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  2. Manila paper - Wikipedia

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    The Guggenheim claims that this creation of manila paper was a way "of recycling manila rope, previously used on ships." [8] The resulting paper was strong, water-resistant, and flexible. [8] Manila paper was originally made out of old Manila hemp ropes which were extensively used on ships, having replaced true hemp.

  3. Visayan Electric Company - Wikipedia

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    Visayan Electric Company, Inc., also known as Visayan Electric (formerly VECO), is the second largest electric utility in the Philippines and serves the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay and Naga and four municipalities of the greater part of Metro Cebu - Liloan, Consolacion, Minglanilla and San Fernando. Its franchise service covers an area of ...

  4. Manila folder - Wikipedia

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    The Guggenheim claims that this creation of manila paper was a way "of recycling manila rope, previously used on ships". [3] The resulting paper was strong, water resistant, and flexible. [3] The paper shortage "only abated in the 1870s, when rag paper was gradually replaced by paper made from wood pulp". [4]

  5. VECO Corporation - Wikipedia

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    VECO Corporation was an American oil pipeline service and construction company until its purchase in September 2007 by CH2M Hill. As of that date, the VECO Corporation ceased to exist. Founded in 1968 as Veltri Enterprises by Wayne Ray Veltri, renamed VE Construction after being bought in 1970 by Bill Allen and in 1979 changed to VECO Corp. The ...

  6. Hollingsworth & Vose - Wikipedia

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    H&V was founded in 1843 [3] by John Mark and Lyman Hollingsworth, sons of Mark Hollingsworth, a foreman for the paper makers Jeremiah Smith Boies and Edmund Tileston.. The brothers found that paper made from a scrap pile of manila bolt ropes cut from old sails was very strong and suitable for industrial applications; they were granted a patent by the U.S. Patent Office for the manufacture of ...

  7. Abacá - Wikipedia

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    Today, abaca is mostly used in a variety of specialized paper products including tea bags, filter paper and banknotes. Manila envelopes and Manila paper derive their name from this fiber. [4] [6] Abaca is classified as a hard fiber, along with coir, henequin and sisal. Abaca is grown as a commercial crop in the Philippines, Ecuador, Costa Rica.