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...mail-order catalogue, out last week, Chicago's Montgomery Ward & Co. cut prices on 2,000 items. Women's nylon stockings were down from $3.90 to $2.88 for half a dozen pairs, bedspreads from $14.97 to $8.90. aluminum storm-screen doors from $33.90 to $22.90, portable TV sets from $137.95 to $119.90, food freezers from $219.95 to $188. The dip-down in the Ward catalogue's prices is one of many indications that prices of goods are soft throughout the country...
...this August Among the white silks puffed by wind, The garden music shrunk by the outdoor distances, The nylon tent in which tiny sandwiches are served, Wed imagine the fat man Reflected in those dark mirrors upside down...
Wherever a Dutchman turns these days, his gaze is apt to fall on a product of a vigorous giant known as A.K.U. (pronounced Ah-coo). For A.K.U. (short for Algemene Kunstzijde Unie, which means Amalgamated Rayon Union) produces half the nylon stockings sold in The Netherlands, as well as fibers used in half the nation's tires and seven out of ten pairs of men's slacks. Even the dikes that help keep The Netherlands above water are built with A.K.U. nylon sandbags...
...Recruited for A.K.U. in 1946 by fellow Cabinet minister (and A.K.U. director) Theodorus van Schaik, Meynen from the start preached what he called "the two-leg theory," insisted that A.K.U. must find another major product in addition to rayon. As he pushed the company pellmell into the manufacture of nylon, cellophane, viscose sponges, cable and insulation, Meynen's two-leg theory evolved into a "many legs" theory. To broaden its technical knowledge, A.K.U. set up joint ventures with Pittsburgh Plate Glass (fiber glass), B. F. Goodrich (synthetic rubber) and Amoco Chemicals (raw material for polyester fibers). Special "flying squads...
...Kick at the Traces. With other European fiber makers increasingly invading the Dutch market, A.K.U. is fighting harder than ever to expand abroad. The company recently set up a new subsidiary to manufacture nylon in Northern Ireland and is eagerly eying the prospects for growth within the Common Market. Long a contented party to cartel arrangements in Europe, A.K.U. insists that some of its traditional market-splitting agreements with other Continental textile manufacturers are still necessary. But with growing competitive confidence, the company shows signs of being ready to kick over at least some of the cartel traces. Recently A.K.U...