Teamwork (1960)

[Music] e [Music] the [Music] he the spirit of ink is Action Ink the moving Touch of word and color that influences more lives each day than any other single product of man's Design This is Printers Inc Chief instrument for work in the World of Printing the graphic arts served through 3/4 of a century by the men and women of our ink division teams Master makers of quality inks behind our story is the personality punch and sincerity of Robert M Hillis coach and Confidant chairman of the board of Colombian carbon HD rusen Frederick H Levy Canada Limited and president of the Frederick H leevy company the man whose 40 Years of creative salesmanship has made it the policy of Colombian carbon to retain on the books no Inc account that cannot show reduced costs and better press performance through the use of our ink products this is our story a story of Partners in production of a proud creation Inc The Fountain Head and life blood of printing we are Batman experts we are Pressman producers all we are research scientists and technicians of production control seeking and checking the secrets of quality our tools the costly Precision Instruments of Science and Minds trained in and anxious for investigation we guide the machines that grind and blend the Essences of color our craft is exacting and highly [Music] skilled and each day we Triumph in the quality product we deliver moving it faster along the route to printers and Publishers across the world and as oil to the machine our continuous forward planning and Analysis G the gears behind each craft and process each production machine in operation for more effective service to every printing customer with our hands and our heads and hard-earned knowhow we make quality inks Precision formulated for every major printing process [Music] and yet our work we know is more than pigments and vehicles and toners adding up to a product the world of publishing and printing has learned to depend upon it is an intricate compound of many materials the work of many hands and Minds a product whose value and impact on life today reaches out along each Avenue of Commerce to influence the whole fabric of the world we live in yes we are making more an ink fine ink today we make the world a little brighter for our efforts with color and Brilliance and bright design with new ideas graphically defined today our inks are the world's first messenger of Enlightenment the Wonder stimulant of Better Living for the product of our hands and skills is the link between writer artist and reader that animates the best red magazines of our exciting times ink for each versatile press of the printer's art is the main character of a 100 million stories and reports of fun and fact and fiction it is the major instrument of modern salesmanship and the wings of ideas the transport of the imagination for carefree people on the go it works through the living fancy of illustrations and through the Urgent reality of the printed word each day its messages enliven the hearts and labors of unnumbered millions of people with fun and romance and all the stuff that dreams are made of our Craftsman teams know a great heritage a unique challenge to keep the Heritage bright for ours is a noble product printers ink our long Heritage of quality ink production tion is the buttress of our strength today but science is our bullwark into the future for behind the teams that make our inks is the research team that produces fundamental improvements in ink and service for the World of Printing tomorrow here in our unique Research Laboratories scientists study color varnish and ink all the substances and methods that blend to bring life to the printing press day in day out we search for better materials better ink formulas better methods of manufacturing and the ever evolving promise of new knowledge is the spur behind the enthusiasm of the men and women of the research team aund tests check refine and confirm the discoveries we uncover in the fascinating work of fundamental research the broad base of production advance and quality improvement this is Explorer work the the endless search for facts deep within the secret structure of things a retort or test tube can be the tool that one day probes the very heart of a pigment to release perhaps an undreamed of flood of new color Brilliance tone or printing quality a microscope sends the scientist's eye Down The Long long long scale of size down closer and closer to the essence of shape and weight and pigment composition down to the edge of infinity where the physical truth about matter still lies buried thus we learn and advance and out of production knowhow research and the stimulus of demanding customers we have developed more than 10,000 different coded formulas for better ink each one based on increasing knowledge of the building blocks of chemistry that the s scientist calls molecules and in the search for more facts we enlist the strongest mechanical eye yet known to science the electron microscope improved by the men of Colombian carbon the instrument that looks deeper into the molecule than man has ever looked before delicate skills are required to prepare the samples for observation under the bombardment of electrons which each substance undergo in this new Mighty tool of scientific investigation the pigment to be studied is dusted on a thin film of transparent [Music] codeon then floated free on a Still Water surface these minute particles can be counted through the microscope's eye against the lines of this tiny grid the mounting for the sample to be [Music] study mounted carefully in the object holder the sample is ready for transfer to the electron microscope does this studied work seem remote from Ink making no this is main strength for the constant stream of product Improvement that is our team's quality tradition visual observation of the pigment under study is extended in photography and through microscope magnification and photographic enlargement the particles of the sample are revealed 100,000 times their actual size sometimes suddenly to reveal a Missing Link in the chain of scientific knowledge that may influence a major advance in the ink Maker's art research the handmaiden of industrial progress is the