RE: [ihc] Interesting mineral with an automotive history link

["John M. Adams" <jma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of Jim
> Grammer
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 9:44 AM
> To: John Hofstetter; ihc@domain.elided
> Subject: RE: [ihc] Interesting mineral with an automotive history link
>
> Champion(IH OEM) appears to have been seriously vertically integrated, raw
> material to finished production. They had a plant in Toledo, OH to process
> the raw minerals.
>

vertically integrated... that sure seems to be how they did things in the
"old days", huh? Now everyone is all spread out over dozens of markets...
"horizontally diversified", I guess you could say.

Why is this depressing me?

John A.