Documents in our library describe Hy-swell (Nicolet) as “boards”.1 They give it as made 1971–1981.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
How Hy-swell (Nicolet) looked: a label, photograph or catalog page from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
What each document says
Every statement about Hy-swell (Nicolet) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
Kind of product
We list Hy-swell (Nicolet) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Nicolet (13)
Sal-mo · Kolormate · Monobestos · Aircell · Honeycomb · Asbestos Millboard Mb-1 · K-board · Kon-x · Norbestos · Norriscell · Resistal · Nortex · Sbr
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (370)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Hansonite (Keene/Beh) · Hardiflex (James Hardie & Co.) · Heat Treated Molted Metal Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Homart (Sears) · Homestead (Johns-Manville) · Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) · Humigard (National Gypsum) · I-s (Owens-Corning) · If It'S Supradur It'S Supra-Durable! (Supradur) · Imperial (GAF) · Imperial Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Industal (Keasbey & Mattison) · Industrial (Keasbey & Mattison) · Industrial A-c Board (Philip Carey) · Italit (Eternit, Inc.) · and 350 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Nicolet: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Nicolet on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 21.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (March 13, 1968). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: Hy-Swell asbestos rubber sheet packing (Nicolet Industries Inc.), Image.
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