T. P. Norris Customer Call Reports on W. R. Grace-Darex (Mexico City) and Darex Sylodex Market Survey, with One Armstrong/Euzkadi Call Report (1982-1984)

Compilation of Calidria customer call reports by salesman T. P. Norris on the W. R. Grace-Darex distributorship in Mexico City, dated January 1983 to November 1984. It also holds a November 1982 Darex market survey memo on Sylodex (SX-14/SX-24) and a September 1984 call report on Armstrong World Industries and Euzkadi. The reports cover sales levels, pricing, warehousing plans, the proposed Watson Phillips distributorship, and the end of the Darex arrangement.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Customer call report, W. R. Grace-Darex, Mexico City, 11/01/84: Watson Phillips as potential distributor of SX-14 and SX-24
• Page 2: Customer call report, Darex, 08/30/84: flat sales, joint visit to Watson Phillips; handwritten notes dated 11/6/84
• Page 3: Customer call report, Darex, 6/21/84: HPO sample to Pond's Sharpe, possible warehousing of SX14-SX24 (copy with handwriting)
• Page 4: Customer call report, Darex, 6/21/84: duplicate of page 3 with different handwritten marks
• Page 5: Customer call report, Darex, 03/29/84: import permits, SX-14/SX-24 prices, warehousing decision
• Page 6: Customer call report, Darex, 11/17/83: new 1984 pricing, Central America and Cuba
• Page 7: Customer call report, Darex, 1/20/83: private-label SX-14/SX-24, joint calls, 1982 sales and 1983 budget
• Pages 8-10: Productos Darex memo from R. Baca to Sylodex File, November 19, 1982: market survey for Sylodex in paints, adhesives and car sealants
• Page 11: Customer call report, Darex, 01/22/84: discussion of cancelling the contract; Watson Phillips as new distributor
• Page 12: Customer call report, Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, PA, 09-10/84: why Euzkadi could not buy SG-100

People and organizations

From T. P. Norris (Salesman); R. Baca (Darex technical sales (author of the Sylodex market survey memo)) to Sylodex File (Productos Darex memo; cc J. Martinez, R. Hoopes, T. Norris).

• Ricardo Baca (author)
• Tom P. Norris (author)
• Armstrong World Industries (named)
• Euzkadi (named)
• Fester de Mexico (named)
• Metals Division (named)
• Mexicana Airlines (named)
• P.T.I (named)
• Pond's Sharp (named)
• Productos Darex (named)
• Protexa (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)
• W.R. Grace (named)
• Watson Phillips (named)

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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · W.R. Grace.

About this copy

This is document UC-507 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 12 pages.