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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1968 Apr 30
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DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Internal Report - Corporate Planning - with Confidential Stamp
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Corning Fiberglas Corporation
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To comply with your recent request for a 11st of
which the Company should give consideration to now products and processos
Corporate Planning for future growth I submit as a part of the long range
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1. Glass Reinforced Ceramic Composites
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substantially improve I OCF has never had a sponsored program in the area of reinforced ceramics
We have worked however on an unofficial and quite limited basis with
( . wsielvleral outside expanies and Universities Indications are glass fibers
green strengths increase drying rates and in
- a for cases reports have come back to us to the effect that
also improve fired strengths even though they seem to
glass fibers
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disappear in the
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1. The probability of improving strengths of
: habiling damage and breakage are extremely high
reduce process
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fired strengths of caramio composites are about Probability of improving ...-
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: higher temperature resistant fibers will improve5t0h/o5s0e oDdedvselopmenn t i of ..o.t
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study I have recommended D in this area for a number of
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years With adoquato
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mapover we could be the ones who make the big breakthrough
use of glass fibers as reinforcement reinforcement for ceramic composites Yes I
_ would recommend that OCP undertake such a
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fibers as reinforcement for
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XF has carried out considerable researob over the past 20 years in this area Problems of alkali attack adhesion modulus and costs have not as yet beon solved There is considerable interest in this concept throughout the world |
including behind the Iron Curtain OCF has a cooperative program FDM sponsored under way on evaluating a crack propagation concept evolved by a
robability Probability of Success
Probability of success is at best 50/50 Basic problems of alkali attack
adhesion have not been solved although recent work in England Russia and
own program with Dr. Klink show promise
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The potential market for glass fibers as reinforcement for concrete is so large 8
that it staggers the imagination It is the consensus of most of the people
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working in this area that the probless of reinforcing concrete with glass fibers will eventually be solved We could with our vast background in glass fiber
resin and eoperate technology be the ones to make the breakthrough The FIN
Division is planning to continue sponsoring a glass reinforced concrete progran
at Granville I fully support such a study
Glass Fiber ~ Sulfur Composites
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This concept involves the use of glass fibers to reinforce sulfur
Status
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Basie work patent granted by OCF indicates sulfur can be reinforced with glass
fibers to achieve composites having exceptional structural strengths Southwest Research has followed up on this concept and has demonstrated the ability to build low post buildings using mixtures of glass fibers and molten sulfur as the
adbesive to bold the sonerete
offers a real potential for low
nations of the world ot
or cinder block walls together cost housing especially for the
This concept underdeveloped
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This program was placed on the shelf by the International Division It does not offer OCF e@ high profit >>> high volume market Bowever it could gain for OCF and the U.S. points in solving the housing problems for many of the underdeveloped nations of the world I recommend this program at least be ret unted by Management for possible follow up as a solution to the World's bousing problems
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Glass Fiber Reinforced Calcium Sillesto Insulation
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covers the development This concept
replacement l as
for asbestos
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of a treated glass fiber which can in the reinforcement of calcium silicate
be used insulations
the first Marketing sponsored D Program However due to a shortage
Iotf imsancpuorwreerntltyheaprogracmalicsiutmemspiolriacraitleys oin s trheeporstheedlfcaAussbeestoscantcheer cBuorrceanutse s
reinforcing reinforcing
fiber for
actions and
for protection of our position
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adverse publicity possible o^ urt
to eventually recre
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the calcium silicate market it is necessary
aIsn bestos fibers Laylo It would be very desirable we were +2
in the St ts to replace asbestos calcium silicate market
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RTS Less than 25
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Recammonistions becomes available This is a tougb
Reactivate this program as soon as manpower I recommend we continue with our program
We just
a problem to solve however
to be first in the removal of asbestos
can't allow one of our competitors
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CDoenvceleoppt a dry structural roof dook to broaden our line of structural and
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During the past 20 years OCF people have developed or had made availableBitcoal
inorganic bonded then three structural roof deck products - Tectum an Panels now being
Lifa product
now produced
by National Gypsum
Solas Clay Foam
silicate product
called
introduced on the market by Dow and a calcium
market a structural roof
developed by OI OCP does not ourrently produce or
currently No active program is
under my
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Dry It all depends on whether the product must be based
structural roof decks have already been developed
probability is the product is to be based on glass then the
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OCF Marketing has
sative program in
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an urgent nood for such a
this area Marketing of
be considered =. Oma.
