Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-04-20
Manager Tells
OF zOnOlite'
Development
Numerous Large Companies
Close Contracts to Handle
Libby Product.
SAYS ORDERS
STEADILY INCREASE

E. N. Alley, general manager of The
Zonolite company of Libby, has issued
this week brief report to the stock
holders of the company. 1t contains
much of interest in that it shows grad
ual expansion of this industry. In the
report, Mr.. Alley says, in part:
THE Zonolite Products Company
under contract for the distribution OF
Zonolite in eastern United States, has
been continuously and theoretically
active in securing new accounts and
in working out new applications for
Zonolite. The most important achieve
ment along the latter line has been the
invention of high temperature insu-
lating cement, composed largely OF
Zonolite and which in its finished form
sells at the handsome price of $4,000
per ton. II Is being manufactured by
four companies for the wholesale and
retail trades.
"A patented acoustic tile or panel
comprising Zonolite and a binder, de-
veloped by the Johns -Manville Cor
poration, is being manufactured at
their Waukegan, ILL., plant Installations
of this product, trade-named Rock
oustile are being made in many build
ings in different parts of the country.
A contract has been signed by The
Zonolite Company protecting the
Johns Manville in the use OF Zonolite
in the manufacture and sale of this
tile throughout the entire United
States.
" A contract has been entered into
with manufacturing concern IN La
Porte, Indiana, that is using Zonolite
in insulating water heaters. This con-
Germ makes the water heaters tor
Crane Co, Montgomery Ward * Co.,
and Sears, Roebuck q Co The Phillip
Carey Co. have been given the distri-
button Of Zonolite for dry-fill pur-
poses in building insulation IN SIX
states adjacent to Chicago.
aI4re Wisconsin company that has
been using zonolite in the manufac-
ture Of acoustic automobile mufflers
and intake silencers recently requested
and has Just been granted exclusive
protection in the use of Zonolite for
this specific purpose. They are now
building a calcining plant in Madison
and when this is completed will pur-
chase crude Zonolite and heat-treat 1T
at their own factory. The economies
thus effected, together with a recent
reduction in the freight rate on crude
to Chicago territory of $500 per ton,
now permits this company to contract
with the largest automobile manufac-
turer in the United States for the use
Of Zonolite acoustic mufflers on all
its cars and trucks.
"A coke company operating plants
in several Of the largest cities III north
eastern United States, after year
experiments, has adopted the use OF
Zonolite in its plant operations and
is now ii the market for two cars OF
heat-treated milled material from
Libby.
A recent letter from our vice-presl-
dent, Mr.. B. D. White, who has spent
the Greater part Of the past six months
in Chicago and Joliet, stated that the
Zonolite Products Company had been
successful in securing as customers tor
Zonolite the United States Steel Com
pany the international Harvester Com
pany. the international Harvester Conn
uanv and many other concerns not 50
we'll known. The legalizing Of beer IS
opening new field for Zonollte m
insulating cold rooms in brewerles and
beer stores. Il.
Recently company was formed In
St Louis, Mo. under the name OF Lon-
olite Insulating Products. This com
pany is owned by the Roofing lie