Word: hardboard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...barns disappear, big lumber companies are rough-sawing plywood and mahogany siding to give a textured look. Even synthetic barn boards are on the way. The Abitibi Corp. recently brought out a hardboard paneling called "Barnboard," and, says an executive, "it's one of our biggest sellers. We're moving 3,000,000 ft. per month." Armstrong Cork has just put on the market its "Sturbridge paneling," made of compressed wood fibers, which is embossed by molds made from antique barn siding and is practically indistinguishable from the real thing...
...largest makers of integrated sugar mills, has orders from as far away as Nepal and Pakistan. These sugar mills produce a good deal more than sugar-one fact that gives some hope for ending the glut. Bagasse, the residue after cane is squeezed, can be converted into hardboard and tile. Sugar cane also provides a base for paper, plastics, synthetic rubber, toothpaste, fingernail polish, floor wax, toys, even explosives...
...hand with rising expectations, the worldwide sugar industry is undergoing its greatest expansion in history. Practically every sugar nation is planting new cane and beet sugar, increasing its present yields and putting up new plants that turn out not only sugar but such valuable byproducts as paper, plastics, hardboard and tiles. Result: world sugar production this year will climb to more than 65.7 million tons, an alltime record...
...noon he stood at the head of the street in the one-street village of Phillips and looked down its length and saw no one; he entered its hardboard factory and spoke to the workers on the line, who grunted and let him pass; he visited the local newspaper, which was totally indifferent to the fact that a Presidential candidate was pausing with them; he circulated the cafes on Phillips' main street, courteously interrupting the men and women slurping coffee and eating sandwiches, saying, "My name is John Kennedy, I'm running for President in the primary;" and they went...
...that both home buyer and home builder are often confused in making a choice. "There is more competition in the building industry than ever before," says Earl W. Hadland, merchandising manager of Chicago's Masonite Corp. "In outside siding, for example, it's wood v. aluminum v. hardboard v. plywood v. steel...