FOTOFAX JANUARY, 1979
Foreign
Group
Visits Plant
The plant was visited by a group
from Wilmington including 12 from the
People's Republic of China on the after
noon of December 13. Their trip here
is the result of contact made two years
ago at a trade fair.
There is possibility of sales of Amer
ican consumer goods in Red China, but
this visit seems to have been more a
shopping trip for technology. The
visitors were particularly interested in
polyester technology and chromium
dioxide manufacture.
Conversations with plant manage
ment were conducted mostly through
interpreters. A few of the party spoke
English, several seemed to understand it.
Although nothing is known of any po
tential business relationship as a result
of the visit, there were some interesting
sidelights to conversations at Guion
House during lunch.
"Hushpuppies" for lunch occasioned
several comments from the visitors, and
our people learned some new things.
The trip down 1-26 brought the infor
mation that although China has an intri
cate system pf railroads, there are few
major roads. There are few automobiles
in China, most are government owned.
Many people are employed on commu
nal farms, some having an area of
approximately four square miles on
which 30 to 40 thousand people live
and raise food which is distributed by
the government. Some of the workers
are allowed to farm a small area for
their own use, but it was not deter
mined how that privilege was earned.
Our worlds are different, indeed,
and this chance to meet people from
the other side of the world with con
trasting ideology was an unusual exper
ience for those concerned.
Service
Mileposts
DECEMBER 1978
20 Years
Waldron B. Rogers
James W. Wert
15 Years
Douglas M. Corn
James R. Hodge
William D. Stansell
5 Years
Joe L. Barnwell
Jerry W. Case
Keith D. Harbin
Paul Sevenhuysen
Volney L. Tinsley
Carroll R. Wilson
Seen And Heard
For Billy Rex and Barbara Breedlove,
a daughter, Audra Shae, born Nov. 27.
Ralph Breedlove is now a grandfather.
♦ ♦ Three other new grand-dads: Bill
Baughn, Graham Grant and Elliot
Jaquith. ♦♦ Several people won $20
grocery certificates as door prizes at the
DERA dance Dec. 16. ♦♦ Junior Nor
man and Linda have a daughter, Carey
Leanne, born Dec. 13. ♦♦ Joe and
Libby Light were in their new house in
time for Christmas. ♦♦ Born to Mike
and Claudia Bradley, a son, Isaac John,
Dec. 15.
Gasoline prices are going over 80
cents a gallon, but most of the cars
coming into the parking lot each morning
have only the driver inside. ♦♦ Retiree
Bert Osteen writes from California that
he and Nancy miss the mountains and
hope to return to them in the spring.
♦ ♦ The Fotofax telephone number is
5862. ♦♦ Santa ran a tight schedule.
Gifts for the children's Christmas party
the morning of Dec. 16 arrived on the
afternoon of Dec. 15.
Base Products
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Timing is tight. The rolls must come
from the windup of casting, through
the warehouse, onto the truck and
downtown. Vicki's job as shipping
clerk involves processing all the paper
work pertaining to the rolls — first
verifying the inventory, then preparing
the shipping papers which have to be
processed before the material can leave
the plant.
IDP provides shipping lists on their
12-8 or day shift, along with a preprint
ed label for the shipments Vicki sched
uled the day before, carefully selecting
rolls from the inventory to meet the
customers' requirements. Accuracy is
critical. The customer must get exactly
what he wants, and there's no time to
sit and ponder.
All week, all month, all year — the
material has to keep moving, accurately
inventoried, selected, bills of lading
taking it to the right place at the right
time — an average of eight trucks a day
come and go. Fotofax approached Jim
Vicki
Arnold this way: "We hear that the
Base business is a real success story . . ."
He didn't hesitate a moment. "You bet
it is!" he said.
Bad Weather, High
For Holiday Season
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The joy and excitement of the holiday season are reflected in the
happy faces of the children who attended the two DERA Christmas
parties for movies, gifts and a visit with Santa. More than 200 DERA
members and guests attended the dinner and dance that evening, mak
ing the day, despite the rainy weather, a 'Super Saturday the Sixteenth.'