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Titanium West, Inc.

 Organization

Historical Note

Titanium West, Inc. developed, manufactured, and marketed titanium products and produced titanium sponge. It was established in January 1968 and based in Delaware although it was licensed to operate in Nevada. The company had a plant on the Leareno property in Stead, Nevada.

Company officers included Joseph L. Wosser, Jr. as President, Moya Olsen Lear as Vice-President, and Ronald Blanc as Secretary. It was sold to the Whittaker Corporation, circa 1972. No further information is known.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Series VII. Leareno Development, 1967-1974, 1982, 1991, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: Leareno Development Series VII: Leareno Development (LD) is a small series that provides a brief indication of the company’s focus on real estate, water usage, and property development in Reno, Nevado. The series has been subdivided into four subseries: administrative records, financial records, photographs, and publicity materials. The first subseries, administrative records,...

Series X. Titanium West, Inc., circa 1968-1972

 Series
Scope and Contents: Titanium West, Inc. Series X. Titanium West, Inc., WPL’s company for developing titanium products, is not well-represented, with only a single file of two color photographs of Joseph Wosser, President of Titanium West, Inc., circa 1968-1972.

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