Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . ton; and Lavanner C. Frank B. Shields. Few people appre-ciate how much importance and sig-nificance in industrial aflFairs are repre-sented by Frank B. Shields as the treiis-urer and mana^ring official in Indianapolisof the Napco Corporation and the Inter-national Process Company. These corpora-tions have as their essential purpose andproduct of manufacture the rather common-place commodity of glue. But it is notthe glue of ordinary commerce, made fromanimal products, but a vegetable glue and
Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . ton; and Lavanner C. Frank B. Shields. Few people appre-ciate how much importance and sig-nificance in industrial aflFairs are repre-sented by Frank B. Shields as the treiis-urer and mana^ring official in Indianapolisof the Napco Corporation and the Inter-national Process Company. These corpora-tions have as their essential purpose andproduct of manufacture the rather common-place commodity of glue. But it is notthe glue of ordinary commerce, made fromanimal products, but a vegetable glue andalso a waterproof glue. Without exaggeration it can be said thatthe development and maniifacture of gluefrom vegetable sources marked a big ad-vance and comprises a notable event amongthe marvelous improvements brought outby American genius. The InternationalProcess Company were the pioneers in thatfield and their products have especial valuefor the many wood and veneer makingindustries, some of the greatest of whichhave their home in Indiana. Until the ad-vent of the International Process Company. \^y^.y^^iiu.^c^ INDIANA AND INDIANANS 1349 practically the only kind of glue was thatmade from animal products. This glue isnot only made from vegetable matter, buthas no odor, and can be used cold merelyby the admixture of water, whereas animalgiue requires a heat of 120 degrees. Veg-etable glue has now entirely supplantedthe animal glue in the larger industrialplants of the country. In Indiana aloneit is used exclusively by such large con-cerns as the Hoosier Cabinet Company,Showers Brothers Company, Bloomington,Indiana, the largest furniture factoryin the world, the New Albany Veneer-ing Company, Globe-Wernecke Company,Globe-Bosse-World Furniture Companyand others. Millions of pounds find theirway into ordinary commercial channels,•and also for export to foreign company have a factory in Singaporeto manufacture for the eastern trade, andalso maintain an offi
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