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FILE NAME: ICI (ICI) DATE: 1967 Feb 17 DOC#: ICI019 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo NEWALLS INSULATION & CHEMICAL CO. LTD AOM TO hViSiiSGTCS Nr. John W addell, Turner b ro th ers Asbostcs Co..tc, K ochcale OUR REF. JW'/JKC OUR REF. X M / C i # 17th February 1957 ah>./ac/eh k h /gh? Private & C onfidential 7 I . C . I . SLCUGH - AfoKSTOS COCTAIHISG^alSMAL Thank you f o r your mcnorandura o f 14 th F & r u a ry . There a re one o r two p o in t a which I th o ug h t you w ould like^m a to commont upon. I .C .I . lcugh la the P ain ts D ivision of I .C .I . and the d ire c tiv e w h ich th ey havo laau o d on th e q u e s tio n of n o n -a a b e s to s m a te rla la I s t h e i r own in to r ^ /r o ta tio n based on tf w i r M edical O f f i c e r 's v ie w s, ho a r e fin d in g t h a t o th o r s e c tio n s of I . C . I . a r e fo rm in g th o i r own o p in io n s b ased on th o ir Medical O ffic e r's in te rp re ta tio n of the s itu a tlo n ^ fo iL . exam ple, a t B i l l Ingham we a re .b ein g a s k e d to c a r r y o u t c o n tr a c t work v rith aluminium or a h s e t m etal f i n i s h e s i n p la c e of ED 2 c e m e n t.* * Ky/* re m a rk s id.th re g a rd to C. Z/S. B- a t t i t u d e to SD 2 s i m i la r l y a p p lie sQ to I.C .I'^ I They w ill ten d sp ecify any arm ouring cement which i s n ^ - v te .. aobestos or a lte rn a tiv e ly they w ill sw itch to a n a ta l type f in is h p re le re h c w to u sin g s ta n d a rd 2D 2 m a t e r i a l. I 'a g r e e w ith t h e 'p o i n t which you make a b o u t th e p o s s ib le lower?? p e rc e n ta g e o f a s b e s to s i n calcium s i l i c a t e a s comped w ith 65% m agnesia, however, th is would not In flu en ce th e m a tte r , alth o u g h you w ill a p p re c ia te th a t a number of firm s m anufacture calcium s i l i c a t e and I would say th a t th e p e rc e n ta g e of^ f i b r e c o n ta in e d in c o m p e titiv e p ro d u c t m ight v ary ir o n 10% t o posolbl^/l72% C o n tin u ed /, (6 o - 2- . in c o n s id e r in g a l te / r .- i tiv c s to a s b e s to s our '&X/ L n p a rtn e n t have c e r t a i n l y gone :r .to th o q u e s tio n o f chopped r l n c z r o v ln c e ar.ci d isc u ssio n s hove c r a re rak in g p la ce w ith T.= .A. Hy p r e v io u s r e f e r e n c e to the f a c t t h a t 1 o ld n e t th in k th a t. i - C . I - u se d much a s b e s to s c l o t h 1b s t r i c t l y r e l a t e d to i n s u l a t i o n w ork. Xe havo c a rrie d cu t over th e p ast year or two, sc ee hundreds-cf - thousands #r worth of I n s u la tio n work fo r I .C .I . and th e q u a n tity of a s b e sto s I c l o th r e q u ir e d on th o se p r o j e c t s h as been I n s i g n i f i c a n t . I t r a y bo th a t the d if f e r e n t I .C .I . D ivisions buy a sb e sto s c lo th fo r uses other than therm al in s u la tio n work.