China Connection Part 1, the Beginning

A successful and long lasting Chinese connection started by a call from RIT professor in early 1980'.      He had a Chinese graduate student working for him for a year and he wanted to visit a presensitized plate manufacturer before he returned home.        The professor called 3M but they refused and he then turned to Polychrome.             Unlike 3M, Polychrome was quite open to visitors; Mr. Halpern was always proud to show what we have achieved and this time was no exception.        The Chinese engineer was from a research institute in China and Simon and Jenchi showed all what we had.        In 1983 a request came from the China's National Chemical Construction Company (CNCCC) for a license.        Simon, Bill Saltzman and I were in Japan in 1984 for a visit to DIC when further call came for a meeting.       We three went to Beijing for a preliminary discussion.         (China then was smog free, basically no cars, a lot of bicycles and  people in army style dark clothing)  Here are some pictures.

See my report which appeared on the Polyworld Vol 4, No. 4; click HERE