Oral history interview with Scott R. Johnson 1975
Oral history interview with Scott R. Johnson 1975
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- Name
- Johnson, Scott R (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Scott R. Johnson 1975
- Abstract
- Family can manufacturing background; organization of Continental Can's Central Equipment Development Division Department from four machine shops; lithography in 1920s; work at Warwood, Penick & Ford, A.C. Horn Co.; father's business ventures; machine design for industrial engineering firm; lap seam body maker; Wheeling Steel and Wheeling Can acquisitions; foreign acquisitions: move to England, cons truction of Perry Wood plant; French and German associates; rebuilding Acton factory; research work on beer cans; setting up Toronto plant; Schmalbach plant, problems with German tinplate; pre-World War II Germany; equipment development; purchase of Cameron Machinery Co.; management personalities; triple-tight paint can problems; employee benefits.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; Containers; Consolidation and merger of corporations; International business enterprises; Manufacturing processes; Johnson, Scott R; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Executive.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on January 16, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Scott R. Johnson, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13540604
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-34zp-6q31
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.