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.