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Division of that company. In 1943 The American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company changed its name to The American Brake Shoe Company, In 1966, The American Brake Shoe Company changed its name to Abex Corporation. In 1990, Abex was absorbed into its parent corporation now known as Pneumo Abex Corporation. Abex further states that these answers have been prepared upon a continuing review of numerous documents and records which would be impossible to identify. (C) See Answer to Interrogatory No. 4. (D) See Answer to Interrogatory No. 6(a). (E) Abex's asbestos-containing automotive friction products contained approximately 25 to 70 percent chrysotile asbestos only. (F) Abex ceased manufacturing and selling its asbestos-containing automotive friction products in 1987 due to a shift in the demand of the automotive friction products market. (G) See Answer to Interrogatory No. 6(f). (H) Abex states that its asbestos-containing automotive brake linings were shaped into curved, linear segments in such dimensions as required by the specifications, characteristics and uses established by the manufacturer of the vehicle or the equipment on which the lining would have been applied. (I) Friction products are generally designed to assist in the stopping or control of a moving object. (J) See Answer to Interrogatory No. 6(f). NY1-13WM. 9- -