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Pro Tapes & Specialties, Inc.
Distance: 14.7 Mi621 Route 1 South
08902 North Brunswick -
Trenton Corrugated Products, Inc.
Distance: 38.2 Mi17 Chelten Way
08638 Trenton -
Marlin Candle Co
Distance: 72.4 MiPO Box 1068
8087 Tuckerton
Description
Berry Business Procedures Co. began operations in 1956 in Westfield, New Jersey by three partners, Lawrie Montgomery, Chester Cheek and Jack Meyer. Mr. Meyer quickly exited the partnership, leaving Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Cheek until 1971. We will come back to that date a little later. Berry's primary customer base was end users of Burroughs, NCR and Philips accounting machines, printing journals, ledger cards, accounts receivable statements, accounts payable and payroll checks. The company worked closely with the machine salesman and end users to provide a smooth transition from hand bookkeeping to "automated" accounting. Remember, computers were a laboratory experiment back then, and mechanical accounting machines where a quantum leap in productivity over hand bookkeeping. As in any new business, funds were scarce. Many of the functions were subcontracted until the necessary equipment could be purchased. Business in the early 60's grew to the point where a new and larger facility was needed to fulfill the demands of the growing customer base. Consequently, a building was purchased in Cranford on 6 Park Street. Before long, a warehouse was added, nearly doubling the size of the existing structure. As personal computers became more affordable, the demise of the accounting machine was inevitable. Since Berry did not have the financial resources to convert from sheet fed to rotary or continuous forms equipment, which are required to manufacture computer forms, it became...