer than interventionby government.

In addition to being presi-dent of Rorer-Amchem, Mr.Eckman is active in Philadel-phia community affairs, beinga director of the Chamber ofCommerce, the University CityScience Center, and the UrbanCoalition. He is also presidentof the board of managers ofthe Wistar Institute of Anat-omy and Biology, a director ofthe Pharmaceutical Manufac-turers Association, a directorof the Haverford School, and alife trustee and member of theexecutive board of the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania.----.--.-They WentThatlAIway

Amchem people took vaca-tions in a wide variety of placesthis year as usual. Just a fewpeople selected at random andwhere they visited are fisted be-low.

J. W. (Pat) Harrison, MCDMarketing, spent a week withfamfly on Cape cod', Mass.

Richard Mack, Receiving,and his family went to Wild-wood, N.J. for two weeks.

Bob Dalrymple, MCD PilotPlant, took his family to areunion with his parents andhis brother's family in Arkan-sas.

Annamarie Hopp, LegalDept., went camping withseveral friends all over north-eastern Canada. One of thefriends was Chris Emerson, alsoof the Legal Dept.

Ron Strain, Finance, set outfor Tahiti but got only as far asMargate, N.J.

Stu Reed, MCD Research,divided his time visiting agraduate student son's musicaudition in West Virginia anddepositing another son at Col-lege in Virginia.

Mrs. Jean Ffrok, Inventory,spent two weeks at Ocean City,N.J.

Bob Entrikin, MCD Market-ing, stayed home and paintedhis house while his wife wentto England.

Dick Otten, ACD, went tohis cottage in the Poconos for2 weeks. His family had beenthere previous to his arrival.

Harold Collins, ACD,camped with his family at Bri-gantine, N.J.

Mrs. Alice Brown, FosterDivision, divided time betweena southern trip (Atlanta, Ga.)and New England.

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Mark Swisher (I) and Dick Munger (r) show varied reactions tothe notice.

Joe Zenobio takes his eyes off the road for amoment.

Carl Brown posts a sign. Better not take I

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RECEIVING DEPAR"ENTcontinued from page 1Earl Clower, and Richard Mackall operate fork trucks whereneeded and Clower spends anaverage of 2 days a week, keep-ing a rented warehouse inAmbler in shape. Matt Del-Conte is responsible for intra-plant services. Anythingneeded, anywhere and at any-time (well, almost anytime) isDelconte's responsibflity. RonMoss is the dispatcher from theoffice for many of these opera-tions and keeps records of re-ceived goods, weights, etc.

"Carl" Brown, the biggest

man in the department, is the

Dick Munger always keeps a tidy desk.

"lead" man, matching the vari-

ous men to jobs as they arise,trying to get everything de-livered on time. He has beeninterested for some time nowin getting the place straight-ened up and, as a result, a num-ber of areas have been cleanedout and set in order. To any-one not famhiar with theAmchem "yard", it looks like abewildering array of drums,drums, drums, tanks, miscel-laneous equipment, and moredrums. It seems to be Brown'saim to have each pauet spaceassigned and the informationon what is there readily avail-able, even if only in his head.

Earl Harrar at quitting time.

Versatipatche'

Ron Moss (60 words per minu,

motto.

Presiding over the wholeoperation is the genial com-municative Dick Munger, whokeeps his composure in spite ofan Incessantly ringing tele-phone, unexpected arrivals ofvarious shipments, require-ments all over the company forthis and that and "I need itfast," good matured jibes fromhis men, shrinking warehousespace, and poorly identifiedmaterials. "The Receiving De-partment is misnamed, ofcourse," he says, "but the jobshave to get done so we do lotsof them that aren't really re-ceiving. For instance, theyneed extra ice to manufacture

an MCD product so we have toget 4500 pounds of ice tomor-row. At 6 A.M., too."

Althouch the slowdown inMCD business earlier this yearhad lowered the amountssomewhat, the following fig-ures demonstrate the size ofthe receiving job done and itsgrowth. In 1954, Amchem re-ceived over 12 minion poundsof material into the plant viatruck, rail, etc. In 1964 it hadgrown to about 29 millionpounds and last year it reached68 million pounds. It's nowonder they enjoy taking acoffee break at 9:30 in themorning.

