G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos, Group 7 (Shorts): Market Analysis, with Morgan Guaranty Transmittal Letter to W. C. Thurber (1974)

A 'Confidential for Internal Use Only' Union Carbide market analysis of short-fiber (Group 7) chrysotile asbestos, by G. J. Weihs. It estimates 1973 U.S. consumption at 143,800 tons and forecasts growth to 1980 by end use (floor tile, drilling muds, joint compound, paints, adhesives, ceiling tile, paper, phenolics, plastics). It lists competitors, Calidria sales tables and oil-rig data, and carries a Union Carbide Bound Brook technical paper on asbestos-reinforced thermoplastics (RG600) as an appendix. A February 10 Morgan Guaranty Trust letter to W. C. Thurber transmits the analysis.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover: Chrysotile Asbestos, Group 7 (Shorts), Market Analysis, April 1974, Marketing Services Department, Commercial Intelligence Center
• Page 2: Letter from Morgan Guaranty Trust (R. M. Grobeck) to W. C. Thurber enclosing the market analysis
• Pages 3-4: Title page (G. J. Weihs, March 1974) and table of contents
• Pages 5-7: Summary, conclusions, recommendations, the product, the market in general
• Pages 8-12: Tables 1-4: captive fiber sources, asbestos product manufacturers and plants, number of manufacturers, domestic market by use
• Pages 13-18: Floor tile market, Calidria floor tile sales table, plant location map, competition and new developments
• Pages 19-24: Oil well drilling muds, joint compound, paints, adhesives and sealants, ceiling tile, paper, UCC export estimates
• Pages 25-27: Asbestos-filled phenolic molding compounds
• Pages 28-31: New developments: elastomers, water treatment, synthetic wood, plastic reinforcement (RG600)
• Pages 32-33: Sources; Exhibit I, Calidria asbestos sales by grade and application (3/26/74)
• Pages 34-36: Appendix I: rotary rig activity by state and worldwide oil, wells and refining data
• Pages 37-46: Appendix II: Ancker, Azrak and Bertolucci, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics, Bound Brook, paper on coupled chrysotile asbestos reinforced thermoplastics, with figures and tables

People and organizations

From G. J. Weihs (Marketing Services Department, Commercial Intelligence Center, Union Carbide, New York); Ronald M. Grobeck (Assistant Treasurer, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York (signer of the cover letter)) to William C. Thurber (Vice President & General Manager of Tungsten & Asbestos, Union Carbide Corporation (addressee of the cover letter)).

• George J. Weihs (author)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Marketing Services Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Advocate Mines, Ltd (named)
• ASARCO (named)
• Asbestos Corporation Limited (named)
• Atlas Asbestos Company (Coalinga, California) (named)
• Bell Asbestos Mines (named)
• Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd (named)
• Carey-Canadian Mines, Ltd (named)
• Cassiar Asbestos Corp (named)
• Coalinga Asbestos Corp (named)
• Flintkote (named)
• Flintkote Mines, Ltd (named)
• GAF Corporation (named)
• General Dynamics Corp (named)
• H. K. Porter Co., Inc (named)
• Jaquays Mining Co (named)
• Jim Walter Corporation (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Lake Asbestos of Quebec Ltd (named)
• National Asbestos Mines, Ltd (named)
• National Gypsum Co. (named)
• Pacific Asbestos Corp (named)
• U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Arizona Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Canadian Johns-Manville · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Johns-Manville · New Jersey Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · U.S. Bureau of Mines · Vermont Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1509 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 46 pages.