Gunisul (Combustion Engineering)

Gunisul was an insulating seal material made by R & I Refractory and Insulation Corporation, a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc.; the sworn answers type the name "Guninsul."¹ In answers given in a lawsuit in February 1968, R & I and Combustion Engineering described it as "comprised of wool, banded vermiculite and clay, packaged in 50 pound bags," naming no asbestos.² Combustion Engineering's own answers in December 1969 and March 1970 give the same ingredients, again with no asbestos.^1,3 The March 1970 answers say R & I made it "beginning prior to the year 1940" and still made it then.¹

An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives a different account: it lists Gunisul under Combustion Engineering as made from 1963 to 1966, with 1 in the column read as percent asbestos.⁴

Asbestos claims

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What each document says

Every statement about Gunisul (Combustion Engineering) in the documents, in each document's own words.

See also

• Combustion Engineering: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Combustion Engineering on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

1. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories (March 30, 1970), pp. 4–5.
2. The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Response to plaintiff's interrogatories (February 14, 1968), p. 4.
3. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories under Rule 33 (December 23, 1969), p. 5.
4. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.