Oral history interview with Jerrold E. Landon 1975
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- Name
- Landon, Jerrold E (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jerrold E. Landon 1975
- Abstract
- Education; work for White Cap, subsidiary of Continental Can; engineering and research work on twist-off cap; esprit de corps; liaison between White Cap and Overseas Division of Continental Can; status of licensing programs 1958; White Cap affiliation with Wallis Tin Stamping Company; European closures; advance of metal can usage over glass containers; technical service engineering; preparing opera ting manuals; liaison with European glass companies; expansion of license programs; Brazil and flexible packaging; change of status of Continental Can's international operations in the 1960s; equity positions in foreign-owned companies; sale of Continental Can machinery abroad; pros and cons of business deals with the communists.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; International business enterprises; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Manufacturing processes; Landon, Jerrold E; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Vice president and general manager.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on May 28, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Jerrold E. Landon, Gift 1976
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13541356
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ybcy-af04
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.