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Article: New Evans drum plant boasts latest production technology. (includes a related article on the Evanses) (steel drums)
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- March 30, 1987
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New Evans Drum Plant Boats Latest Production Technology
HARVEY, La. -- Few companies would sink $5 million into building a state of the art facility that serves a declining market. Evans Cooperage did.
"About three years ago, we decided that we either had to build a new plant, make more efficient higher quality drums using high quality machines, or concede that we'd be out of the drum business in a few years," narrates Ronald (Ronnie) Evans.
Ronnie is executive vice president of Evans Cooperage's holding company, Evans Industries. Robert Evans, his father, is chairman and founder of the company. John Anderson is president of the cooperage.
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