A. R. Hooker Jr. (Flintkote) to John Myers (Union Carbide) Enclosing Notice of Chicago Heights Floor Tile Plant Shutdown (1980)

Letter from Flintkote's purchasing manager to a Union Carbide contact enclosing a copy of a February 15, 1980 letter from J. C. Murphy to Flintkote flooring distributors. It states that the Chicago Heights, Illinois, plant would stop making asbestos vinyl floor tile after March 28, 1980, while the Los Angeles (Vernon) plant would continue and Toronto was unaffected. Enclosed is Murphy's distributor letter on the plant study results and transition measures. The first page bears a UCC-Calidria Niagara Falls received stamp dated Feb 21, 1980 and handwritten routing notes.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter from A. R. Hooker Jr., Flintkote Manager Purchasing, to John Myers of Union Carbide on the Chicago Heights plant shutdown (received stamp Feb 21, 1980; handwritten routing notes)
• Pages 2-3: Enclosed letter from J. C. Murphy, Vice President-General Manager, to Flintkote Flooring Distributors on the studies of the Chicago Heights and Los Angeles plants and transition steps

People and organizations

From A. R. Hooker, Jr. (Manager Purchasing, The Flintkote Company, Flooring Division) to Mr. John Myers (Union Carbide Corp., Niagara Falls, New York).

• A. R. Hooker, Jr. (author)
• John L. Myers (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Calidria · Illinois Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-262 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages.