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Union Carbide Corporation and Degussa Agreements for Distribution of Calidria Asbestos Thickening Agents, with Drafts and Schedules (1969-1971)

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A compilation of agreements between Union Carbide and Deutsche Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt vormals Roessler (Degussa) for market development and resale of Calidria Asbestos R-G 244 and R-G 144 thickening agents. It includes the signed 15 April 1969 agreement, a draft Union Carbide Asia Ltd. agreement for Japan, a marked-up 1971 distributor agreement with exhibits and test procedures, and a clean 1971 draft. Page 1 carries a handwritten note 'JWK 1st Contract'.

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Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics Operations Division
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-989
Date
April 15, 1969
Library no.
ACL Doc 16183 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16183
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A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Pages 1-8: Agreement of 15 April 1969 between Union Carbide Corporation and Degussa on market development and sale of Calidria R-G 244 and R-G 144, with Schedule A (countries)
  • Pages 9-16: Draft agreement (dated 9/10/70 in the margin) between Union Carbide Asia Limited and Degussa for non-exclusive distribution in Japan; blanks unfilled
  • Pages 17-32: Annotated draft 1971 distributor agreement between Union Carbide and Degussa (non-exclusive reseller, prices, delivery, labeling, warranties, termination, export controls) with handwritten edits
  • Pages 33-37: Exhibits to the 1971 draft: territory list, product list, handwritten purchase schedule, Schedule 3 specifications for Calidria A-28 (10/1/70) and tentative test procedures
  • Pages 38-51: Clean typed 1971 draft of the distributor agreement (pages 41-46 not sent in the OCR set)

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This is document UC-989 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 51 pages.

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“Union Carbide Corporation and Degussa Agreements for Distribution of Calidria Asbestos Thickening Agents, with Drafts and Schedules.” April 15, 1969. Union Carbide documents, UC-989. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics Operations Division. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16183. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16183.

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