Original equipment consists of a discarded sausage grinder.
Payne also begins to manufacture roof coatings and patching plaster. 1978 Gerald B. Payne is Chairman of the Board. Malcolm C. MacKinnon is named UGL President. UGL opens its new manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Ill. 222 Lite Spackling Paste and Acrylic Glazing Compound are introduced. The year ends sadly as Gerald B. Payne, UGL Founder and Chairman of the Board, passes away on December 29, 1991.