The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-05-19
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II
Goes Into Far
Distant Lands
Insulation Product Shipped
To Australia, India, Porto
Rico, Cuba.
is COMING INTO
WIDESPREAD USE

Despite the business depression in
the United States, the Universal
Insulation Company of Libby is en-
joying a gratifying growth in the
demand for its products. This in
formation was disclosed Tuesday to
this newspaper when it was learned
that $4,000 pounds of crude ore is
being prepared for shipment this
week to Sydney, Australia. Much
of the increased business is being
developed in foreign countries, es-
pecially in tropical lands, it was
said. A few weeks ago an item was
published telling of shipments to
Porto Rico and India.
1.-THE ATmco International Cor
poration has taken over the selling
of our products in foreign coun-
tries" said John Myers, local man.
ager of the company. This corpora
ton is operating chiefly in tropical
lands. and is the foreign sales or
ganization for the American Rolling
Mills Company.
Air conditioning of houses and
other buildings is rapidly coming in
to use in hot climates" continued
Mr. Myers. THAT is creating a de-
mand for our insulating product,
for if the air conditioning is to be
successful the building must be in
sulated from the tropical heat. This
is resulting in a heavy demand for
our Universal Insulation products.
MY work in Chicago this winter"
continued MIR. Myers, was to de-
velop small plant for the treating
or expanding of the crude ore.
That was successfully done and we
have already built one of the small
plants in Porto Rico. One is to be
built at once in Australia and an
other in Cuba in the near future.
1.-THE value of these small plants
| is that they are practical in smaller
countries such as Porto Rico, where
the demand for our product is not
exceptionally large; and also even
in sections of the United States
where the population is small and
the consumption of the product re-
stricted BY shipping the crude ore
to such lands we gain advantage of
low freight rate. This places us
in very advantageous competitive
position.
Neurological development in
the United States is resulting in the
use of much higher degrees of heat
in furnaces in the large steel plants
L and similar manufacturing estab-
lishments," said Myers. This re-
ouires an insulating material for
, the furnaces that will withstand
extreme heat. None of the old in
sulators have that quality while our
material is proving wholly adequate
for the heavy demands put upon il
in this type Of insulation. Our
product is now being largely usec
, for this purpose by the big stee
{ companies.
An Oregon corporation is begin
ming to use our vermlcuhte IN
:, plastic wallboard it is making sais
2 Mr.. Myers. I'VE have also de
g veloped a new roofing material, il
4 slabs, composed of vermiculite AM
' cement that still retains its insulat
: ing properties. One, of the stee
companies is manufacturing stee
trusses into which the slabs fit. TIL
combination makes strong ROOT
!, with excellent insulating features
,, Yes, we are quite busy at thu
mine" concluded Mr.. Myers in re
Spouse to a question. we are ship
ping on an average of about ca
and a half of crude ore daily. WI
employ 30 men at present"