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CAFCO SALES & APPLICATION MANUAL - FOREWORD - yV - / ^'7' A/V / -/\ A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMPANY / W Since 1875,- United States Mineral Products Company has been manufactur- mineral fiber at Stanhope, New Jersey. The Company is $he worldJs oldest man ufacturer of mineral fiber products. . ; -* f " lhe early uses of mineral fiber were for industrial insulation of rail-, way cars, industrial ovens and for boiler and steam-line .protection* It wasn't kitil the early 1930`s that the use of mineral fiber as la.'.'-Vdlldifhg_insulation na-' terial became generally accepted and used in the resideni'iar'.'and. non-revidential ^eld- u:Ufr -' f During World War II, United States Mineral Products Company supplied mineral fiber to customers who blended it with asbestos and other materials for sprayed application. In-these formative years, blended..fiber was used for ship insulation, thermal insulation and acoustical purposes* ' k 5- In the early 1950fs; new management brought to United States. Mineral ... Products Company, intensive concentration on research, product improvements and > product development. The initial products of our developmental effort - CAFCO Standard- apd \CAFCO Type* I - were the forerunners of CAFCO BLAZE-SHIELD and CAFCO SOUND-SHIELD. With consistent dedication to product improvement and refinement to meet divers!-*' r -5ed market needs, the Company now manufactures and sells the following* .fiber j er products.r *; , ti CAFCO BLAZE-SHIELD Type D - New improved fireproofing- product .. \ CAFCO BLAZE-SHIELD Standard - Standard, fireproofing fiber . s- g CAFCO BLAZE-SHIELD Type H - Denser fiber `for acoustical treatment- V;-. * CAFCO HEAT-SHIELD - Ambient thermal insulation* t$ CAFCO POWER-SHIELD - High temperature insulation CAFCO SOUND-SHIELD "85" - Acoustical wet-mix "plaster fiber" - y- Our* program of equipment improvement, which stressgsrproductivity/ re~ liability and proper product application, has provided our. CAFCO.contractors .with. *a strong competitive position in the application-of CAFCO products'..' *. v ^ Our management is dedicated to the continued improvement and .refinement ^d~:A* bf our products and methods of application - our efforts in--this direction will.* * * rontinue unfailingly to provide you, the CAFCO contractor, with the best possible, materials at the lowest possible applied cost. > .: ** The ultimate growth and success of our CAFCO products are*,distinetlyi,E< dependent upon.quality application and proper recommendations for use- to prdvicfo t' most benefit and the best performance. We will not "hesitate in this manual presentation to point out not only the good features of our product, but also to : lay proper stress when and where sprayed fiber should not be used. ' ***: $p5.- j A strong, well qualified team of technical and sales specialisbarStandsT. mready to* serve our CAFCO contractors, architects, and building designers in thel-jV proper and most efficient use of CAFCO fibers. Don'thesitate to make usexof !this 4 * service, as we rely on your questions, comments, and suggestions; to forge ahead * I . in product knowledge and product development.