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Oshawa Times (1958-), 26 Feb 1965, p. 16

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HOUDAILLE ADDS 35,000 Houdaille Industries, Sim- coe Street South, Oshawa, has had an _ impressive growth record over the 10 years. This past year has been no exception--perhaps even the most ambitious to date. It has seen extensive internal rearrangement of production, service, and material handling facilities. Production lines have been added in some areas and lished while production con- tinued. Houdaille is now Canada's largest and most modern nickel and chrome plating plant, and its largest supplier of automotive bumpers. In addition to the internal expansion of facili- SQ. FEET OF FLOOR SPACE ies, there has also been a physical addition to the fac- tory as shown in the accom: panying photo, This addition of some 35-000 square feet of floor space houses large sbeaphale, plat dip and ong line, coll ted heat ling equipment. and other machinery related to large press work. These additional --Hunting Survey Corp. Photo v Tc LRN a AY Ge ee ih oie Diversified In South Oshawa, where Rit- son and Simcoe meet, is lo- cated the Aluminum Extrusion Plant, another example of Osh- awa's diversified industry. The plant was first built in 1949 by The R. D. Werner Co. (Canada) Ltd., a subsidiary of a U.S. Extrusion Company and was for many years familiarly known as "Werners',. Early in 19€2 however, the assets of this Canadian subsidiary was pur- chased by Reynolds Internation- al Inc., of Hamilton, Bermuda, a wholly subsidiary of the Rey- nolds Metals Company of Rich- mond, Virginia, a company who now ranks as the world's third largest producer of and whose interests, subsidiar- jes and associates cover most corners of the globe. Around the same time as the take over of the Oshawa plant, Reynolds also acquired two other extrusion plants, on in Ste. Therese, Quebec, a other in Scarborough. Out of these three companies was formed Reynolds Extrusion Company ited, sometimes shortened to Rexco which is the sign over the door of the Oshawa plant. The newly form- ed company set up its Head Office in Montreal and the Reynolds group is now one of the two major aluminum pro- ducers and fabricators in Can- ada. Reynolds Extrusion Com- pany has two extrusion plants, Re, press facilities have im- proved Houdaille's. position as one of Canada's largest independent stamping plants. Houdaille produces stamp- ings for the automotive, plumbing fixture, construc- tion, and recreation indus- tries. The new addition is shown bottom left. one in Ste. Therese, Quebec, and the. other in Oshawa which also has facilities to produce drawn tube. A third plant in Toronto is a fabricating plant and a newly formed subsid- jary, Nesco Aluminum Lid., lo- cated at La Malbaie, Quebec, produces - aluminum _re-draw rod used for the manufacture of aluminuu. wire and_ electrical cable, Another subsidiary com- pany Of Reynolds Internationa! is Reynolds Aluminum Co. (Canada) Ltd., who manufac- ture sheet, plant and foil in- clading the familiar Reynolds wrap, and an Associate Com- pany, Canadian British Alumi- num manufactures the ingot used by the Canadian group. This. ingo' is manufactured) from Bauxite mined in the Rey- nolds mines in Arkansas and refined to Alumina in Corpus Christi, Texas, hence shipped to Canada in ships of the Rey- nolds shipping company. Since the early days in 1949 the Oshawa extrusion plant has more than trebled in size and with three modern extrusion presses and automated equip- ment the, production has vast- ly increased. Now as part of a group which ranks high in the list of the world's foremost manufacturing' companies Rey-| nolds Extrusion Company has! the advartage of the vast ex- perience and huge development and res*arch resources of the parent company. Reynolds has always had the reputation of a 'go ® company and has been respon- ahead" |and the resident Vice industry, one of the latest aol the development of the "Alum inautt" the all aluminum re search submarine recently launchea which is VY oe to dive to a depth of 30,000 feet, the norma' submarine can rare