European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              By Carolyn staff Poloi by Joe Wesley Tien eix always to a Christmas what goes on it has certainly changed Tor the ornaments manufactured at thousands of which ure sold to Ameri cans Over european Exchange system counters As Well As in the described As Flameproof and Light Ansbach decorations adorn Trees in 77 the exquisite ornaments of earlier Days arc All but a tiling of the the secret ingredients of to Days shiny baubles plastic and alumni Bellmann and in operation at Ansbach since brings off its As Sembly line an array of new Type Christ Mas balls and filed Elf her manager of the took a fragile looking red Ball out of a Box and bounced it on a it didst Many of these Christmas balls can be opened to enclose a the balls Are transparent on one Side or else completely metallized so you rank see huge Golden Ball even held a bottle of displaying the presented closing with a chrismas present run Well be hidden on the tret1 Atid who would dream of looking there for that Buttle of perfume or ring the company 300 employees produce 3fl to 40 million Halls a year plus Milek of plastic garlands and heres Lieuw the hulls Are made powdered plastic is poured into a foil producing which turns out Rolls of Clear or coloured transparent the Rolls of foil arc fed into a vacuum drawing which holds various of halt halves on a Standard these Are taken to a cylindrical device in which they Are aluminium is sprayed on the inside of the gives them their out Ward and outside scratch proof this process is called Metal the bake on lakes 2025 min utes at 140158 degrees so the plastic Doest the sheets Are Cut into strips and then go into bal welding where one half Bill rests on top another of equal a conveyor shoots them under a press which welds them to a final unit trims excess material from around each Ball and they drop into the Yul Elicic balls come in 11 different in the finished Christ mils Halls Range from less than an Inch to 7 the firm makes approximately 80 Dif Ferent types of including ire Elop fir tinsel with a Spiky Brush of tinsel Oval the company uses six stand Ard colors Silver and another feature of the ornaments was pointed out by Walter in charge of Export he punched in one of the plastic popped Back into shape in another Section of the machines whirl away and garlands Are a is rip of coloured or multicoloured foil enters a is Cut into two then Many Side strips Matching thread winds through and glistening Garland stretches across the room at the a woman bundles it still another machine winds a Small strand of Garland with a Center of wire around a it u taken off on u piece of which is stapled and made into a and you Hare a More than 2 million Yards of festive Garland Are made the com Pany also makes artificial Christmas Trees the  Tojie and Spray Anil even fancy window screens for but to make your Christmas eve com the Ansbach people have made musical full a Cord and Stille Nacho or some other Holiday Melody will Peel Forth from a Swiss precision clock item emf time 3i worker attends machine that produces Yards and Yard of glistening the stars and stripes Page 13