Union Carbide Calidria Sales Files on Armstrong Cork Company: 1970 Call Report, 1977 California Asbestos Letter, 1978 Supply Papers, 1981 Call Report

Compilation of Union Carbide Calidria sales-file papers on its customer Armstrong Cork Co., 1970-1981. It opens with a 1970 Report of Call recording Armstrong's refusal to consider asbestos in mineral wool board because of asbestos-worker lawsuits. The rest are 1977-78 letters and forms on California asbestos regulation, Armstrong's SG-103 pelletized asbestos purchases, a Material Safety Data Sheet request and a supply commitment for its South Gate floor tile plant, plus a 1981 call report noting Armstrong's switch to an asbestos-free formulation. A typed copy of California's asbestos standard (Section 5208) is included.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Report of Call, Armstrong Cork Co., by T. Dougherty, calls of 10/14 and 10/22/70, typed 10/29/70; toxicology objections to asbestos
• Page 3: Handwritten Customer Call Report, Armstrong Cork (T. P. Norris, salesman); date and content largely illegible in OCR
• Page 4: Customer Call Report, Armstrong Cork, South Gate CA, 11/24/81, T. P. Norris; interview with Earl Evans on bagging SG-130
• Page 5: Letter, R. E. Byrne to E. R. Evans Jr., Armstrong Cork, March 21, 1978, enclosing completed specification form and Material Safety Data Sheets
• Page 6: Supplier's Information for Purchase Specification, Armstrong spec. 105146, completed for Calidria pellets (King City, CA)
• Page 7: Letter, E. R. Evans Jr. to J. L. Myers, March 17, 1978, requesting information on SG #103 pelletized asbestos
• Page 8: Handwritten note on 'From the Desk of Harry Rhodes' slip; illegible in OCR
• Page 9: Armstrong Request for Supplier's Information on Hazardous Raw Material, spec. 105146, dated 3-13-78
• Page 10: Letter, Armstrong plant chief chemist to T. P. Norris, March 14, 1978, requesting Material Safety Data Sheet
• Page 11: Letter, J. L. Myers to Armstrong Cork Company, March 13, 1978, confirming intent to supply the asbestos needs of its California floor tile plant
• Pages 12-13: Letter, R. E. Byrne to Armstrong Cork Company, August 8, 1977, on California's Occupational Cancer Control Act reporting requirement
• Pages 14-19: Union Carbide-typed copy of California General Industry Safety Orders Section 5208, Asbestos (enclosure to the August 1977 letter)
• Page 20: Handwritten 'Armstrong Cor Co.' label page

People and organizations

From T. Dougherty (author of the 1970 Report of Call); T. P. Norris (salesman, Western Region); Robert E. Byrne (Assistant Marketing Manager, Union Carbide Metals Division); E. R. Evans, Jr. (Chief Chemist, Armstrong Cork Company, South Gate); John L. Myers (Marketing Manager, Union Carbide Mining & Metals Division) to Armstrong Cork Company, South Gate, CA (customer); E. R. Evans, Jr. (Armstrong Cork Company); John L. Myers (Marketing Manager, Union Carbide); T. P. Norris (Sales Manager, Western Region, Union Carbide).

• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (author)
• Thomas A. Dougherty (author)
• E. R. Evans, Jr. (author, recipient)
• John L. Myers (author, recipient)
• Tom P. Norris (author, recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Armstrong Cork Company (named)
• Asbestos Workers Union (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Mining and Metals Division (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-327 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages.