Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning)

• Sold from: “The sale of Union Asbestos & Rubber Company's "Unibestos" high temperature insulation line to Pittsburgh Corning Corporation”, p. 11¹
• Form: “sectional pipe insulation” (as of 1963), p. 11¹
• Made at: “manufactured in Tyler, Texas, at the plant Pittsburgh Corning acquired when the Unibestos operation was purchased” (as of 1963) (the plant: Tyler, Texas), p. 11¹
• Made at: “building a new plant for its manufacture at Port Allegany, Pennsylvania” (as of 1963) (the plant: Port Allegany, Pennsylvania), p. 11¹
• Binder: “an inert silicate binder” (as of 1963), p. 11¹
• Asbestos fiber: “long-fibered amosite asbestos” (as of 1963), p. 11¹
• Ingredient: “diatomaceous earth” (as of 1963), p. 11¹
• Use: “power, marine, refinery, chemical, petrochemical, and atomic fields” (as of 1963), p. 11¹
• Asbestos fiber: “Amosite asbestos is imported by PC from the Republic of South Africa ... produced by the facilities of The Cape Asbestos Company Limited” (as of 1963), p. 11¹
• Description: “Another fine product—UNIBESTOS—has joined the Pittsburgh Corning Corporation family. ... Unibestos is manufactured in Tyler, Texas, at the plant Pittsburgh Corning acquired when the Unibestos operation was purchased.”, p. 11¹

• Made from: “62”, p. 9²
• Made from: “62”, p. 9²
• Made until: “72”, p. 9²
• Asbestos content: “65”, p. 9²
• Form: “PIPECOVER”, p. 9²
• Made until: “72”, p. 9²
• Description: “UNARCO:1936-62”, p. 9²
• Form: “PIPECOVER,BLOCK & SHEETS”, p. 9²

• Asbestos fiber: “an amosite-fibered asbestos material” (as of 1965), p. 15³
• Temperature limit: “high temperature insulation applications ranging from +100°F. to +1500°F.” (as of 1965), p. 15³
• Use: “the petrochemical industries, power plants, utilities, the marine field, for underground pipe applications, and general industrial use” (as of 1965), p. 15³

• Use: “several miles of high temperature lines at the Allen S. King power plant, Lake St. Croix, Minnesota” (sales to Northern States Power Company (Allen S. King power plant, Lake St. Croix, Minn.); insulation contractor Asbestos Products, Inc., St. Paul), p. 22⁴
• Form: “half-round and full-round sections to fit pipe diameters (O.D.) from one to thirty-six inches” (as of 1968), p. 22⁴
• Temperature limit: “temperatures range as high as 1,500°F” (as of 1968), p. 22⁴
• Asbestos fiber: “"Unibestos®" amosite asbestos fiber pipe insulation” (as of 1968), p. 22⁴

• Use: “The 20 inch main steam lines from boiler to generator are all covered with Unibestos® insulation” (sales to Allegheny Power System, Fort Martin, W. Va. (insulating sub-contractor George V. Hamilton, Inc.)), p. 14⁵
• Asbestos fiber: “Amosite asbestos fiber combined with an inert silicate binder and diatomaceous earth” (as of 1969), p. 14⁵
• Form: “half-round sectional form” (as of 1969), p. 14⁵

• Made from: “36”, p. 26⁶
• Made from: “62”, p. 26⁶
• Asbestos content: “65-95”, p. 26⁶
• Made until: “62”, p. 26⁶
• Description: “UNARCO:1936-62”, p. 26⁶
• Form: “PIPECOVER & BLOCK”, p. 26⁶
• Made until: “72”, p. 26⁶
• Form: “PIPECOVER,BLOCK & SHEETS”, p. 26⁶
• Description: “PITTSBURG CORNING 1962-72”, p. 26⁶
• Asbestos content: “65-95”, p. 26⁶

• Use: “Trade name: Unibestos; Description: asbestos fiber; Manufacturer: Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (types of insulating material included in the material cost charged to the contracts)” (sales to The Aber Company, Inc.), p. 10⁷
• Use: “We probably had some fiberglass, some unibestos.” (sales to The Aber Company, Inc.), p. 19⁷

