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From: kevink@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Kevin Kreeger)
Subject: Re: Need Info: carbon fiber & other lightweight composites
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.001325.24030@iplmail.orl.mmc.com>
Sender: kevink@iplmail (Kevin Kreeger)
Organization: Martin Marietta
References:  <4901@meaddata.meaddata.com>
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 00:13:25 GMT

I'm not sure where you can get this material, but I had a problem
finding a material a few months ago...

I received help from something called the Thompson Register.
Apparently it is a list of *every*(?) manufacturing company
also cross-referenced by *everything*(?) they manufacture.

I found it at the local library in the reference section.
However I could not decipher my way through it.

Luckily I found a tear-out card where you could call the Thompson
Register and they will elp you. It only took a few minutes to get
the name and address of the company that manufactured my material.
(Sorbathane shock absorbing material by the way).

Then directory assistance found a number and the company refered
me to a regional distribution center that mail-ordered what I needed.

The number to the place is  (212) 290-7262   and ask for the
information center, they were extremely helpful.

I'm not sure who funds this entity (for lack of a better word),
whether it's advertising to the companies listed, of government
or what, but I got the impression that it wasnt advertising
because everything was listed and cross-referenced.

Anyway, hope that helps, I know I'm keeping the number handy for
next time I'm looking fo a material.



kevin-kreeger@orl.mmc.com
