Customer Call Reports on Avco Corporation, Lowell, MA, Buying RG-244 Calidria Asbestos for Epoxy and Navy Bomb Coatings (1978-1985)

Eleven Customer Call Reports, dated 1978 to 1985, on sales calls to Avco in Lowell, MA, on the purchase of RG-244 Calidria asbestos for epoxy fire-resistant coatings and a Navy bomb coating. They record the contacts at Avco, requests for OSHA and toxicology information, changes in distributors, sales tonnage against budget, and Avco's 1985 move to an asbestos-free product.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Call report, Avco, 6/16/78 (G. L. Dickson): first meeting with Dash Nahabedian; his OSHA form #20 question on RG-244; follow-up to HBR
• Page 2: Call report, Avco, 4/3/79 (Dickson): follow-up on toxicology information; small RG-244 purchases from Allied Resin
• Page 3: Call report, Avco, 8/5/81 (Dickson): account maintenance; RG-244 used daily in epoxy coating; navy bomb coating volume
• Page 4: Call report, Avco (undated; Dickson): taking over the account as Allied stops being distributor; delivered cost from King City
• Page 5: Call report, Avco, 8/19/82 (Dickson): account maintenance; tons and dollar sales vs. budget; truckload shipped from King City
• Page 6: Call report, Avco, 02/15/83 (T. P. Norris and Dickson): turnover call; possible shipment of RG-244 to Norway
• Page 7: Call report, Avco, 6/7/83 (Norris): epoxy coating sales to Aramco customers; Navy bomb coating contract
• Page 8: Call report, Avco, 2/15/84 (Norris): slow commercial business; Navy contract; concern about environmental regulations
• Page 9: Call report, Avco, 5/15/84 (Norris): concern about state "Right to Know" laws; 1984 forecast reduced to 16 tons
• Page 10: Call report, Avco, August 7, 1984 (Norris): slow commercial business; purchases from Union Carbide and distributor Lenape Chem
• Page 11: Call report, Avco, 05/08/85 (Norris): epoxy coating reformulated to asbestos-free after PPG's competing product; Navy bomb coating continues

People and organizations

From Gordon L. Dickson (Salesman, Eastern/Commercial Region); T. P. Norris (Salesman) to H. B. Rhodes (named in the follow-up action line of the 6/16/78 report (HBR)).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• Tom P. Norris (author)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Allied Resin Corporation (named)
• Avco (named)
• W.R. Grace (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Massachusetts Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · W.R. Grace.

About this copy

This is document UC-652 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 11 pages.