1950

"Beloit Iron Works"

                                          "Beloit Export Corporation"

Paper Machines:

     #279 Kotka                     192"    Fourdrinier     Finland            1500f.p.m.

     #283 Natehez                  220"   Fourdrinier      Mississippi       1200 f.p.m.

*   #284 Hunsfos                  144"    Fourdrinier      Norway           1200 f.p.m.

      #285 Pacific Coast         85"      Tissue             Washington       2000 f.p.m.

      #286 Camp #3               226"    Fourdrinier      Virginia             2000 f.p.m.

** #287 Scott #17              177"     Tissue              Pennsylvania     3000 f.p.m.

      #288 Northern #5         172"     Tissue              Wisconsin         2000 f.p.m.

      #289 Detroit Sulphite    136"     Tissue              Michigan           1800 f.p.m.

* First machine designed with Beloit differential drives.

## First machine designed for a speed of 3000 f.p.m.

Comments:

Third Street widened to 66 feet and repaved.

Installed 42" by 316" Farrel two wheel roll grinder.

Customers informed of regularly scheduled flights to and from

Bock County Airport on May 14.

Cornerstone laying and Open House for pipe roll and turret

lathe departments.

The Beloit Export Corporation with Gaston J. Bertrand, vice

president, was licensed as a Delaware Corporation during December.

Commenced building enclosed dryer gear drives, also air

guides for dryer felts, press felts, and wires,

First Wise Owl Club in southern Wisconsin dedicated on April 25

with Mr. Neese presenting three employees a Wise Owl award for

saving their eyesight through wearing protective glasses.

Instituted Eye Protection Program throughout the plant making

it compulsory to wear eye protection during working hours in plant

areas.

Dane Building purchased August 31. It was originally built in

1947. Used as an engineering annex for a period of time.

Island cleared from river channel. Acquired through city of

Beloit vacating Second Street o206 acres, from the Beloit Boxboard

Company .290 acres, from Dane Lumber Company .310 acres, and

through removal of island from river 1.000 acres. These acquisitions

brought the Beloit Iron Works holdings up to approximately 15-1/4

acres.

"Beloit Iron Works"

                    "Beloit Export Corporation"

Produced: Four winders, eight presses, seven fourdriniers,

ten calenders, fourteen reels, ten headvats, and nine dryer sections.

Built and installed a 250 ton hydraulic straightener.

Paper machinery produced: 27, 220, 238#

Castings produced: 19,322, 063#

Shipped direct: 6,225,441#

Suction rolls: 107

Drives: 105

Dryers: 466

Pipe rolls average per month: 168

Number of employees: 1260

Machine Shop hours: 382,826