Makcii i. 1911. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Some Rubber Interests in Europe. 



At l(_)RI)l.\G to an ufficia! rcpurl on tlic industrial statistics 

 of Finland for the year 1908, published recently, there 

 is one rubber goods factory in that country, which is a 

 grand duchy of Russia, in the northwestern part of the empire. 

 It is that of the Suomen (Suonii is the Finnish name of the 

 country) Gunuiii-Tchdas Osakeyhtio, in the town of Nokialla, 

 near 'ranimcrlors, with headquarters in Hclsingfors, tlie prin- 

 cipal seaport in the frand duchy. Hclsingfors is located across 

 the Gulf of Finland from St. Petersburg. 



The number of work people employed during 1908 was 88, 

 including 34 women and 12 boys and girls under eighteen years. 

 Tlic production embraced 137,000 pairs of rubber shoes and 

 42,000 kilograms of mechanical rubber goods. The materials 

 used included 40,000 kilograms [= 88,000 pounds] of crude rub- 

 ber, valued at 350,000 Finnish marks; 1,000 kilograms of domes- 

 tic fabric, worth 52,000 marks; and 64,000 kilograms of foreign 

 raw material, worth 19,000 marks. The factory employed 9 

 electric motors, with a total of 200 h. p. 



Five rubber stamp factories in Finland (the two largest in 

 Hclsingfors) employed 17 workers, and had a total output 

 valued at 60,200 marks. A new rubber stamp factory was es- 

 tablished during the year at Wiborg, by the firm H. W. 

 Huhtanio. 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



The directors of Ungarisch Gummiwarcn-Fabriks A.-G., of 

 Budapest, has been empowered, by a special meeting of the share- 

 holders, to increase the capital from 2,500,000 kroner [=$507,500] 

 to 3,500,000 kroner [=$710,000]. The new issue embraces 5,000 

 shares of 200 kroner ; the present shareholders have the option 

 of subscribing for 2,500 shares, at the rate of 420 kroner, and 

 entitled to rank for dividends from January 1, 1911. 



The firm Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Michelin-Pneumatic G. 

 'm. b. H. has been registered in Vienna with a capital of 400,000 

 l<ronen [= $81,200], to deal in "Michelin'' tires, rims, and acces- 

 sories. Leon Limborg is business manager. 



CLOSING OF A FACTORY IN AUSTRIA. 



The plant of the Steinklammhofer Gummi-Werke G. m. b. H., 

 at Steinklamm, near Vienna, after having been idle for some 

 time, has been purchased by the Oesterrisch-Amerikanische 

 Gnmmi-Fabrik Aktiengesellschaft. This company will utilize the 

 machinery and tools in their various existing factories, and close 

 the Steinklamm plant. The land and buildings are not included 

 in the purchase. The business thus closed was registered, some 

 two years ago, by G. W. Laughton & Co., Limited, of Man- 

 chester, England, manufacturers of mechanical rubbers and re- 

 -claimed rubbers, with a capital of 200,500 kronen. [See I R W 

 February 1, 1909, page 171.] 



GERMANY. 



The shareholders of Gummi-Werke "Elbe," Aktiengesellschaft, 

 at Wittenberg near Piesteritz, at a special meeting on December 

 15, voted to increase the capital from 500,000 to 750,000 marks. 



The capital of the Berliner Gummimantel-Fabrik G. m. b. H. is 

 being increased from 30,000 marks to 100,000 marks [=$23,841]. 



TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' BUSINESS JUBILEE. 



On January 12 Alfred Calnion, Hamburg, general director of 

 the Asbest und Gummiwerke Alfred Calmon .'Aktiengesellschaft, 

 of that city, celebrated the establishment, by him, on January 12, 

 1886. of that business. The firm was first engaged in the manu- 

 facture of asbestos packings and in trading in technical supphes, 

 especially manufactures of rubber and asbestos. In 1890 the 

 manufacture of packings was transferred to Hanover, where the 

 asbestos factory of Otto Kohsel & Son had been acquired, and 

 fln December 23. 1893, the concern was incorporated as a joint 



stock company, with a capital of 540,000 marks. In 18S6 the busi- 

 ness was organized under the present title, with a capital of 

 1,500,000 marks, which has since been increased, as the growtli of 

 the business required, to tlie present 6,000,000 marks [=$1,428,000). 