product R should have an
acy developed structural
This concept covers Inorganic > Class Fiber Compositos espable of being
,molded in standard FRP prosses using standard standard molding techniques .
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Recent exploratory investigations in
be developing inorganic alurry systems which can be reinforced with
, fibers to produce products having strengths
glass
but at a substantially lower lower cost : rate ratd ed fireproof
comparable to reinforced plastic
Being completely completely inorganic , they would
a
Frobability of Success
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An active program should be set
to
molding systers Such
up
pursue the development of all inorganic
bustibility He could seyasstielmysbeoftfheer lower costs higher modulus and incom
could be a serious threat to
ones who developdevelop such a product It
alse should
our future growth in the FRP market if on
as up with such a product
7. Fire Rated Acoustical Products
Concept Concept Concept
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concept This
covers the development of one and two hour
board acoustical products
rated tile and siling
RL OCF now markets
and E2 ons and two hour
: acoustical tile and ceiling board products
are extremly poor Customer acceptance of
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rated glass fiber fire rated
Gross margins of such products the El and B2 products are also
Probability
of surcose
surcose
processlose ~
25 or
if we go the
et as name ot
glass
fiber routs
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if we go the Fourdrinier wat
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Recommendations
one and two hour OCF 1
must develop a camplote line
of board
Cur ently
products
if we
are
to
remain
in
the
hour rated tile and ceiling
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the acoustical market Various
programs must be continued ..
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8. High Temperature Glass Fiber Insulation 0 ie
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This covers .
development concept
the
of a high
based on glass fibers which will
high temperature insulation product
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OCT a
developed several years ago a product
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called ware lower than those obtained on
Multi Multi Temp Gross margins
from the Market Several
Kaylo ISC MarketingMarketing withdrow the product
high temp insulation are cunrerwenctolnyceputnsderofwparyoducing a lower cost Kulti
Probability of Successt
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50/50
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Recommendations
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Frogram initiated recently which involves boat
followed up with a post saturation of
foltingfolting of the glass fibers
program should be continued
clay shows considerable considerable promise This
9. Gleas Reinforced Fused Salt Composites Composites
Concept
This concept involves the reinformement of
produce structural
fused salt with glass fibers to
expesites
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75.000 This concept has been reduced to
there is no ourreat
practice Patents have been filed for
program and n apparent interest within within the
However
concept
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We have dez
nstrated it is possible to mohlove flex
company on this
pal It is possible to adapt this
strength as high
concept to produce structural ics
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Recommendations
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This offers the
company a now accept of producing notallis high strength
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Market Research should be carried out to determine whether markets
compositop
exist for such exposites
1500 In addition to the above there are a number of product concepts in the high tempora-
ture calcium silicato insulation field which we hope to develop in the not too
distant future They include such pralucts as Marinite fire rated wall assemblies
ceramic drying pallets high temperature oven door insulation
insulation
insulating cemonts furnace insulation elevator door and shaft insulation pipo
fittings large size noctional ware and bonded aggregato apposites If you would
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like to review any of the above in greater detail please call no
Finally over the years wo so a company have directed our efforts toward glass fibers I've hoard many people say from time to time nothing nos e sos out of Research Iot in the past 10 - 15 years two completely different products namoly
glass foam pellets and glass flake have boon developed For some reason reason neither found any success on the market I believe both products dosarvo a evaluation as to possible market applications Incidentally both are proprietary OCF products
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