European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes defiant stove Falls victim to ruling by Epa Randolph it. A the nation s largest maker of Wood stoves threw a party to Mark the de Mise of its popular defiant Model the victim of environmental regulations effective saturday that require new stoves to Burn More cleanly. M the defiant is a Symbol of the end of an Era Vermont castings inc. Chairman Duncan Syme said this past week calling the Wood stove his company s answer to the Model  decided to forgo the gnashing of Teeth and complaints about government regulation. Instead his company designed some new stoves and threw a big party for the company s retiring mainstay. Born in 1975 during the Energy crisis a Back to the land ethic and a desire by Many to thumb their noses at open and the big Oil companies the defiant quickly became a Symbol of a lifestyle. More than 130,000 of the stoves have been  was an architect who was trying in the Early Vos to integrate Wood stoves into some of his designs. We looked around and did t see any Good ones he said. He got together with his now deceased brother in Law Murray Howell a Wall Street investment banker. We sensed that there was a consumer need for a Good looking stove on which you could open the doors and celebrate this thing of bringing flame into your living room Syme  caught the Market s wave just before it swelled and the company became an overnight Success. Sales have declined since the heyday but Syme said the company has settled into a comfortable Niche marketing colourful new stoves often to upscale City dwellers and suburban ites who want a living room showpiece. Thanks to the defiant Vermont castings grew to become the nation s largest Wood stove manufacturer and now employs about 400 people most of them at plants in Randolph and nearby Bethel. Responding to environmental concerns Over Wood smoke pollution and the new regulations the company has introduced two new models designed to Cut Down on particulates and some of the gases in Wood smoke. The new Epa rules require stove makers to Cut particulates in smoke by 77 percent effective saturday and by 81 percent from the pre-1988 Standard in 1990. Vermont castings officials wary of a Patchwork of regulations in states concerned about Winter Haze helped the Epa devise the new rules said David Kim Bell the company s vice president for marketing. The new stoves meet the standards by burning Wood More efficiently Kimbell said adding that the company has been working with a catalytic combustor de signed to Burn most of the Wood smoke. Syme 50, addressed the crowd of Vermont dignitaries company employees and dealers who strolled around yellow and White striped party tents. This is like a commencement he said. 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