1966 · Owens-Corning internal memorandum
Kaylo research and carton-warning memo
Internal correspondence discusses possible caution statements for Kaylo cartons.
Historical insulation research
Kaylo Cartons, Labels and Product Identification
Historical carton markings, product identity and warning-label chronology.
The name on the carton
A 1956 Kaylo brochure identified Owens-Illinois Glass Company as manufacturer and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation as national distributor. A worker may remember the distributor name on a carton even though a different company made the insulation.
1966: asbestos wording on cartons
The Illinois Supreme Court recounted a 1966 Kaylo carton label stating that the product contained asbestos fiber and advising workers to avoid breathing dust. The wording and placement of a label can help distinguish remembered packaging from other decades.
1970: revised carton caution
The same judicial account describes revised caution wording in 1970, referring to the inhalation of dust. Packaging recollections are especially useful when paired with approximate dates and a remembered supplier.
Remember the delivery
Think about cardboard cartons, pallet stacks, a distributor truck, handwritten stockroom labels, the name used by the crew, and whether a carton carried a printed caution. Record the remembered wording without trying to reconstruct it from a modern image.
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Kaylo in Shipyards, Boiler Rooms and Industrial Insulation Work
A documented look at shipboard pipe covering, boilers, turbines and insulation tasks.
Explore history →Kaylo Manufacturing: Berlin, New Jersey and the 1958 Transition
How manufacturing, distribution and ownership changed over the Kaylo years.
Explore history →Kaylo Historical Insulation Library
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Explore history →Begin with your memory
Dates, trades, the workplace and equipment can help us investigate an old insulation history.
Original historical documents
Read the Kaylo records at ToxicDocs
These source documents connect the product history to the actual historical record.
1998 · Litigation exhibit index
Kaylo warning photograph exhibit index
Index lists a photograph of a Kaylo warning dated January 19, 1967; the index is not the photograph itself.