IVIV (11) 175 Re Kraft bags

[Mark Kohut]

I did know something of that Kraft family. Do we know of any founding history re the kraft process? Any connection with them and that process---or even just brown paper bags?

--- On Thu, 10/29/09, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: IVIV (11) 175 Re Kraft bags
> To: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>, "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 11:17 AM
> The Kraft family owns Kraft foods,
> makers of many highly-processed
> "cheese-food products". They also own the New England
> Patriots footbal
> team and a large chunk of Foxborough Massachusetts.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_process
> >
> > Kraft paper is paper produced by the kraft process
> from wood pulp. It is strong and relatively coarse. Kraft
> paper is usually a brown colour but can be bleached to
> produce white paper. It is used for paper grocery bags,
> multiwall sacks, envelopes and other packaging.
> >
> > This is all I know.....as a process, kraft is often
> not capitalized yet sometimes is. As above. Dunno nothing
> about Mr. Kraft.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: IVIV (11) 175 Re Kraft bags
> >> To: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>,
> "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> >> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 1:12 PM
> >> I believe that Bob Kraft has always
> >> capitalized his last name. Even
> >> before he owned the food company or the stadium.
> Or the
> >> football team.
> >>
> >> I always thought it was "craft" paper.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Seems kraft, which later earned a
> capitalization, is a
> >> material:
> >> >
> >> > Vi Stock: The bags shall be made of
> unbleached 100%
> >> kraft (sulfate) pulp with
> >> > the ... The physical requirements for kraft
> bags are
> >> as shown in the following
> >> > ...
> >> >
> >> > From a book in Google Book Search.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> >> >> Subject: Re: IVIV (11) 175
> >> >> To: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >> >> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:59 AM
> >> >> > - I don't know what is  a #66
> >> >> market bag. I may refer to a shop's name,
> an
> >> >> > old chain-store firm?
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> http://kraftbag.com/
> >> >>
> >> >> there is just a list of all the bag sizes
> on this
> >> page,
> >> >> I was hoping for some history since
> "kraft paper"
> >> is
> >> >> that heavy duty stuff they make bags
> from, and
> >> there
> >> >> probably was somebody named Kraft who
> invented
> >> them.
> >> >> But there is a size 66 listed.
> >> >>
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> >> >> --
> >> >> --- "Bearing in mind that either I don't
> know
> >> >> or it'll be my ass if I tell you, what is
> it,
> >> man?" - Coy
> >> >> Harlingen
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