• Made from: “Since 1962, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation has manufactured UNIBESTOS insulation.”, p. 1⁸
• Use: “UNIBESTOS insulation is used primarily in industrial construction.”, p. 2⁸
• Ingredient: “UNIBESTOS contains asbestos fiber, sodium silicate and diatomaceous earth.”, p. 1⁸

• Made from: “did not enter the asbestos field until 1962”, p. 4⁹
• Warning label: “warning placed on the containers in which UNIBESTOS was packaged (text given in PC's answer to Interrogatory 18, not in this document)”, p. 2⁹
• Description: “this Defendant's insulation product, UNIBESTOS”, p. 2⁹

• Made from: “manufacturing UNIBESTOS only since 1962”, p. 3¹⁰
• Warning label: “labels its products with the label quoted in the Answer to Interrogatory Number 18 [first set]; gives contractors the NIMA booklet "Recommended Health Safety Practices for Handling and Applying Thermal Insulation Products Containing Asbestos"”, p. 2¹⁰

• Made from: “UNION desires to sell to PC its plant and facilities for the manufacture of such product and PC desires to purchase such plant and facilities to enable it to enter into the high temperature insulation market.”, said by Union Asbestos & Rubber Company and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation (Agreement of Purchase), as recorded by Pittsburgh Corning Corporation (Exhibit A to its answers to plaintiff's third interrogatories, filed June 27, 1968), p. 3¹¹

• Made from: “Since August, 1962”, p. 1¹²
• Warning label: “Since 1968 containers of the product Unibestos have had the following warning labels”, p. 4¹²
• Use: “sold to distributors, contractors and agencies of the United States Government”, p. 2¹²
• Form: “pipe-covering, applied as taken out of the shipping carton”, p. 7¹²
• Ingredient: “sodium silicate and diatomaceous earth”, p. 1¹²
• Asbestos fiber: “amosite asbestos fiber”, p. 1¹²

• Sold from: “Since August, 1962, this Defendant has sold its product to distributors, contractors and agencies of the United States Government”, p. 2¹³
• Made from: “Since August, 1962”, p. 1¹³
• Warning label: “Since 1968 containers ... have had the following warning labels: This product contains asbestos fibers. If dust is created when this product is handled avoid breathing the dust. If adequate ventilation is not possible, wear respirators approved by U. S. Bureau of Mines.”, p. 4¹³
• Use: “used in new construction and repair of various manufacturing facilities requiring the use of the insulation materials”, p. 2¹³
• Asbestos fiber: “amosite asbestos fiber”, p. 1¹³
• Ingredient: “sodium silicate”, p. 1¹³
• Form: “pipe-covering, shipped in cartons”, p. 6¹³
• Description: “distinguishable from competitors' products by color and appearance”, p. 5¹³
• Ingredient: “diatomaceous earth”, p. 1¹³
• Asbestos fiber: “Pittsburgh Corning Corporation does not use this type of asbestos [the type reported associated with mesothelioma]”, p. 4¹³
• Use: “not placed on the open market to be purchased and used by the public”, p. 6¹³

• Description: “qualified under QPL-2781 as Unibestos #750, Grade II, Class c, listed under Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (QPL-2781-27)” (as of 1962-08-16), p. 79¹⁴
• Made at: “Plant: Tyler, Texas” (as of 1962-08-16) (the plant: Tyler, Texas), p. 79¹⁴
• Made at: “Plants: Tyler, Texas Port Allegany, Pa.” (as of 1964-10-07) (the plant: Port Allegany, Pennsylvania), p. 88¹⁴
• Description: “qualified under QPL-2781 as Unibestos #1200, Grade III, Class f (QPL-2781-36)” (as of 1969-05-27), p. 107¹⁴

• Use: “sold to distributors, independent contractors and agencies of the United States Government for ultimate application” (sales to agencies of the United States Government), p. 2¹⁵
• Warning label: “labels its products with a label quoted in the Answer to Interrogatory Number 18, following National Insulation Manufacturer's Association recommendations”, p. 2¹⁵

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