14 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1969
Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Memos on the Asbestos Flooring and Paper Markets, with King City Calidria 1969 Budget Pages (1969)
Compilation of two 1969 internal Union Carbide memos and five pages of King City Calidria budget schedules dated 12-16-68. The first memo reviews competitors supplying asbestos to the flooring industry (Johns-Manville, Philip Carey…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 10, 1968
B. L. Ingalls Call Report on Milton Bradley Co. Asking Union Carbide's Advice on Asbestos in Fibro-Clay Modeling Clay (1968)
…Co.' Union Carbide Chemicals Division report of call, B. L. Ingalls, Milton Bradley Co., 7/10/68 (typed 8/1/68), with handwritten marks Second copy of the same Milton Bradley call report Separate Union Carbide…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…in which F. D. Dexter set out his view that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting the Calidria asbestos business. He outlined preliminary steps: make it a separate entity, run it with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 8, 1968
F. D. Dexter to R. H. Gregory, Jr. Requesting Information on Making the Asbestos Business a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (1968)
Memo marked 'Business-Confidential, Asbestos' in which F. D. Dexter formalized a request to the Law Department and others for information on making the asbestos business a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of UCC. He listed questions on the tax…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…F. D. Dexter set out his views on the Calidria asbestos business. He wrote that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting it, outlined preliminary steps (a separate subsidiary, a few incentivized people…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 3, 1969
J. E. Skvarla to R. E. Byrne and Others Transmitting Technical Service Report on Repulping Calidria Asbestos Pellets for Nalco Chemical Company (1969)
A December 1969 internal Union Carbide cover memo from J. E. Skvarla forwards a November 21, 1969 Technical Service Report prepared for Nalco Chemical Company on aqueous repulping of Calidria pelletized asbestos. The report describes continuous…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 14, 1968
F. D. Dexter to E. A. Barr and Others Transmitting the Asbestos Workshop Presentation Recommending Divestiture of the Calidria Business (1968)
…1968. It includes an October 14 memo from F. D. Dexter asking permission to send a 'position paper' to Union Carbide's own people, an October 15 cover memo, handwritten notes, and the text of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1968
R. S. Wishart, Jr. to F. D. Dexter on Possible Sale of the Calidria Asbestos Project to Johns Manville (1968)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that Kenneth Rush had spoken with Mr. Burnett of Johns Manville about the Calidria asbestos project and that Burnett would respond in about three weeks. It relays Rush's advice on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1969
N. J. Setter to F. D. Dexter, W. S. Young and L. P. Jehle on The Asbestos Market in the Flooring Industry (1969)
Internal Union Carbide memo reviewing the asbestos market in vinyl asbestos (VA) and asphalt floor tile, including estimated tonnages by customer and asbestos source, and the competitive position of Coalinga asbestos. It discusses options for increasing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 8, 1968
R. G. Woolery to R. E. Byrne and Others on the Annual ASTM D-30 Sub III Meeting in San Francisco, with Draft Asbestos Definitions (1968)
Internal correspondence reporting on the June 24-28, 1968 ASTM D-30 meeting in San Francisco, including the Sub III (Asbestos and Other Natural Occurring Fibers) committee's work on test methods and definitions. Attached are a sixth draft of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1969
N. J. Setter to F. D. Dexter, W. S. Young and L. P. Jehle on The Asbestos Market in the Flooring Industry (1969)
Internal correspondence from the Chemicals and Plastics division in New York on the asbestos market in vinyl-asbestos (VA) and asphalt floor tile. It estimates total asbestos tonnage and Coalinga producers' share, tabulates estimated VA tile…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1972
D. E. Deese to Distribution on OSHA Respiratory Protection Requirement for Asbestos Tear-Out (1972)
Memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to a list of Union Carbide recipients reporting OSHA's interpretation of respiratory protection for asbestos tear-out or removal. It states that OSHA's Delbert Flowers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1968
F. H. Thompson Informal Report on Improving the Optical Properties of Paper with Asbestos T-135 (1968)
Informal laboratory report (Project No. 443-N11, File No. 15) on handsheet tests of King City Asbestos T-135 and asbestos-titania fillers as paper opacifiers. It compares drying temperature, slurry temperature, high-shear Waring Blendor opening, 1%…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. R. Guest on Asbestos Dust Monitoring at the Texas City Plant (1972)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which an industrial hygienist sent H. R. Guest the available asbestos dust study data for the Texas City plant. He listed limits on the data and said asbestos was still in…