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Industrial Tours
Industrial Tours The heavy concentration of pharmaceutical companies within the Philadelphia area made it admirably suited for a special series of industrial tours during the convention. Under the direction of the local committee, busses were available for trips to many of the plants within the area. All registrants at the convention were invited to take part in these tours, which left at scheduled times on certain days.
Studio jor the dosed circuit television program was at Philadelphia College oj Pharmacy and Science, jetr across the city.
The first trip to the new penicillin production laboratory of Wyeth, Inc., was. made on Tuesday, August 19. Busses left shortly before 1: 00 P .M., and returned at 5: 30. The convention registrants were shown all of the special equipment and processes involved in the mass production of antibiotics. The Tuesday trip was reserved for members of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, and the American College of Apothecaries, whose conventions opened on Thursday, following the meeting of the A. PH. A. and a similar trip was made to this plant on Friday for members of the ASSOCIATION. Smith, Kline and French also sponsored two trips to their laboratories, in the heart of Philadelphia. Here, at the imposing new building and laboratory of the company, members of the ASSOCIATION were shown pharmaceutical manufacturing in all . its phases, since the large S-K-F line covers many different types of products. These trips , were also divided in such a way as to permit members of the A . S. H . P. and the A. C . A. to visit the laboratories prior to their own meeting. On Tuesday and Wednesday, August 19 anM 20, La Wall and Harrisson, Philadelphia consulting and research firm devoted to the pharmaceutical and food industries, held open house. Since the laboratory was but a five-minute walk from the convention headquaters in the Bellevue-Stratford 'Hotel, bus transportati~n was not provided. These tours to LavVall and Harrisson were made in the late ;:tfternoon, thus permitting the members to attend all important conferences and meetings beforehand.
Joseph B. Sprowls and Linwood F. Tice served as co-chairmen in planning the programs.
On Friday, Aug. 22, from 10:00 A.M. until 4:00 P .M., convention members were guests of the vVhea ton Glass Company, in nearby Millville, N. J., where the company staged an exhibition of glass manufacturing. Termed the most modern glass plant in t he world, the factory produces a wide range of containers, from ampuls to decorated bottles for the cosmetic industry. Buffet luncheon was served at the plant. Also on Friday, Sharp and Dohme, Inc . was host to 200 people at the newly dedicated West Point, Pa., research laboratories. Here the registrants were shown the many steps in basic research and product development leading to the marketing of a new pharmaceutical or biological. This trip, and all the others, were open to every person at the meeting. However, in order to provide proper transportation and guidance through the plant, the number was restricted to 200 for any one tour.
Faculty oj Philadelphia College oj Pharmacy and Temple University demonstrated pharmaceutical techniques, at the color telecasts. September, 1952
In addition to these specially announced tours, National Drug Company, Wm. H. Rorer, Armstrong Cork Co., also opened their plants for the inspection of the members attending the convention. For _many, the trip through these plants was an exciting and unforgettable experience.
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Studio jor the dosed circuit television program was at Philadelphia College oj Pharmacy and Science, jetr across the city.
The first trip to the new penicillin production laboratory of Wyeth, Inc., was. made on Tuesday, August 19. Busses left shortly before 1: 00 P .M., and returned at 5: 30. The convention registrants were shown all of the special equipment and processes involved in the mass production of antibiotics. The Tuesday trip was reserved for members of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, and the American College of Apothecaries, whose conventions opened on Thursday, following the meeting of the A. PH. A. and a similar trip was made to this plant on Friday for members of the ASSOCIATION. Smith, Kline and French also sponsored two trips to their laboratories, in the heart of Philadelphia. Here, at the imposing new building and laboratory of the company, members of the ASSOCIATION were shown pharmaceutical manufacturing in all . its phases, since the large S-K-F line covers many different types of products. These trips , were also divided in such a way as to permit members of the A . S. H . P. and the A. C . A. to visit the laboratories prior to their own meeting. On Tuesday and Wednesday, August 19 anM 20, La Wall and Harrisson, Philadelphia consulting and research firm devoted to the pharmaceutical and food industries, held open house. Since the laboratory was but a five-minute walk from the convention headquaters in the Bellevue-Stratford 'Hotel, bus transportati~n was not provided. These tours to LavVall and Harrisson were made in the late ;:tfternoon, thus permitting the members to attend all important conferences and meetings beforehand.
Joseph B. Sprowls and Linwood F. Tice served as co-chairmen in planning the programs.
On Friday, Aug. 22, from 10:00 A.M. until 4:00 P .M., convention members were guests of the vVhea ton Glass Company, in nearby Millville, N. J., where the company staged an exhibition of glass manufacturing. Termed the most modern glass plant in t he world, the factory produces a wide range of containers, from ampuls to decorated bottles for the cosmetic industry. Buffet luncheon was served at the plant. Also on Friday, Sharp and Dohme, Inc . was host to 200 people at the newly dedicated West Point, Pa., research laboratories. Here the registrants were shown the many steps in basic research and product development leading to the marketing of a new pharmaceutical or biological. This trip, and all the others, were open to every person at the meeting. However, in order to provide proper transportation and guidance through the plant, the number was restricted to 200 for any one tour.
Faculty oj Philadelphia College oj Pharmacy and Temple University demonstrated pharmaceutical techniques, at the color telecasts. September, 1952
In addition to these specially announced tours, National Drug Company, Wm. H. Rorer, Armstrong Cork Co., also opened their plants for the inspection of the members attending the convention. For _many, the trip through these plants was an exciting and unforgettable experience.
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