SWEDEN. 



Forty tons of Russian rubber footwear arrived \>y steamer on 

 November 12 at Stockholm, where duties amounting to upwards 

 of 50,000 crowns [^$13,400] were imposed. The shipment was 

 inade by the Russian-American India Rubber Co., Treiigolnik, of 

 St. Petersburg, to their own warehouse at Stockholm, opened 

 since their former agents there went into liquidation recently. 

 The business at Stockholm is conducted under the style .Aktic- 

 bolaget Russian-American India-Rubber Co. "Treiigolnik" — a 

 corporation with a capital of 50.000 crowns. The Stockholm 

 directors are Carl Emil Stenstrom and T. B. Blomgvist. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



\r the annual meeting of the Liverpool Electrical Cable Co., 

 Limited, on December 22, a final dividend of 15 per cent, was 

 voted, making, with the 5 per cent, interim dividend paid in 

 June, a total of 20 per cent, for the year. 



There was to be a hearing in London on January 14 of a peti- 

 tion for confirming the reduction of the capital of the New Gutta- 

 percha Co., Limited, from £200,000 to il25,000. This company 

 was organized in 1902, to manufacture a material known as 

 Gentsch's artificial gutta-percha. 



Mersey Reclaiming Co., Limited, registered November 28, 

 1910, with £25,000 [=$121,662.50] capital— of which one-half is in 

 preferred shares — to take over the rubber reclaiming business 

 carried on at Daw Banks Works, Stockport, by the Palatine 

 Trust, Limited. 



Marshall Tyre Jacket Syndicate, Limited, registered December 

 13. 1910, with £100,000 [=486,650] capital, to manufacture tire 

 jackets, tires, and tire fabrics, and to adopt an agreement with 

 the Marshall Tyre Fabric Co., Limited. Four of the seven direc- 

 tors are nottiinated by the latter company, including C. L. 

 Marshall, who is managing director of the new company. 



Dorn, Harding & Co., rubber brokers and merchants, 65 Fen- 

 church street, London, announce the admission as a partner in tlie 

 firm of Charles Maxwell Kinnear, as from January 1, 1911. 



The sole concessionaire for Ireland for Goodrich tires is J. 

 Pullar Phibbs, Molesworth street, Dublin. 



NORTH BRITISH AEROPLANE FABRICS. 



The North Britisli Rulibcr Co., Limited (Edinburgh), have 

 received a letter from Mr. C. Graharne- White informing them 

 how highly satisfactory he found the aeroplane material made 

 by them, which he used in the majority of his recent duration 

 flights in the United States. He writes: "I was highly satisfied 

 with the lightness and weather resisting qualities of the inaterial. 

 and hope to make mutually satisfactory arrangements with you 

 for the supply of a large quantity for the aeroplanes which I 

 am now designing, and wliich will shortly be put into construc- 

 tion." 



A LARGE VULCANIZING i-RESS. 



An order has been booked by David Bridge & Co., Limited, 

 rubber engineers of Castleton, Manchester, for a special hy- 

 draulic vulcanizing press, 14 feet long x 54 inches wide, to have 

 12 rams — i. e., six pairs — and to work at high pressure. The 

 press will have three platens — two dayHghts complete, with 

 hydraulic charging and discharging appliances. This press is 

 for the use of The Premier Reforming Co., Limited, of Wal- 

 thamstow, in the manufacture of sheeting and other mechanical 

 goods by their special process. The Messrs. Bridge have also 

 installed three special heavy grinders electrically driven, for 

 grinding up old rubbers, besides other special machinery. 