AI Grahme's ``long, long-train a-winding. "

Richie Mock subs at the dis- Sam Brunson looks pleased. The trailer's allunloaded._ ,,, '..i,a

-zero errors). From lef t totake a coffee break on the "front porch."

uses in his travels. ``Good things come in small packages," say George Mueller (1) Bob Leahy pulls over to let traf

and sterling Johnson (r). f ic pass. 5

An American ln PolandThe initials of F.S.M. and

the names Tychy, Katowice,Stolecki and others are onlythe beginning of the memoriesJack Campbeu, Manager ofEngineering Services, has of histrip to Poland this past sum-mer. Jack was in Poland toassist the International Divisionand their customer in checkingout the practicabillty and suit-ability of an automotive spraywasher, a job Jack has done for

JACK CAMPBELLU.S. and Canadian customersmore times than he has fingersand toes.

F.S.M. is the name of thecustomer located at Tychy(pronounced Tee. Hee). Tychyis a small town about 4 milesfrom Auschwitz, location ofthe notorious prison camp, andstands on the main rail linethrough Poland. Katowice(pronounced Kat®h-weesdee),is an old mining and industrialcity of about 100,000 peopleabout 200 miles south of War-saw, and is where Jack's hotelwas located .

Every morning except Sun-day, Jack drove a rented carthe 20 miles or so fromKatowice to Tychy. There arecertain apprehensions anddownright hazards in driving acar in a foreign country whenyour visa says you "win not bedriving any car," and when youunderstand only the signpostswith international symbols, notthe ones with directions writ-ten in Polish. Jack's thumbnailguide was to go ahead if theguy in front went ahead, andstop if the guy in frontstopped, fairly reliable adviceeven in American traffic.

Arriving at the automobileplant about 8 A.M., Jack beganhelping F.S.M. engineers withthe checking and mechaniza-tion of the 16 stage washer inorder that they might have anefficient and workable piece of

:Tausjspm€:atnfoo;a:8du;¥gs;£gts:coating job prior to painting.F.S.M. manufactured a Fiat126 sub-compact car, primarilyfor the Polish and Russian mar-

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ket. One of the engineers withwhom he worked spokeEnglish, and therefore becameJack's principal contact. Hisname was Andrej Stolecki andJack came to respect his abilityas an engineer and to like himpersonally. Later in the visit,Stolecki paid Jack the highcompliment of asking him tocall hin Andrej during off-work hours. During and afterwork, Polish engineers allexpect to be addressed as``Engineer," except by rela-

tives, close friends, or respec-ted acquaintances. .

Work days generally endedabout 5 P.M. but many times,the job required Jack and theengineers to stay until 11 or 12midnight. At such times Jackand a couple of the engineerswould dine together in a smalltown restaurant about 4 milesfrom Tychy, where Jack recallsthe beer was excellent. Mostevery day after work, eitherearly or late, Jack chaufferedfour workers, who normallywould take a bus, to their con-dominiums in Tychy. Theywere grateful, because the ridein the car saved them time,money, and the more ruggedbus ride.

His evenings were generallygiven over to report writing,communications with theAmchem Brussels office, andwith Ambler. Occasionauythere was tine for a short walkin the vicinity of the hotel andat other times Jack would sit inthe lobby with several English-men who also were working atthe F.S.M. plant. The hotel,called the Orbis-Silesia, wascomfortable and the food therewas excellent, though, in gener-al services, Jack likens it to theHotel Casey in Scranton, Pa.There was no air conditioningand no television. The radioworked sporadically but it isdoubtful if it could have servedas very much diversion be-cause, either the Polish lan-guage or the static emittedwere equally unintelligible toJack.

Between the hotel inKatowice and the plant inTychy, the countryside consist-ed of rolling hills and farmland.The farms were generallyworked by hand and by horse.As in most European countries,there were lots of bicyclists,young and old, men, womenand young people. Jack wasable to avoid them all with hiscar, but an occasional cyclist,tipsy from the tavern, wouldpresent some problems.

The people were friendlyand the workers co-operative.

RUDI WAGENKNECHT

Wagenknecht ElevatedOur International Division reports several promotions of

interest to Amchem people made by Henkel G.in.b.H. in Dussel-dorf, West Germany. Dr. Rudi Wagenknecht, who served for anumber of years as technical manager of the Gerhard CollardinCompany, a subsidiary of Henkel and located in Cologne, wasappointed Managing Director of Collardin. Rudi has visited Am-bler on a number of occasions and has made many friends inMCD. He is well known among our other licensees, particularly inEurope, where he has helped and advised in furtherance ofAmchem Metalworking business.

Henkel also announced the appointment of Dr. Johannes Dahsas Manager of Field Industrial Adhesives at Henkel. He previouslyhad served as Manager of Inorganic Products (Amchem)/AdhesivesDivision of Collardin.

