18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1971
P. L. Reiber to R. L. Folkman on Asbestos Export Sales in Europe (1971)
Internal memo reporting on the writer's recent trip to Europe, where he met Heinz Trautmann and staff of U. C. Europe S.A. in Geneva to discuss asbestos sales and reseller activity. It describes three product groupings (standard grade for floor…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1979
John L. Myers to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others on Strategic Planning for the Calidria Asbestos Business (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers responding to a 4/3/79 memorandum from Bob Rebholtz on defining the asbestos business and industry. Myers described the Calidria business as mining, milling and marketing short fiber asbestos, said a single industry…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1980
J. T. Kelly to R. L. Folkman Transmitting the Asbestos Strategy Package for the King City Calidria Business (1980)
A cover memo from J. T. Kelly of Financial Control transmits the latest asbestos strategy package, which assumes an OSHA TLV of no more than 1.0 fiber per cc and estimates the cost of a 0.5 fiber limit at King City. The attached slides cover the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 4, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. L. Folkman on the NIOSH Asbestos Recommendation and the King City Plant, with Attached Request and Wall Street Journal Article (1977)
Internal letter in which H. B. Rhodes answered R. L. Folkman's December 28, 1976 request for comment on the NIOSH asbestos statement. He summarized the OSHA 1975 proposal and the NIOSH position, said the King City plant was generally meeting the 2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1980
R. W. Rebholz Transmittal to G. R. Bailey, R. L. Folkman and F. J. Shortsleeve of J. L. Myers' 1981 Asbestos Business Budget Narrative, with Myers' Memo and 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981' (1980)
Exhibit consists of a one-page cover note from R. W. Rebholz forwarding the 1981 Asbestos Business Budget narrative, a Myers-to-Rebholz internal memo dated October 28, 1980, and Myers' five-page report 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981'. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 13, 1980
R. W. Rebholz to G. R. Bailey and Others on Asbestos Business Meetings (1980)
Memorandum dated March 13, 1980 announcing that, with the Mineral Products Meeting on March 27, Dr. Rhodes would discuss the current status of health-related regulations on the promotion and use of asbestos products. A discussion to update the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 4, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. L. Folkman on NIOSH Asbestos Recommendation and Calidria Exposure Levels, with Folkman's Request and WSJ Article (1977)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division letter in which H. B. Rhodes responded to R. L. Folkman's December 28, 1976 request for comment on the NIOSH asbestos statement. He summarized the OSHA proposal and the NIOSH…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 23, 1979
T. D. Finnigan to R. L. Folkman and Others on the 'Asbestos In Schools' Bill, H.R. 1524 (1979)
…by companies that mined, made or imported asbestos from 1946 to 1972. It gives an estimated Union Carbide share of $180,000 under a $30 million ceiling, discusses possible larger abatement costs, and attaches the bill…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 27, 1980
R. W. Rolley to R. L. Folkman on the 1981 Asbestos Budget (1980)
Internal Metals Division memo transmitting a revised 1981 sales budget for the asbestos business. It describes the aim of offsetting rising plant costs and holding a gross margin of about 30%, an average price increase of 17.9 percent, California…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1, 1980
H. B. Rhodes to Asbestos SPU Distribution on Status of Asbestos Regulatory Matters, with Presentation Text and Figures (1980)
Internal Metals Division cover memo from Harrison B. Rhodes dated April 1, 1980, enclosing the text and figures of his March 28, 1980 presentation to the Asbestos SPU Committee on asbestos regulatory matters, plus suggested changes to the asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1979
Memorandum on Strategic Planning for the Asbestos Business, to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others (1979)
Memorandum discussing how to define the industry and business for the Metals Division's Asbestos Business Strategic Plan. It describes California (King City) chrysotile's physical properties and its uses as a viscosity control agent and in paper,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 3, 1980
J. T. Kelly to G. R. Bailey and Others Transmitting Draft Asbestos Strategic Plan for the Metals Division (1980)
A one-paragraph internal cover memo from J. T. Kelly sends a rough draft of the asbestos strategic plan for review at a March 28 meeting. The attached slide-style draft covers the short fiber asbestos and viscosity control businesses at King City,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 4, 1978
W. C. Thurber to F. C. Kroft, Jr. on RG-244 Sales Picture (1978)
A Metals Division memorandum following a May 1, 1978 discussion of RG-244 sales. It reports that RG-244/SX-24 sales volume for the first four months of 1978 was 140% of the same period in 1977, due to strong exports, and that full-year 1978 sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 27, 1980
Metals Division Memo to R. L. Folkman on the 1981 Asbestos Budget (1980)
Internal Metals Division memo transmitting a revised 1981 sales budget for the asbestos business. It proposed an average price increase of 17.9 percent to offset rising plant and energy costs in California, discussed floor tile filler sales to GAF,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 16, 1979
T. D. Finnigan to R. L. Folkman and Others on the Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act, H.R. 1524 (1979)
Memo reporting on House action on the "Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act" (H.R. 1524). It says a subcommittee amended the bill's funding provision, that the full committee's mark-up was postponed from March 14 to March 29, and that…