[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    TRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CONTAINER RESEARCH 
                 CORPORATION ON THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. CURT WELDON

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 25, 2006

  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor for me 
to rise to honor the founders and employees of the Container Research 
Corporation on the celebration of their 50th anniversary on this 
Saturday, April 29, 2006. The Container Research Corporation is located 
in the small town of Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania, in the 7th 
Congressional District that I represent.
  The Container Research Corporation, CRC, was founded in 1956. At its 
helm were the young, innovative minds of Stan Rines, Sr. and Bill Swan, 
Sr., talented businessmen and engineers. Mr. Rines and Mr. Swan 
designed and patented modern high tech metal containers that replaced 
existing commercial and military wooden crates. I am pleased to report 
that Mr. Rines and Mr. Swan, now in their eighties, still own and 
manage the growing company, with 140 employees at three facilities.
  The Container Research Corporation was an early pioneer of military 
packaging for large aircraft parts. Over their 50 years of service they 
have excelled in the research, design and manufacturing of aerospace 
maintenance platforms, storage and shipping containers to worldwide 
aerospace customers. CRC has produced containers for the Pershing 
Missiles, the Pickatinny Arsenal artillery shells, nuclear fuel rods, 
all styles of helicopter blades, jet engines and most recently the F-35 
Joint Strike Fighter Jet. They have partnered with such companies as 
Westinghouse, Boeing, Bell, Sikorsky and the U.S. military.
  As the Vice-Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the 
Homeland Security Committee, I have seen first-hand the positive 
effects of the Container Research Corporation's incredible work ethic 
and upstanding patriotism. They have been a strong and consistent 
partner in strengthening not only our national economy, but our 
national defense and security as well.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have within my district one of the 
founding companies for modern aerospace storage and shipping 
containers. Our Nation owes Mr. Rines, Mr. Swan and all of the 
dedicated employees at the Container Research Corporation a huge debt 
of gratitude. We are certainly a safer country because of their 
efforts. I am proud to represent these fine men and women and honor 
them on their 50th Anniversary on the House Floor today.

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