ly operate below 400 féet. | The president of Reynolds Extrusion Company is Mr. J, Louis Reynolds of dey sible for many of the developmerts in the aluminum major|company is Mr. and Genera] Manager of 'aa B. ¥ whose office is in' Montreal, Telephones: - OSHAWA 725-4774 MYERS COTTON PRODUCTS LTD. when in need of the best. % : ¢ WIPING PRODUCTS ~@ MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES ¢ CANVAS. GOODS RALEIGH AVE -- OSHAWA @ TORONTO 923-5291 Wick Ltd. Young Firm Wick Printing Limited locat- ed at 1700 Simcoe street north, is a young progressive organ- ization At the end of their fiscal year, they reported a 50 per cent ie in sales since last year, This, of course, has en- abled them to increase their handle the greater demand for their printing services. They now wish to announce that they have stepped into the world of color and now offer four-color printing. The added Iservice ef product photog- raphy will enable many firms to have their products photo- graphed and reproduced in their' natural colors. They have four offset presses in operation, feeding a_ well- equipped bindery, together with It is of interest to those young couples getting married this year that Wick Printing Ltd. has a wide choice of personal- ized Wedding Invitations, Servi- ettes, etc., and are able to print your dance and club activity tickets on reasonably short notice. SERVICED ROADS There are 175.14 miles of paved roads in the city of Osh- awa and 10.13 miles of unpaved staff considerably in order to a busy Letterpress Department. roads. ses cope BRUCE'S CAR CLINIC (BRUCE BRIGHT -- Prop.) @ CANADIAN OIL PRODUCTS @ MINOR REPAIRS @ LICENSED MECHANIC KEEPING IN STEP WITH PROGRESS For many years Owner Salon, and now serving branches of ... Jeanne Hughes has olways tried to give the finest in workmanship and knowledge. of the Collette Beauty the community with four mM '| ------ = i) = HT CREATINE Sart eewes y BEAUTY CLINIC HAIR STYLIST OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE 728-4623 = see PARK RD, S. -- OSHAWA -- 728-9661 THINKING OF REMODELLING YOUR HOME? ACT NOW! bate fhe ba ie to fix-up your home; ceed the things gs went ind repe e ry ~~ erre: us for all your HO; IMPROVEMENTS. meonens We {| REG. T. SMITH 1039 King St. East PROGRESS 1965 : WHITBY 668-3061 AJAX 942-5911 360 KING ST. W. 728-4351 725-2108 We Specialize THESE OSHAWA FIRMS .. 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ROTH CUSTOM HOMES The young, the middle-cged and the senior enterprises listed on this page are directed by men with are capable, aggressive end optimistic, These enterprises are winning and have won recognition for their tribution to and p of com. munity prog and ie ad All of these firms--each in its own field of endeavour--are making this District more secure for you and your family, more substentiol es en industriel, educational and sociel erea, They provide fobs, taxes, merchandise and services necessary to moke Oshawa the progressive community it is. NEW CONSTRUCTION OUR SPECIALTY . 4 CONSTRUCTION LTD. ARCHITECTURALLY BUILT TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS Organized Labor Can Achieve A Betfer Living Standard for All Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first exist- ed. Labor is the superior of capital, and de- serves much the higher consideration, (Abe Lincoln) OSHAWA & DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL (CHARTERED BY C.L.C.) "A 809 Westdale FICE'S SHELL SERVICE STATION & TOWING SERVICE HARMONY VILLAGE 7" PUT YOUR SAFETY IN OUR HANDS... Don't travel any further without having @ proper brake check-up, We'll adjust, replace, in fact, we'll give you the finest brake service anywhere. Drive in today. No waiting. MECHANIC ON DUTY @ COMMERCIAL @ INDUSTRIAL -- GENERAL REPAIRS -- -W: L, HOUSTON 27 KING STREET WEST 723-7822 @ GENERAL REPAIRS GOHN FICE -- Proprietor) 728-2021 After 8 P-M, Call 728-4370 (Call Us for Free Estimates) TEL. 728-4841 COURTICE -- OSHAWA FUT TTATTTT TT TL TLL LU LLL HUUUUUUULUUONOOQNAUUEEOUAUAAEAAGAOOOOOUUEEOAAAGAAGAULUUTY } | OSHAWA 723-7822 -- TAUNTON & WILSON N.

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