Leading Questions, the resulting interviews were obtained from individuals in about 60 different companies. The responses noted in this report came from interviews with PW readers in a wide variety of manufacturers. Individual readers participating in this study came from companies including: Pabst Brewing, Gensia Laborato-ries, Pepsi-Cola Bot-tlers, Bassett Furniture, Brach Confections, Interstate Brands, Kraft Foods, Williams Bakery, Scotts Liquid Gold, Crackin' Good Bakers, Gary Chemical Corp., A. E. Goetze, Bon Ton Foods, Klement Sausage, Hershey Chocolate U.S.A., Rhone Poulenc Agricultural Chemicals, Vanee Foods Co., Monsanto, Sawdust Pencil Co., Mother's Cake & Cookie Co., Solaris Co., Country Fresh Dairy, Nathan's Famous, Pierre Frozen Foods, IBM Corp., Durex Corp., Shasta Bev-erages, Juice Bowl Products, Micron Technology, Findley Adhesives, Hawaiian Sun Products, Pak Sak Industries, Clorox Co., Libby McNeil Libby, National Mfg. Co., Massachusetts Container, and Greer Laboratories. We thank our readers at these and other companies for their participation in this report.
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