There were no political or rehi-gious discussions because bothJack and his hosts chose not toopen either subject.

Among the minor personaldifficulties Jack reported, wasthe lack of patent medicines ordrugs for sale anywhere. Noaspirin, no Rollaids, no anti-histamines, and so forth, thatour drug stores overflow with.Polish electrical outlets are 220volts and a special adapter andplug are required for the nor-mal Ilo volt U.S. appliance.Luckily, Jack's electric razorcould operate on either voltagebut he had to buy a Polish plugwith the proper outlet fittings,clip off his own plug, and at-tach the wires of the Polishplug to his razor.

So on July 15th Jack leftWarsaw, having arrived thereon June l9th. Chief EngineerChoma of F.S.M. relayed amessage to Amchem via RayMontecino of our InternationalDivision in Brussels. He askedto express his and F.S.M.'s sin-cere thanks to Jack Campbellfor the excellent job he did atTychy. Choma said that Jackgave every minute of not onlyhis normal J2 hour workingday, but also of his privatetime in assisting them on a sub-ject they knew too little about.Choma wants Jack to visitTychy again in a year or so todiscuss extensions in the pres-ent line, expansion of produc-tion facilities, etc.

The reward of one good jobseems to be the assignment ofanother.

RorerAmchemReports

EarningsGordon V. Moyer, Vie

President and Treasurer ofRorer-Amchem, Inc., releasedsales and earnings figures of thediversified chemical concernfor the first six months of1975. Rorer/Amchem com-bined sales increased 13.5% toS146,941,434 and net incomerose 9.0% to S16,018,60l orSl.15 per share versus $1.05per share for the correspondingperiod in 1974.

All divisions, however, didnot contribute to this growth.Domestic health care, inter-national health care, andAmibenTM soybean herbicidesales increased but industrialspecialty chemical sales fellwell below 1974 in the secondquarter, and for the year todate.

no9::e:arLth;:WM:ral°odxu6tsp:::antacid was successfully intro-duced to the market andAmex® herbicide receivedgovernment clearance for com-mercial sale.

Our Autophoretic® chemi-cals were introduced to theautomotive industry at the newChrysler plant in Detroit inearly September.

George Russell Honored

The certificates on the wall belong to Tom Antrobus (I) but GeorgeRussell (c) received the ``Engineer of the Year" award.

A couple of Amchem em-ployees were recently involvedin an award ceremony of theAmerican Institute of PlantEngineers, Valley Forge Chap-ter. The award was "PlantEngineer of the Year" for1975-76 and its recipient wasGeorge A. Russeu, P.E., Direc-tor of Engineering at Amchem.One of the presenters of theaward was Tom Antrobus, ofthe Amchem Engineering De-partment and a Group Din.ectorof the Valley Forge Plant Engi-neers Club.

Amchem has grown from asingle plant facility in Amblerto a large international corpo-ration, with ten manufacturingplants. From 1947 to the pres-ent, George has assisted in thisgrowth and has been deeply in-volved in the planning, erec-

tion, and operations of a num-ber of these plants. His mus-tache, dapper dress, and goodhumor are familiar to Amchempeople in Ambler, Clinton,Iowa, Fremont, California,Windsor, Ontario, Houston,Texas, and all the other loca-tions where he works.

George has been active alsoin the Valley Forge Plant Engi-neers Club, becoming its firstpresident in 1956. He hasserved as president of the Val-ley Forge Chapter of the Na-tional Society of ProfessionalEngineers and is currentlyAssistant Secretary for theLower Gwynedd TownshipMunicipal Authority. He is alsopresently serving the FirstBaptist Church of Lansdale asChurch Moderator.

Kern Named Hospital TrusteePaul R. Kern, MCD Field

Sales Manager, was recently ap-pointed by the trustees of theUniversity of Pennsylvania inPhiladelphia, to the Board ofTmstees for its Graduate Hos-pital. Graduate is one of fourhospitals now under Universitysupervision.

The objective of the newly

formed trustee board is to es-tablish Graduate Hospital ascompletely independent exceptfor a teaching affiliation withthe University. To accomplishthis objective, the board in-cludes Philadelphia area peoplewith varying talent and experi-ence, including medical, busi-ness, legal, and teaching.

Frank Precopio (1) Don Small (c) and his wife Emily (r) all enjoyDon's joke.

Bob Beatty (c) appears to hold Graham Smith (r) and otherguests spellbound with one of his stories.

