Union Carbide Calidria Sales Call Reports, Price Report and Memo on GAF Corporation, with Press Articles on GAF's Sell-Off (1975-1981)

Compilation of Union Carbide Calidria asbestos customer call reports on GAF Corporation (Whitehall PA, Wayne NJ, Vails Gate NY, Long Beach, Houston), 1975-1981. It also holds a competitive price report, a January 1981 internal memo on SG-103-9 bag supply, a table of GAF's 1978-79 purchases, and two press articles on GAF's 1980 plan to sell eight businesses. The reports cover GAF's asbestos purchases, Calidria prices against Carey Canadian and Atlas fiber, bag sizes, and the plants' ordering limits.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Call report, GAF Corp., Whitehall PA, by F. Baukert/G. L. Dickson/J. L. Myers (4/28/75): sales effort for paper felt backing for vinyl roll goods
• Page 2: Second copy of the same 4/28/75 GAF Whitehall call report
• Pages 3-4: Call report, GAF Wayne NJ, J. L. Myers with G. L. Dickson and T. P. Norris (10/21/80): 1981 requirements and proposed pricing for Long Beach and Vails Gate; page 4 is the continuation
• Pages 5-6: Call report, GAF Wayne NJ, G. L. Dickson and J. L. Myers (8/27/80): new purchasing staff, Atlas situation; page 6 is the continuation
• Page 7: Call report, GAF corporate purchasing, Rose Ann Munn, G. L. Dickson (filed 5/29/81): plants issue their own releases; possible sale of GAF tile plants
• Page 8: Call report, GAF Wayne NJ, G. L. Dickson (2/24/81): Long Beach and Vails Gate SG-103 orders
• Page 9: Call report, GAF Wayne NJ, G. L. Dickson (2/14/79): Bernie Jast says SG-103 price is too high
• Page 10: Call report, GAF Wayne NJ, J. L. Myers with G. L. Dickson (filed 8/7/79): GAF's intentions on asbestos purchases and Atlas; call date partly illegible
• Page 11: Table, 1978 and 1979 GAF Corporation purchases of Calidria asbestos by month, Long Beach and Vails Gate (G. L. Dickson, 7/30/79)
• Page 12: Call report, GAF Vails Gate NY, G. L. Dickson (12/1/80): product satisfaction, price objections
• Page 13: Competitive price report (11/18/80): SG-103-9 to GAF Vails Gate against Carey Canadian Mines; recommended $132/ton
• Page 14: Call report, GAF Vails Gate, G. L. Dickson (7/10/81): 2 cars/month of SG-103, freight penalty and TiO2 use
• Page 15: Call report, GAF Vails Gate, G. L. Dickson (4/16/81): 2-carload limit, prospective buyers of GAF tile operations
• Page 16: Call report, GAF Vails Gate, G. L. Dickson (2/25/81): two-car-per-month policy, plant inspections by prospective buyers
• Page 17: Call report, GAF Vails Gate, G. L. Dickson (1/13/81): Carey price comparison, titanium dioxide savings; the reverse side is not included
• Page 18: Wall Street Journal article by Ann Huey on GAF's plan to sell eight units (December 1980)
• Page 19: Chemical Week article, January 7, 1981, on GAF's planned sell-off of businesses
• Page 20: Internal memo, G. L. Dickson to W. B. DeAtley (January 16, 1981): SG-103-9 and 90# bag supply for GAF Vails Gate
• Page 21: Call report, GAF Houston TX, J. E. Walsh (6-13-77): introductory call; back-hauling SG-103, OSHA attention, Calidria pellet versus Atlas free fiber

People and organizations

From F. Baukert (Union Carbide salesman; wrote the 4/28/75 GAF call report (with G. L. Dickson and J. L. Myers)); Gordon L. Dickson (Salesman, Eastern Region; author of most of the 1979-1981 call reports and the 1/16/81 memo); John L. Myers (Salesman, Eastern Region); J. E. Walsh (Salesman, Southern Region; author of the 6/13/77 Houston call report) to T. P. Norris (Copy recipient on the call reports); W. B. DeAtley (Union Carbide, Box K, King City, CA; addressee of the 1/16/81 memo).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• John L. Myers (author)
• Jack E. Walsh (author)
• W. B. DeAtley (recipient)
• Tom P. Norris (copied)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Atlas Asbestos Company (Coalinga, California) (named)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• Carey (named)
• Carey-Canadian Mines, Ltd (named)
• Chemical Week (named)
• Exxon (named)
• Flintkote (named)
• GAF Corporation (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• OSHA (named)
• The Wall Street Journal (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Johns-Manville · New Jersey Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-595 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 21 pages.