Union Carbide High-Purity Asbestos Paperboard Information Sheet, with J. L. Myers's History of the 'Calidria' Asbestos Business and Attachments (1979)

The exhibit opens with a Union Carbide "Asbestos Information" sheet promoting its high-purity asbestos as a filler and retention aid for paperboard, with two mill-trial summaries. It continues with J. L. Myers's 1979 narrative history of the Calidria asbestos business (discovery, mining, processing, organization, markets and competitors), followed by Attachments 1-32 of tables, charts, maps and market-share data.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover of Union Carbide 'Asbestos Information' sheet: high-purity asbestos as a fibrous filler and retention aid for paperboard
• Page 2: Board mill evaluation: asbestos in the top liner of 22 pt. folding boxboard, with brightness data and cost-savings estimates
• Page 3: Application summary: asbestos in the top liner of 33 pt. white vat-lined chip board, with results
• Pages 4-7: J. L. Myers, 'The Union Carbide "Calidria" Asbestos Business' (5/1/79, rev. 7/11/79): history, mining, processing, organization, markets
• Pages 8-11: Attachments 1-4: asbestos mineral classification, sources and uses, comparative data, advantages of chrysotile
• Pages 12-14: Attachments 5-7: images and a map of the deposit area (OCR garbled or failed)
• Page 15: Attachment 8: Canadian chrysotile asbestos classification and recommended grades by product
• Pages 16-17: Attachments 9-10: image pages (OCR failed)
• Pages 18-21: Attachments 11-14: unique characteristics of the Coalinga ore, process flow chart, and image pages
• Pages 22-23: Attachments 15-16: financial performance table (rotated) and Calidria chronology 1957-1978
• Pages 24-25: Attachments 17-18: Calidria marketing organization chart (4/1/79) and plant organization chart (rotated)
• Pages 26-28: Attachments 19-21: major world asbestos sources, asbestos statistics, U.S. chrysotile consumption in 1978
• Pages 29-31: Attachments 22-24: Calidria product applications, domestic application areas, participation in domestic markets
• Pages 32-38: Attachments 25-31: market detail and competitor shares by segment (flooring, roofing, coatings, plastics, drilling muds, viscosity-control markets)
• Page 39: Attachment 32: competitors and market share in asbestos and viscosity control markets (USA and Europe)

People and organizations

From J. L. Myers (Marketing Manager).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type.

About this copy

This is document UC-897 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 39 pages. Production numbers A05367 to A05368.