Polychrome Corporation, a brainchild of Mr. Halpern, is now a major part of Kodak Co. and continues to live on. But the small company spirit died on Jan 1. 1998 when the company became a part of DIC-Kodak joint venture. This blog is dedicated to the memory of those who proudly call themselves "Polychromer". ..... Ken Shimazu shimazukenichi@gmail.com
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Additional memo from Mr. Gumbinner 7 Gestetner
Gestetner which made a two drum stencil duplicator in the Tottenham section of London had made a number of years ago an agreement with A B Dick not to compete in the American market. This agreement was now ended and Gestetner made an arrangement with Polychrome for Polychrome to furnish the stencils for the Americas. Polychrome had a dealer in Chicago, Arnold Rose, who sold a large number of die impressed stencils when he visited us in Yonkers we offered to take him to lunch. He asked for a drink. We had a half bottle of Scotch. He finished it and said he was still hungry. We sent out to buy another which he finished. He said he had cut down on drinking. He had been drinking two bottles of whiskey and a case of beer a day.