a
reference to the NVF
Company, an
American manufacturer of a variety of products, including
plastic wares,
brass and
copper items and stainless
steel goods. The
company was founded in 1904 as the National Vulcanized Fibre
Company. (Vulcanize means to treat
rubber with
sulfur and intense
heat so as to make it more
elastic, durable and adaptable toward various
purposes.) The
company changed its name to the NVF
Company in 1965 and in addition to its vulcanized
rubber production, also made
plastic housewares and containers, wood cabinets, tissue paper products,
aluminum windows and doors, stainless
steel pipe and tubing, and
steel strapping.