C&K Officials Open Dye Plant in Belgium.

The article presents information on the opening of the first American dyestuffs plant by Crompton & Knowles Corp. officials at Tertre Villerot in Belgium. The ceremony was attended by officials including William J. Ferracone, president of the C&K Chemical Group, R. Delmotte, minister for regional development for the Belgian government, Frank J. Graziano, president of C&K, and Harry B. Conant, managing director of Althouse Tertre SA. The article informs that a full range of dyes for the textile, leather and paper industries will be produced by a joint venture of C&K and Societe Carbochemique SA of Tertre, with emphasis on products developed specially for use with man-made fibers.