Saiccor - The First 50 Years 5.8 MB - Sappi

The Cantacuzene Period (1952–1965)
Paddy Brannigan resigned as Mechanical Engineer at the end of
1961� Enea Corrado, the Workshop Foreman took over, and Ado
Magrin became Foreman of the workshop with Chargehands Giorgio
Natali, Attilio Segatto, L Simonetti, C Franceschi and Engelbrecht
(rigger) who supervised a team of 80 highly talented, largely Italian,
artisans� To mention but one, the blacksmith Aldo Zamarian, who
could patiently turn any piece of metal into a work of art� He once
made a candelabra that brought tears to the Italian Consul’s eyes
when it was presented to him� Frank Rhodes was appointed Services
Engineer from the beginning of 1962 to replace Bramuzzo� Corrado
resigned in July 1963 and Frank Rhodes took over the position�
W H Kieviet was recruited as Services Engineer in October 1963
but did not last long and John Earnshaw was recruited for the position
in May 1964� Vic East became Instrument Engineer from 1960�
Ted Beesley joined Saiccor in July 1960 as a Chemical Engineer in
the development department and was appointed Development
Manager in January 1965� Tom Fitzgerald was Chief Draughtsman,
and from February 1962 Ciano Ioppo was Deputy Chief
Draughtsman�
Dr Mortarino and Dr Bruce left in 1958, Dr Gianpietri, Fonda’s
assistant, replaced them as Production Manager� Dr Gianpietri
resigned in March 1960 and Gino Rivetti, a Shift Superintendent,
was appointed Production Manager, then Senior Production Manager
in 1970, a position he held until he retired in 1984� Giovanni Baldin
became Shift Superintendent in 1960 and in 1967 joint Production
Manager� Over the period Sabbatini returned to the laboratory, de
Faveri, Malpiedi and von Schoultz left, Bepi Martelossi, Ugo Testa,
Marino Cudin, Martin Ferreira and Ennio Zan were appointed Shift
Superintendents� Martin resigned in May 1963 but returned to the
laboratory in July 1964�
Ted Turner (seconded from Courtaulds Acetate laboratories in
1958), was appointed Laboratory Manager in July 1961� He returned
to Courtaulds in August 1963� In September 1963 Pat Roche was
appointed Laboratory and Research Manager, Domenico Sabbatini
deputy, and Bryan Thomas (who joined in 1960) Senior Research
Assistant� Roche was seconded to Saiccor for two years from
Courtaulds Viscose Laboratory in mid 1958, returning to the UK two
years later� In 1962 he returned to Saiccor as Research Manager being
appointed to the Management committee in July 1962� He returned
to Courtaulds in mid 1967�
Jock Mitchell, the Personnel Manager, was appointed to the
Management committee in November 1960� He retired in November
1964 and was replaced by Roy Fortune, whose title was Personnel
Officer�
On 10 December 1960, Franco Mason became the first Saiccor
employee to complete his indentures under the Apprenticeship Act�
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