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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1970 Sept 24 DOC OC255 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Unarcoboard vs. Johns Manville Marinite | 1970 lo 30 1970 or to E. Mirra subject Unarcoboard versus Johns Manville Marinite company correspondence from 7. Lee : date Sept. 24 1970 . Cc oo mye i At long product last I versus have come up with some information Johns Manville's harinite concerning our : First our pricing is competitive our density is competitive and : our spec approval is competitive Our thicknesses leave - little to be desired Johns Manville's come in thinner sizes than we can supply currently If we can get Our down to service 1/2 or 3/0 temperatures it would definitely be are acceptable at this to our advantage time as is our K factor and UI approval The dustier compared our .. unarcoboard is that the surfacies is cut there is more asbestos When dest of than with the J.M. Our current other products to Juis but it is primer is good not a suitable adhesion primer for - painting over We should have another primer that would be easier for customers to paint over rather than using the blue color for Westinghouse Electric We should also be able to give the custome a board that is easier to cut to dimensions and one that we can cut Our more accurately to specified dirensions than we are now cutting is not accurate we are not holding to dimendon doing stability as specified as well as .. Harinite is getting the business because of writing specifications and have guide customers on the use of this product they have done specifications an excellent for their job i feel that in order for us to obtain this business we must come bd through with a product that does not have the dusting problems that we currently have We must also develop guide specifications in the marine field as well as others and we must also offer thinner boards than we now do We must have a base coat primer oe similar to J.H rather than the primer we was now Another here on getting point we the east should coase consider is equalizing freight with J.M. This can make the difference between . or losing a job Po 01166 01166 Otate -4-Rs