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FILE NAME Kelly Moore KM DATE 1975 Mar 28 DOC KM021 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes - Paco Production Meeting PACO PRODUCTION MEETING March 28 1975 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT tables 38 PRESENT John Brown Don Marquardt Doug Merrill Bob Miller Bill Moore Wes Wessel John Winslow 1 John only This The revised 4151 Topping appears to be the best product we have made and Brown reports that it stands well has minimum shrinkage and works well The problem he has encountered is that it could need more open time in warm weather can be corrected but would raise our cost slightly 2 Doug Merrill has attempted to revise our 4051 Purpose similar to the 4051 Topping however the first experimental batch of this did not work too well in the field tests The biggest problem was that it was sensitive in thinning down and could be thinned quite easily Also the customer reported that it worked harder Doug will do some additional work on this to see if we can get a satisfactory 4051 at a lower cost 3 We have decided to put more effort into promoting our 5525 Dry Powder Taping Compound since this represents a good savings to the customer and according to Don Marquardt also works well If we can do this particularly with small users we think it will put us in a better competitive position since our competition does not have a product this good In order to promote this it will be necessary for the custome to have a inch drill with an extension shaft and blade for mixing We will try to purchase these through our HIC's so that they can be sold to our customers at a savings We will also buy one for each of our salesmen to use for demonstration purposes 4 We are still getting reports in the Northwest and from the Bay Area that our 5565 Wall Texture is thinning down in the tanks and is soft when applied to the wall which makes it difficult to obtain a good paint job over the texture However Wes Wessel and Don Marquardt both say they are getting excellent results with it Doug has been unable to duplicate this problem in the lab therefore it will be necessary for us to get samples from the customer who is having a problem and see if we can determine what it is from tests on the field product 5 We have not completed the tests on painting over Quik to see if it can be done without putting on a sealer coat however preliminary tests made by Doug show that it should not be much of a problem Bob Miller will have the lab make these tests within the next week and put out a bulletin on the results At this time we have decided not to try to make Quik in California since the heavy season for it is almos over We will reconsider this next fall 6 The State of California regulations on use of asbestos in Paco products reduces it to a maximum of 1/2 of % effective July 1 1975 and there is a further re- duction to zero on July 1 1976. This is more strict that the current EPA regulations KMX 01375 PACO PRODUCTION MEETING March 28 1975 Page 2 which apply to the rest of the country Our 5565 Wall Texture is asbestos free and our best selling product therefore we can promote this without any problem We will need to get our 6373 Acoustic down to this by July 1. Doug feels that it may be impossible to do this with the 6374 product however work will be done on both of them As soon as he has samples he will try to get them tested so that we have some knowledge as to where we stand prior to the July 1 deadline This California regulation only applies to spray products so it does not affect our joint cement at this time Since this product cannot be sold through our stores after July 1 we will have to set up a program whereby we have the new product available and distributed and all the old product either sold or brought in for sale outside the State of California John Winslow and Doug Merrill will coordinate a program to take care of this It appears that we will need to have this new product not later than May 1 . Don Marquardt reports that Hamilton is now selling an asbestos acoust in 50 lb. bag which one customer has reported he likes and has gone to this product The cost on this is 6.21 less 14 Don will get a sample bag for Doug to use as a comparison in making our asbestos type 8 The next meeting will be held on Friday May 2 at 8:30 A.M. cc Gene Biddle Peter deVries Jack Fuhrman Bill Harrison Chuck Hogue Al Holland Dick Nesmith - Frank Skaggs KMX 01376