Union Carbide Calidria Customer Call Reports and Related 3M Papers on RG-100/RG-144 Asbestos Sales and Bagging (1974-1985)

Compilation of Union Carbide/Calidria customer call reports on 3M Company, covering 1974 to 1985. The reports concern RG-100 and RG-144 asbestos sold to 3M's traffic-marking business through its compounder Colonial Rubber, including bag size and polyethylene packaging, dust counts and 3M's asbestos concerns. It also includes a 1980 3M letter and purchased-material specification for RG-144. Several pages are duplicates, and four are handwritten call reports.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Call report, 3M Traffic Control, St. Paul, E. J. Kleber, 2/15/80: plastic (P/E) bag trial for RG-100 (bears UC-584 stamp)
• Page 2: Calidria Corporation call report, 3M Traffic Control Division, T. P. Norris, 1/10/85: bag sizes for Colonial Rubber Works
• Pages 3-4: Call report, 3M Traffic Control, T. P. Norris, 6/22/83 (continuation dated 6/28/83): RG-100 sales, asbestos-free outlook, 3M purchasing
• Page 5: Letter from 3M Purchasing (R. Stephens) to T. P. Norris, June 6, 1980, sending revised RG-144 specification
• Pages 6-7: 3M Purchased Material Specification for RG-144 (resin grade) asbestos
• Page 8: Handwritten call report, 3M, T. P. Norris, 1980 (mostly illegible in OCR)
• Page 9: Call report, 3M Central Purchasing, E. J. Kleber, 2/15/80: LTX literature and bag/handling situation
• Page 10: Call report, 3M highway markers, E. J. Kleber, 9/12/79: keeping RG-100, Colonial dust counts, 82 lb. P/E bags
• Page 11: Call report, 3M pavement markings, E. J. Kleber, 8/30/79: risk of losing RG-100 business at Colonial Rubber
• Page 12: Handwritten call report, 3M St. Paul, T. P. Norris, 3/29/80 (mostly illegible in OCR)
• Page 13: Union Carbide call report, 3M St. Paul, E. J. Kleber with T. P. Norris, 3/12/75
• Page 14: Call report, 3M St. Paul, E. J. Kleber, 3/18/76: 3M halts new asbestos evaluation work
• Page 15: Union Carbide call report, 3M Decatur, Ala., J. E. Walsh, 3/28/74
• Page 16: Handwritten call report, 3M St. Paul, T. P. Norris (duplicate of page 12)
• Page 17: Handwritten call report, 3M, T. P. Norris, 1980 (mostly illegible in OCR)
• Page 18: Duplicate of 2/15/80 call report on plastic bags (page 1), without header
• Page 19: Duplicate of 2/15/80 3M Central Purchasing call report (page 9)
• Page 20: Duplicate of 9/12/79 call report (page 10)
• Page 21: Duplicate of 8/30/79 call report (page 11)
• Page 22: Call report, 3M St. Paul, E. J. Kleber, 1/17/79: introduction to new asbestos buyer
• Page 23: Duplicate of 3/12/75 call report (page 13)
• Page 24: Duplicate of 3/28/74 call report (page 15)
• Page 25: Duplicate of 3/18/76 call report (page 14)

People and organizations

From Edward J. Kleber (Salesman, Midwest region); T. P. Norris (Salesman); J. E. Walsh (Union Carbide salesman/author of 3/28/74 call report).

• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• Tom P. Norris (author)
• Jack E. Walsh (author)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• 3M (named)
• Colonial Rubber Works (named)
• DOT (named)
• Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Alabama Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Michigan Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Minnesota Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Tennessee Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-584 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 25 pages.