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Title |
Chet Sandberg Raychem Corporation Chemelex Business Cards, c. 1971-1980s |
Object Name |
Card, Business |
Scope & Content |
Chet Sandberg Raychem Corporation Chemelex Business Cards, c. 1971-1980s. Ten business cards for Chet Sandberg. The first five cards are for Chemelex, which are white cards with blue and black ink. Two cards from 1971 list Sandberg's position as "APPLICATION ENGINEER" and "OEM MARKETING MANAGER". Two cards from 1975 list Sandberg's position as "OEM Marketing Manager" and "Manager, Consumer Products". The last Chemelex card, from 1977, also shows him as a "Manager / Consumer Products". The next five cards are for Raychem printed on white paper with black and red ink. The first card is from 1978 and Sandberg was a "Marketing Technical / Support Manager". The last three cards list 1980. He held the positions of "Manager / Consumer Products", "Chief Engineer", "Electrical Engineering / Manager" and "Chief Mad Scientist". Business cards are mounted with scotch tape on three panels of foam core. The sections are taped together with scotch tape and scotch tape lines the edges. Eight red sticker dots surround the last Raychem business card. |
Date |
c. 1971-1980s |
Catalog Number |
2016.001.018A-J |
Collection |
3D - Personal Symbols |
Notes |
Chet Sandberg "joined the Chemelex Division of Raychem Corporation where he managed technology projects for 30 years. He held various positions at Raychem including Engineer, Product Manager, Consumer Product Division Manager and Chier Engineer. In October 2002, Chet retired from Tyco/Raychem." [http://annual-conference.energystorage.org/speakers/chet-sandberg 1/20/2016] "Raychem was founded on January 1, 1957. It grew rapidly by creating proprietary new products based on Radiation processing of polymers to meet critical and difficult industry needs for electrical circuit integrity in harsh environments. Included in these initial products were irradiated wire insulation and heat shrinkable tubing. Markets included Aerospace, Military, Automotive, Telecommunications and Electrical Power Generation markets. "In 1968, Raychem acquired Chemelex leading Raychem to extend its radiation polymer processing technology to polymers filled with conductive carbon creating a family of "Self Limiting Heaters". This technology was further extended to produce resettable switches forming the enabling technology for the "Polyswitch" Division. "As Raychem grew into a world class Material Science Company, additional technologies explored, developed and taken to market were Heat Recoverable Metals, Piezoelectric Materials (Elographics), Silicone Gels (Geltek) and Liquid Crystals (Taliq). "Each year, Raychem devoted between 8 and 10 percent of sales into Research and Development resulting in thousands of new products based on the technologies listed above. Research and Product Development labaratories, in addition to Menlo Park and Redwood City were established in Swindon, UK, Kessel-Lo, Belgium, Ottobrunn, Germany, Pontois, France and Japan. "Manning these laboratories were an extremely creative and talented group of scientists and engineers who found innovative ways to use technologies to create new products." [http://blog.heatshrinksleeves.com/2015/09/raychem-history.html 12/31/2015] |
Search Terms |
Business Business cards Engineers Material Science Menlo Park Radiation Chemistry Raychem Corporation Redwood City Redwood City - Businesses Sandberg, Chet |
Subjects |
Business cards Employees Engineering Engineers Products Radiation chemistry |
People |
Sandberg, Chet |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Chet Sandberg |