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A trade-newsletter article giving a short history of the plastics industry, from nitrocellulose and Celluloid through Bakelite, and then the machine tool and press industries and the growth of plastics production during and after World War II. The page 2 text says the first successful molded phenolic used an asbestos fibre filler. The pages also carry advertisements and fragments of other SPE News items. unreviewed
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- Author
- Paul L. Reed (Editor of "Industrial Plastics"; acting chairman of the Cleveland Section, SPE)
- Published by
- Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE News)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-5282
- Number
- Bates UC-5282
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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Paul L. Reed. "A Quick Look at the Plastics Industry." SPE News.
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People and organizations
From Paul L. Reed (Editor of "Industrial Plastics"; acting chairman of the Cleveland Section, SPE).
- Society of Plastics Engineers (its organization)
- Celanese (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe.
About this copy
This is document UC-5282 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages. Production numbers UC-5282.
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Paul L. Reed (Editor of "Industrial Plastics", acting chairman of the Cleveland Section, SPE). “Paul L. Reed, "A Quick Look at the Plastics Industry," SPE News.” Union Carbide documents, UC-5282, Bates UC-5282. Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE News). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-5282.
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