invisible plus we blend with every pound of ink thus science teams with craftsmanship and the heritage of long experience long Devotion to the art of making to build and expand the foundations of quality that are common to all the Inc division [Music] teams team and tradition our birthplace is Brooklyn New York here through the growth and development of 75 years we have gathered men and machines skills and craftsmanship unmatched in the field of quality ink manufacturer a team still seeking the better way the better ink The Avenues of better service to each customer here side by side with science Brooklyn's men of the ly team convert raw materials from mines and forests and chemical Industries all over the world into the dry colors which are the essence of fine quality inks here in the color house selected materials start their intricate conversion from raw color to finished ink pigments in the mixing bats the color substance is combined with solvents to produce complex chemical Liquors each one keyed to an exact formula that will determine its final place in the brilliant spectrum of the levy catalog here too we start the long persistent laboratory tests and checks that control final ink quality and okay for Quality rigid adherence to specifications must precede each step in Levy ink production with the First Essential mixing approved we combine the batches in the huge churning bats giant paddles fold a brilliant mixture on itself bold and stir bold and stir beating the subtle combination into a homogeneous blend true all through and ready for the next important step in the process of changing raw material into the finished dry color from the great color cauldrons the bright liquid mass flows down to hydraulic presses here the liquid is squeezed and filtered out the color remains a rich moist promise of the beautiful ink to come skilled Pressman dump the frames speed the clean bright press cake on its way to the drying [Music] ovens now the humid color Mass undergo thermostatically controlled drying in the vast electric drying Chambers Insurance of absolute color uniformity and presently the essential pigment the smooth dry color is ready for [Music] pulverizing down the mall the micro pulverizer we feed the finished pigment down through a hurricane of spinning hammers that produce minute uniform free blending particles lower production costs for ink and press run finished now the brilliant dry color drops into drums for shipment to Philadelphia Monmouth Junction Chicago and Canada for final Milling the preparation of finished inks here in Brooklyn 2 we compound special ink orders to meet the critical requirements of astute Publishers throughout the Northeast East printers who rely on the ly team for Rapid service on inks that must be formulated and Blended quickly for special printing requirements this is Performance Plus for the printing industry that looks to us for fast service brilliant effects for only the right ink delivered on time will satisfy the team and the client [Music] customer [Music] [Music] the giant vacuum flushers intermittently mix press cake and vehicle while at the same time water is removed by distillation to produce semi-finished [Music] inks fine roller grinders refine the product into inks ready for the [Music] Press beyond the creation of basic pigments lies the fascinating story of ink varnishes the bearers of color from press to the printed page this is the function of the ly team at Monmouth Junction New Jersey the raw materials of ink varnish are the products of Southland trees the forests of the Indies and the world's leading producers of synthetic resins only the selected best are brought under the scrutiny of our rigid laboratory tests for Purity and other prescribed properties for full quality control of materials from the outset of production through each process of manufacture is our Creed for preserving the standards that distinguish each product of our [Music] team here the work of production control technicians and the instruments that know no human error these predetermine the ultimate Perfection of each ink varnish we [Music] produce the tradition method of charging the electric kettles is being replaced by a new streamline conveyor system that will crush and convey the raw gum directly to the [Music] kettles trained technicians check test each Kettle [Music] batch a cooked sample is checked against a known standard [Music] varnish simple but exacting studies for [Music] tack viscosity true color and general appearance these in processed checks give us quick control of each varnish batch and behind the knowledge and skill of the technician's Judgment stand the viscosimeters analytical recorders that provide ultimate proof of varnish quality only when the honest instruments approved do we release the finished varnish for shipment here too at Monmouth Junction other members of the team devote themselves to the production of inks for the gravier presses of the publishing and packaging World base material for these high-speed inks is gilonite a mineral resin here measured into the special ball Mills we add specified quantities of pigment and complete the basic formula for the special gravier ink batch with tested petroleum solvent sealed in the mill then roll for a specified time the batch becomes a blend a finished product for the fast presses of the R your printing [Music] industry but the specialized demands of gravure printers are many and a red pigment charge calls for a true varnish vehicle another Rich perfect product of the Monmouth Junction team but the Milling operation is the same the solid balls rolling in the mixture within the M drum grind the formula into a uniform ink performance perfection Ed for smooth flow and fine color at the conclusion of the controlled Milling the ink flows through a magnetic purifier and filter to remove metallic impurities and to release the new color essence of story and advertisement that gravier Inc brings to countless Publications packages and special printing Industries in America and around the world [Music] [Applause] to the levy team in Philadelphia home of key publishing Enterprises served through many generations by our skills in ink craft the dry colors of Brooklyn and the varnishes