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FILE NAME: International Harvester (INTH) DATE: 1979 Aug IB DOC#: INTH035 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: M em o RE Asbestos Substitute SAFETY SUPERVISOR I MELROSE PARK PLANT August 13, 1979 Supervisors, Plant Protection & Safety Safety Supervisors Plants, Foundries & Engineering Centers Asbestos Substitute It is corporate policy, as you know, to eliminate asbestos and asbestos-containing products by substituting products that do not contain asbestos fibers, or to have other com panies perform our machining and fabricating on materials for which there is no substitute. Mr- Robert Richardson, a sales engineer for Pyrotek, visited Mr. Ed Alpaugh and myself on August 8 to discuss their sub stitute products. They make a wide range of ceramic, fiber glass and resin materials, including transite and gasket sub stitutes, which could virtually eliminate asbestos in the plants and foundries, Pyrotek also offers a service to machine and fabricate asbestos products, A leaflet describ ing their products is attached. We gave Mr. Richardson a list of our manufacturing and engi neering operations, and he or another representative will call on you in the near future. If Ed or 1 can be of further assistance, please, call us. . 0. S. D, S, Janetka 1 Industrial Hygienist ja Attachment cc: Mr. J. Gats - PDD - Broadview Mr. W. R, Torres - ReNEW Systems Mr. W. E, Nichols Central Office EMPLOYE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND.SAFETV/ CHICAGO. ILLINOIS