Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Joseph A. Kissinger, 1975.Biographical NoteAdministrative Assistant to General Manager.
Scope and ContentsExperience with early business machines 1920s; education in chemistry; work as lacquer and enamel formulator for paint company; laboratory assistant at Continental Can; rivalry and consolidation of research departments; Troyer-Fox engineering skills; West Coast fish canning; standardization, cooperation of can maker and salesman; research and development; work of Heller Associates; beer can research; manager of Manufacturing research Services; developments in tinplate and solder World War II; move to Baltimore plant; Research Center, Chicago.
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