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The Borden Company CHEMICAL DIVISION 350 Madison Ave., New York 17, Ν . Υ . Independent, aggressive ycmng men seeking advancement on merit and capable of assuming responsibility in a rapidly growing organization, are of fered excellent career opportunities with the Chemical Division, a part of the 100-year-old Borden Company. T h e Chemical Division's rapid ex pansion during the past 10 years (1956 sales topped $50 million) reflects its success in solving industrial and con sumer problems through creation and application of polymer products. The Chemical Division is today primarily a major producer of natural and synthe tic thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers and their compounds, essen tial to new and improved products in many industries—plywood, woodwork ing, metal working, paper, foundry, tex tile, rubber, leather, paint, plastic molding. The Chemical Division has consist ently followed: (1) progressive pro grams of research and development; (2) aggressive diversification and ex pansion of laboratory and manufactur ing facilities. The Chemical Division led in developing and manufacturing superior adhesive? from natixral mate rials such as casein. Subsequently, it pioneered in the introduction of syn thetic resin adhesives. This early re search in synthetic resins paved the way for the many superior industrial resins and plastics which are the major business of the Chemical Division to day and support Borden's highly re spected status in the chemical industry.
Chemical Division supplies special and unusual monomers, polymers, and cross-linking agents to polymer re searchers and special analytical re agents for biochemical research and chemical analysis.
Career Opportunities T h e development, manufacture, and application of these products offer chal lenging and stimulating career oppor tunities in research, engineering, prod uct development, production, sales, and management and executive activities. T h e Chemical Division operates 11 development laboratories and 19 manu facturing plants in 15 urban, suburban, and rural areas. A Central Research Laboratory a t Philadelphia is devoted to fundamental polymeric and chemi cal research. Sales and technical serv ice offices are located in principal cities. Plants in Argentina, Australia, Bra zil, Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, and the Philippine Islands offer op portunity for participation in the com pany's overseas ope: étions.
Organizational Advantages T h e Chemical Division offers the advantages of both the smaller company and the large corporation. Behind it are the broad experience, stability, and
managerial resources of The Borden Company. Within the Chemical Division the young chemist or chemical engineer has contact with many departments and quickly learns all aspects of the business. He is not confined t o an isolated segment of the operation and there is full opportunity for contact with local decision-making m a n agement and for guidance in career development. Management is young and aggressive. Promotion is from within the company and more than half t h e management team h a s had technical training. Postgraduate study is encouraged. Location of laboratories and plants throughout the country offers the a d vantages of the nation's leading technical colleges. Assistance in meeting tuition costs is part of a Chemical Division program to aid employees in furthering their professional development. Seminars, periodic meetings of key laboratory and plant personnel, and attendance a t professional society meetings aid in maintaining contact with recent developments and in obtaining a broad business background. For further information write to M r . W. R. Moffitt, Vice President and Technical Director, 350 Madison Ave., New York 17, Ν. Ύ.
Major Products Major products include: Adhesives, derived from casein and resins of the epoxy, phenolic, polyvinyl acetate, resorcinol, and urea families; formal dehyde; molding powders, including phenolic and polyvinyl chloride resins and compounds; thermoplastic resins, including acrylic, butadiene copolymers, vinyl acetate copolymers, vinyl alcohol, and vinyl chloride and copolymers; thermosetting resins, including epoxy, phenol-formaldehyde, reso rcinol-f ormaldehyde, and urea-formaldehyde. Other industry products include spe cialty coatings, bitumen products, fumaric acid and fumarates, hexamethylene-tetramine, lamp basing ce ments, plasticizers, wet strength paper resins, elastomers and monomeric mate rials, agricultural chemicals. In addition t o commercial items, the (ADVERTISEMENT)
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