of Monmouth Junction come now for final processing into finished [Music] inks skilled hands and brains combine pigment blending agents and varnish in the huge mixing bats on the top floor of the gravity powered ink production line here again the exacting hand of production control watches over quality and specifications batch by batch customer by [Music] customer a sample of the bat mixture is milled for testing in the control Laboratory [Music] and again the checks for Tack and flow for the special qualities demanded by exacting clients of the levy team for color and tint all these endlessly repeated by hand and analytical instruments ensure that every production batch measures up to or tops our tough precise and exacting [Music] standards now laboratory approval releases a finished mix from the Vats to the multi-roller grinding machines each minute color Source hung in the flowing grip of the [Music] vehicle down to the micro smooth Mill rollers that reduce every pigment particle to uniform [Music] size the whole Mass colorful eager for the Press Fountain and for its Destiny as art and word and picture for the great stories of the day our leby team has scored many firsts in the fast-moving Saga of printing publishing but none is more dramatic and significant to the ink industry than the development of the Philadelphia plant's new continuous process gravity flow four story production line from 13 huge underground tanks we pump Monmouth Junction Superior varnishes through automatic meters to the top floor mixing bats here to blend with selected pigments to produce as we have already seen the summer finished inks when mixing is completed and approved the automatic flow follows the same controlled production schedule our inks made faster more efficiently for stepped up customer service costs lowered in the interest of customer and Company [Music] alike this is the Philadelphia production story as it's written every day and night by the master Inc Craftsman of the Le team and our end product is more than ink it is the life flood of the illustrator's art the topographer profession each creative printer's [Music] effort beyond the quality controls we place on ourselves is the final approval of the engraver the printer the publisher and the artist [Music] himself for art comes alive on the modern press as a visual blend of colors and Fidelity to original art is vital to such men as Steven doanes world famous artist and illustrator to give vibrant honest brilliant reproduction to the artist brush and idea that is the final satisfaction the best reward of the ink maker who calls himself [Music] Craftsman this is work that calls up the true best in men the stimulus of assurance that no pound of ink shall go to press Unworthy of the team and so we preest the final product on the proof press that gives positive clue to Performance when the production presses roll here we prove performance in advance and deeper still we search to make certain always certain that our ink will perform as promised from the in cometer levium prooved for precision proof of ink stability we secure a scientific record of each formula's ability to stand up to flow freely and evenly on the highspeed presses of modern publishing it is exacting work an exciting challenge that we face in each day's job of meeting consistently every demand of customers who become more demanding because they know our performance must match our pride in the team [Music] companion plant to the ink making operations the new Machinery division designs and manufactures the new Ley multip speed dryer master partner for today's high-speed printing presses and newest tool for reducing cost in lithography the Aller plate for longer press runs this too is a task for highly skilled mechanics and and Engineers operators of the intricate machines that produce the ly dryer maintenance parts and machines and tools for the ly plants themselves here we are production partners with the ink divisions our work integrated support and expansion for the key job the manufacturer of America's Finest [Music] inks [Music] in the middle west we serve the leaders of Printing and Publishing from two key locations the Chicago plant which also houses Midwest headquarters for our companion Craftsman of the HD rsen Division and Springfield home base for trigger fast service to the great publishing Enterprises located here in Dayton Louisville Cincinnati and other major centers of printing Enterprise throughout the middle [Music] west basic job of the levy team here in the central Hub of the American printing industry is fast efficient specialized customer service [Music] service backed Always by the same quality controls and production methods that Mark our team's leadership in the East and in Canada in production we match the efforts of the Monmouth Junction and Philadelphia plants and quietly boast of one of the most modern continuous process production systems for the manufacturer of gravier inks ever built the Creed that quality must rule governs every process every method every man on the job for ours is the team that knows its final obligation as to the pressmen and presses that must roll Round the Clock fast and without interruption often aided by the great Ley dryers to meet tough publishing deadlines to maintain and boost production [Music] profits in some This Is Us the man and skills that make this more than it seems for here is profit insurance by the pound or by the ton for The Men Who print with Ley inks backing up the ink division teams Administration and Sales Management complete and unify our work and services from the Arctic Circle to the far reaches of business in Mexico Cuba Central and South America our strategic location is the very heartbeat Center of international business New York City here policy and finance and management team up with the hundred simpler responsibilities of normal business operation to keep each unit functioning as a [Music] team [Music] teamwork is cooperation in action the harmonious recognition of each player's worth in the role at hand it is our pride that through 75 years of growth and service to the printing Arts of doing the job together we have discovered and made real the meaning of [Music] [Applause] teamwork