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T&U:I"HON& 12011 84!1-0440 FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, BERGEN MALL OFFICE CENTER E. 210 ROUTE 4 PARAMUS. N. J. 07652 INC. January 31, 1977 Mr. Howard Franklin U. S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs Room C-4511 Washington, D. C. 20210 Dear Mr. Franklin: This is in respone to your phone call of this date concerning production statistics for asbestos containing friction materials (brake linings and clutch facings). You indicated that Mr. R. H. Mereness of the Asbestos Information Association referred you to me. As I understand your question, you have data based on Census Department Figures for the years to 1974 but you need information for 1975. I indicated that while the Institute gathers i nformaUon on total uni l:. sales of four types of friction material (drum brake 1inings, disc brake linings, brake -'looks and olui.oh fe.oinge) we do not make this information available to outsiders--the total summary figure$ are only available to those reporting unit sales to a firm of Certified Public Accountants. I cannot make these figures available to you without authorization by our Board of Directors. However, I question whether these figures, if available, would give you the information you wanted. First, thGy are for sales to the U. 5) reolacem..ruJ!. _marke\ (they do not include sales to original equipment manufacturers They also do not include export sales. They also are for ~Yi~niiY~ sales only--do not include industrial, farm or construction equipment. Further, they include all types of friction materials--sin-tared matallic and semi-metallic as well as asbestos bearing friction materials. Also, the figures are in units (pieces) and not in pounds (or other weight) or dollar measures. Also, pieces are reported by non U.S. members who produce their materials in other countries and sell in the U.S. market. I would suggesi if you have Census Bureau figures for 1971-74, that you project about a 3% increase in volurre per year, so tnat 1975 would be 3% more than 1974. I'd base this on the figures attached put out by the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (MVMA) where each year there appears to be about 3% more vehicles on the road than the year before. The only really good analysis I've seen in print is in SAE Paper 73054-S entitled 11 Brf'1{e and Clutch Emissions Generated During Vehicle Operationrr by Dr~ Michael Jacko of the Bendix Corporation. Dr. Jacko1 s figures were based on 1972 da~a ar.d some of the background appears on Pages 13, 14 of his paper. I have enclosed a copy of Dr. Jacko's paper. FMSI 07016 Mr. Howard Franklin U. S. Departmen~ of Labor - 2 .. January 31, 1977 I am sorry that I cannot give you the lnstitute1 s summary figures but the members reporting may withdraw from the reporting pr<;~gram if the figures are distributed to parties other than those reporting. But as I indicated, I think they would be of little help in projecting 1975 volumes of domestic production of asbestos bearing friction materials. Sincerely, FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE EWD/erc Enc: cc- R. H. Mereness, AlA Board of Directors E. W. Drislane Executive Diroctor FMSI 07017