America-U.K. Agreement on Plastics Production
11th October 1963, Page 48
11th October 1963
Page 48
Page 48, 11th October 1963
— America-U.K. Agreement on Plastics Production
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W. ROBERTS LTD., a Turner and J. Newall company, has signed an agreement with the Molded Fiber Glass Body Co. of Ashtabula, Ohio, U.S.A., for exchange of design, development, and production "know how" on matched metal moulding glass-reinforced plastics for the automobile industry.
The Molded Fiber Glass Body Co. has a current output of more than 50 per cent of the world's tonnage of press moulded components, and produces at Ashtabula all components of the Chevrolet Corvette car body and Ford truck parts, and manufactures complete cabs for White commercial vehicles.
Manufacture of similar products will be 'carried out by J. W. Roberts Ltd. at its Hindley Green plant near Wigan, Lancashire.