Creator:A. Moeller de Laddersous
Date Created:November 2, 1957
Place Created:Brussels, Belgium
Keywords:Boart
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2nd November, 1957,
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some time. I amititttonfta&i to the hOfu^.lnA now making steady progress towards recovery. It will be some time before I can resume my visits to the ogfce.
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?yith the m^ufacture of artificial Boart in very small , * J^b** i^^ttjiwe^'ay^ 1359 they witt be able to produce million carats per annum.	-
Ito^Viiiced that they w6uld like to induce us to make counter stat^mantfi and so start a newspaper campaign, pwM^il^r mmmgUm isA 1 have asked Our offices
ft is correct that General Electric has made an Important scientific discovery and I congratulate them
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on this achievement. They have, however, not ?et achiev an economic result. Their claim is that they,cjfffi.prDduc 3i million carats per annum andjett the produftatSOA
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Why should anyone buy their prdHoct at 30/ when we char
onlv 30/ f Owrji KlMtHi do aot mm it themselves b
buy their requirements from oft*.. They
in outlet if there were a shortage at Boart, butthiiU
obviated by the B.C.K. production programme
be our policy to keep our catittOixfer customers fully fruppli
There are small mamrff Ifafirii Who ft^Wwiy ' •scond or even third hand and are forced to pay high price We should and will make special efforts to mq^JsAt small customers direct. \ *	V^^v
^ 'I I makas, therefore, a special ippeal to and our coUwtues oh tfee B^ttrt todtfftftfironi prtJuUctiosfeprogpramibe liOWMi upOtu ' -■ s-^-^JSiswv1' ;
On the other hand we must not be obstinate but envisage that in time to come the General Electric production price may be reduced. In order to prepare for t»uch an eventuality we have decided to carry cm considerable research into the best preparation and uses of B.C.K. Bo art.
The attached memo from Ted Brown outlines our ideas and we shall push ahead as rapidly as we can.
There is no reason to be alarmed ; we must deal with problems as they arise and not try to anticipate what mi edit be.
Governor A. Moeller de Laddersous,
BRUSSELS.
Belgium