international sales central location nd calling high enough to itora ibfoot organ pipe brought kesies organ company to acton six years ago from lucan ontario the plant g located in the in dustrial centre at the end of frederick street there are only about four such organ companies across canada so keatos fills orders for far away places at the present ii mu they are in tho process of flalhliig a iugo colonialstyle orgah for trondoouoltichurch of christ in rochester new york and another urge organ to be shipped to hrlllsh columbia a fewyotrs ago thu company constructed an organ for the hflnie of vtrgil fq tin fatnoobv anterlcatfarganlst who uvea in- lihgfewood no jersey djdtdr celssler who began- working with- organs at 4 in germany and has been business for 22 yesrsi is whsts is termed the volcur in the acton plsnt he tunes the pipes with a tuning fork much the way pianos are tuned he explains that it takes about three months to construct an organ from start to finish de pending on its stse all of the construction is done in the plant by about 10 people over 200 different pipes are imported from europe we could manufacture our own but it is to our advantage to import them says mr celssler the special luinbe used in construction is brouihl in for the most part from kitchener and toronto common types used are california redwood t yellow poplar tak and sugar pine five or sis finished brgaut aye shipped ait each year oe- pphdlug on the site the plant president my keates formerly of acton lives- in tlrlflsh columbia vlcu-pros- idunl clark- of gait runs the libjnl most of the hmployees ve in acion this is no hula hoop oy liz campbell of one of ihe largest nylon castings made in canada by polypnnco a dryer gear ring for he pulp and papnr indurlry il if one of minv nylon castings made at ihe acton plant sflff photo keates organ co the organ voicer dieter geisler has been pir f sounds enables him to tune about 200 working with organs for 22 years his good different kinds of pipos used in a largo organ walyfr focht came lo acton from reading pennsylvania to manage polypenco in august 1967 h likes the town and finds life here wonderful staff photo polypenco new industry new product many ur mt 4100 items distributed from the acton plant of polypenco are on display irene thorenton a guelph resident who works in the office ticks off an order for nylon cast ings which outlast brass and bronze by as much as five timus staff photo keates organ company limited custom built pipe organs 100 frederick st acton 8531510 one of actons newest indust ries polypenco startod produc tion here in february 1967 in what is known as the old wool combine building- but is offic ially called the acton manufac turing centre r one of throe companies in the world which casts nylons poly- tnco has ust started to click on the canadian market a subsidiary of the giant us polymer corporation which orig inally pioneered the manufacture of nylon mill shapes for mach ining and fabrication on standard trwtalworklng equipment poly penco has developed new tech niques in its acton plant tor the canadian market originally the acton plant was established to produce nylon re frigeration hose for the ford motor co production started in february 1967 a costly strike at ford costthe company the contract however and it turned to manufacturing and dis tributing the 4000 nylon castings fabricated parts molding resins ngtwwrtng plastic mill shapes tubing and hosing made by the company tor use in industrial and consumer equipment mill shapes of nylooare mach- load into components which have unusual waajr resistance and low surface friction outlasting con ventional brass and brow cast ings by as much as fve times response on tin canadian mar ket doubting thomases about claims was slow at first how ever nowthe demand is increas ing and products are being ac cepted more readily as they acquire a reputation it is quite possible the acton plant will soon have a new pro duction line to occupy the space formerly used to produce hose walter focht plant manager who came here from reading pennsylvania is enthused about the possibilities of the canadian market for the company they produce one of the largest nylon castings done in canada at the plant here a dryer gear ring for a pulp and paper mill its a sample of bigger things to come for the small extension of the large present company there are seven employees at polypenco now plant foreman is dave hartman of rockwood jacob dewllde frlu dehaanand juanlta lamarsho work in the plant lit campbell and irene thorenton in the office walter focht finds lite in act on wonderful he likes thef freedom the small town givegj and its good location in the rich ontario industrial market polypenco caimaoa limited indubthial plastics 1do frederick street p o box 2bo acton ontario canada manufacturers of industrial plastics 100 frederick st acton 8530280