G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos (Group 7, Shorts) Market Analysis, Union Carbide Marketing Services Department (1974)

Internal market analysis of Group 7 (short fiber) chrysotile asbestos, dated March/April 1974. It estimates 1973 U.S. consumption and forecasts to 1980 by end use (floor tile, drilling muds, joint compounds, paints, adhesives, ceiling tile, paper, plastics, elastomers), profiles competitors and Calidria sales, and appends oil-rig data and a technical paper on coupled chrysotile-reinforced thermoplastics (RG600).

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Cover (April 1974) and title page (March 1974, G. J. Weihs)
• Page 3: Table of contents
• Pages 4-5: Summary, conclusions and recommendations
• Pages 5-11: The product, general market and tables of captive fiber sources, manufacturers, and domestic market by use
• Pages 12-17: Floor tile market, Calidria sales, competition and world-wide use
• Pages 18-20: Oil well drilling muds and wall board joint tape muds
• Pages 21-23: Paints, adhesives and sealants, ceiling tile, paper, and UCC export estimates
• Pages 24-26: Asbestos-filled phenolic molding compounds
• Pages 27-30: New developments: elastomers, drilling, water treatment, synthetic wood, plastic reinforcement
• Pages 31-32: Sources and Exhibit I, Calidria sales by product and application
• Pages 33-35: Appendix I, rotary-rig activity and worldwide oil data
• Pages 36-45: Appendix II, technical paper on coupled chrysotile asbestos reinforced thermoplastics (Ancker, Azrak, Bertolucci) with tables and figures

People and organizations

From G. J. Weihs (Marketing Services Department, Commercial Intelligence Center) to S. Baye (handwritten cc on cover).

• George J. Weihs (author)
• Sula L. Baye (recipient)
• Marketing Services Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Advocate Mines, Ltd (named)
• ASARCO (named)
• Asbestos Corporation Limited (named)
• Atlas Asbestos Company (Coalinga, California) (named)
• Bell Asbestos Mines (named)
• Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd (named)
• Carey-Canadian Mines, Ltd (named)
• Cassiar Asbestos Corp (named)
• Coalinga Asbestos Corp (named)
• Flintkote (named)
• Flintkote Mines, Ltd (named)
• GAF Corporation (named)
• General Dynamics Corp (named)
• H. K. Porter Co., Inc (named)
• Jim Walter Corporation (named)
• Johns-Manville Products Corporation (named)
• Lake Asbestos of Quebec Ltd (named)
• National Asbestos Mines, Ltd (named)
• National Gypsum Co. (named)
• Pacific Asbestos Corp (named)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
• The White House (named)
• U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Arizona Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Canadian Johns-Manville · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Raybestos-Manhattan · U.S. Bureau of Mines · Vermont Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-209 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 45 pages. Production numbers A05914 to KUD647.