Updates, Van Doorn Letter

I hope everyone had a good 4th.  We are now on the downhill side of summer much to the chagrin of some cotton gin manufacturers that have deadlines to meet.  :)  We are now finishing up running Vandy Ribs for Lummus Gin Stands and they will be shipping out soon.  Then, we will make one more run of our Game Changer Rib for Continental Gin Stands.  Once this run is complete, that will be it.  There are people on a waiting list who will get their ribs from this run, and we will have a few sets still left to sell, but we will be stocking spares for this upcoming season in the USA and will not sell them to fill orders that come in way too late. 

On a different subject, I finally found a letter from Don Van Doorn of Lummus Corporation written to my dad in 2003.  I had really given up on ever finding it, but when I was cleaning out an old briefcase, there it was.  I am not sure many of "this generation," know the contributions my father made to Lummus during his tenure there as chief engineer and Executive Vice President.  I think Mr. Van Doorn makes this pretty clear in this letter.  If you are fortunate enough to have a copy of his book, "Ginning Cotton, An Entrepreneur's Story," read Chapter 3. Vandergriff at Lummus.  It will further enlighten you as to his many contributions there.  This chapter of Lummus history is one they need not shy away from any longer.

Vandy at Lummus.  Gin Stand modifications to get an increase in capacities. Product line overhaul to get plants to handle increased trash from machined picked cotton.  His designs made cotton ginned on Lummus plants the favorite of all textile mills.  Notice the logo on the gin stand.   Lummus has gone back to this today.