Postby dognose » Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:06 pm
REYNOLDS PEN COMPANY
Australia
Reynolds to Set Up Pen Plant in Australia
Chicago.—Milton Reynolds, chairman of the Reynolds Pen Company, who returned recently from England with an order for 850,000 ball-point pens, left for Australia recently by air to complete arrangements for a factory and assembly plant there, it has been announced.
Mr. Reynolds will be included in the initial public relations flight by Pan- American Airways, which inaugurates regular service to New Zealand and Australia.
Permission to manufacture pens in Australia and distribute them throughout the British Empire was obtained by Mr. Reynolds from Hon. Joseph B. Chifley, prime minister of Australia.
The pen manufacturer will also visit South Africa to complete arrangements for the delivery of 100,000 additional pens.
Source: The American Horologist and Jeweler - June 1946
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