Minute Book: Research Liaison Committee

Described as 'Research Liason Committee 3'. (sic)

The Research Liaison Committee was a body established jointly by African Explosives & Chemical Industries Ltd (AE&CI Ltd) and Cooper & Nephews South Africa (Pty) Ltd in 1946. The object of the committee was described then as follows:

'The object of the committee will be to facilitate the better prosecution of Research and Development work on processes and products falling within the sphere of mutual interest of the two companies, as set out in the agreement recently concluded. The committee will not be concerned with the production or sale of established products.'

Meetings generally took place monthly with occasional breaks. Three representatives from each company sat on the committee for the most part. The volume contains mostly minutes of the meetings of the committee, although there are also copies of reports presented to the committee.

Meetings usually took place at Coopers' offices.

There is an index at the front of the volume.

Secretarial support for the meetings of the committee was generally provided by Coopers.

Quarterly reports of progress on the various initiatives being sponsored by the committee appear in this volume. The noted effects of the chemical DDT appear in some of these reports.

A substantial report on the control of insects in cotton begins on p. 77.

On p. 186 an inadvertent leak of information to competitors is noted.

30 Aug 1950 - 3 Sep 1952

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