A Small RetirementThe dinner for Don Small

on the evening of July 24,1975 at Steakmaster Restau-rant was out of the ordinary.Don was retiring after morethan 35 years with Amchem,almost all of it in the Agricul-tural Division FormulationLaboratory.

More than fifty friends andacquaintances gathered tomark the occasion, swap storiesand comments, and presentDon with the gift of a "new"saw, something to help keephim in good physical trim inthe days to come. RussellBishop presided in the en-forced absence of JimEsposito, who was called outof town at the last minute for

customer service. Arlene Stortihad capably supervised manyof the arrangements.

It is noteworthy that morethan a few of those gatheredwere former Amchem em-ployees who worked with Donwhile they were here. Duringspeech time, several of themjoined present employees inpaying tribute to Don. Donhimself gave some humorousand appreciative remarks. Heinvited everyone to droparound to his home at 3216Lenape Drive, Dresher, Pa.,where he intends to loaf some,work some, help bring up hisfamfly, and dispense advice toall who will receive it.

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William I)alton (c.) shows his 25 year Service Awaill

gold watch while Bob Couch (I.) and I]ick Rockstroh (r.)look on. Femdale

Les Anderton (r.) receives 10 year Service Award iire-sented by chris Fitzios (I.). Windsor

Congratulations

These are the men and women of AMCHEMwho have received Service Award Emblemsbetween July 1,1975 and August 31,1975.

* 25 YEARS *William Dalton

* 20 YEARS *James J. Rapone

* 15 YEARS *Bernard J. Cole William J. NeillKenncth W. I]unster Okie Stecki

* 10 YEARS *Leslie Anderton Milton D. ParkinsAndrew J. Kepich Katherine N. PfaffBetty L. King I. Nelson PorterPaul Moneglia Peter H. Flussell

* 5 YEARS *Patricia Cappuccio Gerald G. MarsliallJohn E. Davies Arof M. NoordinJohn Dover M. Cr@ig Stark

Bill Neill (I.) accepts 15 year Service Award from MyronJohnson (I.). MCD sales

Andy Ke|]ich, receiver of 10 yt!ar Service Award, in theLaboratory, MCD Ft esearch

E:#s::#s{|j.|9an(dc.+jrrgi:?iv8#ery(er:)I Serv|# £o|frpdri #cmkeFo¥sceK(i,i;:y in accepts 10 year Service Award from Paul Moneglia W aceepts 10 year Service Award fromACI] Research l}ick Munger (I.). Receiving

Stan HarTison (I.) Analytical Research |iresontod by Jolln Gayer (i.).Milt Parkins (I.) receives 10 year Service Award from Katllerine Pfaff (1=) accepts 10 year Service Award Pete Russell (c.) aceepts 10 year Service Award. Jack

Foster Price (I.) and pat Harrison (r.). MCD sales

Pat €api)uccio Jack Davies

5 years-Accounting 5 years -ACD

John Dover Nathaniel J. Kane George Mitchell

5 years -Foster, Criicago 5 years -Fos(er 5 years -Foster

Arof Noordin Jack smith

5 years-International 5 years-A€D Research

CHILDREN RECENTLY BORN TO AMCHEM EMPLOYEESwhose names were not previously published in the NEWS.

TROY ALAN ARNOLDrday 7, ig75Father: Thomas L. Arnold

ACD Sales

MARY CATHARINE CAPPUCCIOJune 1,1975Father: Salvatore A. Cappuccio

Ambler Plant

KERI ALISON GOLIGHTLYApril 30,1975Father: Willald L. Golightly

F.oster, Dallas

HELEN H'RENJune 25,1975Father: David A. H'Ren

Foster, Dallas

ALEXANDER BURKE JONESJune 17,1975Father: Thomas C. Jones

MCD Research

CRAIG ALBERT KUCHENTHALJuly 25,1975Father: George W. Kuchenthal

ACD Sales

BRIAN JOSEPH McCOYJune 13,1975Father: Roger A. Mccoy

St. Joseph Plant

DANIEL MCMANUSApril 1,1975Father: Joseph P. MCManus

Analytical Research

JASON PAUL MAASSELJune 12.1975Father: Donald P. Maassel

ACD Sales

SARAH ELIZABETH SCHROEDERJuly 9,1975Father: John R. Schroeder

ACD Sales

SHAWN WESLEY SPENCERAugust 8,1975Father: Lee 8. Spencer

Ambler Plant

ROBERT JAMES VALESKYJuly 4,1975Father: Robert J. Valesky

Foster Sales

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