RIP Polychrome Corporation HQ

Ron Muzillo sent in the newest update on Yonkers HQ of Polychorme site.   

Thanks Ron for keeping up the survaeilance.

I passed by the Polychrome Building in Yonkers yesterday and to

my complete surprise ---no more building --- the entire Polychrome building

and lot has been leveled as well as the property next to Polychrome on

the south side.

AVAVAION construction is building water front Condo's on all of the two

properties.

Yonkers is no more! Tough to digest.

Ron Muzzillo

Clark lab photo

Rob Middleton used to work in our film group in Clark.    This is his recent contribution showing familiar faces and names.      Thanks Rob!

I (Rob) captioned all of the Lab People in this photo.

     Cheryl Scher (10)  became quite a good distance runner. I met her at a 4-mile race some years ago. A day or two later she was flying out to run in a 26-mile Marathon in Maine, I believe.

     Ross Derose (4) made terrific CAKES for our special occasions.

     Glenn Simonsen (3) is a Facilities Engineer for Trane Corp. in Alpharetta, GA.

1967 Japan trip

Fuji Photo Film  licensed Plate technology from Polychrome Corporation and started to manufacture and sell products in Japan but faced difficulties from Japanese market accustomed to handmade deep etch process.        In 1967 they have decided to make a marketing effort with lecture series inviting Mr. Halpern as the speaker to let customers know how the PS plates were used in US.        Dr. Ooba was then in charge of new product development section of Fuji and planned and hosted the event.

The lectures were given in three major cities, Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.       Major printers sent their executives and managers to hear what Mr. Halpern as the founder and the expert in US graphic arts industry.        Presentations were shared by Mr. Halpern and Simon Chu while I was charged to translate the presentations into Japanese as well as give my understanding of prepress color proofing system in US.        (Prepress color proofing never took hold in Japan relying strictly on press-proof for a long time.)         These pictures came from Simon Chu's file and came to me thanks to his son Doug.