Document 8RN77xgXn86B1dKDV5dD1QNzy

August 24, 1971 MEMORANDUM POR THE RECORD SUBJECT: UNIBEST DISCUSSION WITH SANDY HOLMAN, AUGUST 24, 1971 Only reason for staying with unlbestos and not closing down until Unibeat Is In production Is market continuity profit margin Is on 5.6Z. At the Port Allegany Plant they shut down on August 16 for one month the unlbestos manufacturer and ere running only one line of Unibest on ' experimental pilot plant basis trying to solve the binder migration problem. Thera Is same cutting of unlbestos. There are 60 t'otal oaployees in unlbestos plant, Port Allegany has 441 employees of which 91 are salaried. The timetable for Unibest la based on solution of binder problem prior to September 26th Board Meeting* After Board approval, production la.. 6 months at Fort end 9 months et Tyler, Including net/ manufacturing'V,"Cv.*; building. K ,:)V 1 I advised again about the increased risk represented by the longer Tyler exposure which should be considered when deciding oe whether to close out Tyler Plant. LBGilc i" : r Lee B* Grant, M.D Medical Director THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT A RECORD OF PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. DID NOT COME FROM IT'S FILES AND CANNOT BE AUTMEN1 iCA i ED BY PFG INDUSTRIES, INC. / 5429