Asbestos Companies

Asbestos Companies

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Players in the Asbestos Industry

This is a very loose grouping — some companies only made one type of product — others made every type of asbestos product imaginable. Some have been left out for space considerations.

Thermal Insulation Manufacturers:

Owens-Corning Fiberglas/Owens-Illinois
Pittsburgh Corning
GAF Corporation
Rapid American/Phillip Carey/Celotex
Fiberboard

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Spray / Fireproofing Manufacturers:

W.R. Grace & Co. — Conn.
U.S. Mineral Products Company
Turner & Newall

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Raw Asbestos Fiber Suppliers:

LAQ (Canada)
GAF (USA)
ACL/Bell (Canada)
Cassiar/Brinco (Canada)
Cape Asbestos (United Kingdom/South Africa)

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Industrial Boiler Companies:

Combustion Engineering
Babcock & Wilcox
Riley Stoker
Foster-Wheeler

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Turbine Companies:

Westinghouse
General Electric

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Gasket / Packing Companies:

Garlock
Anchor Packing
John Crane
A.W. Chesterton

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Wallboard / Plaster / Joint Compound:

National Gypsum
U.S. Gypsum
Georgia Pacific

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Companies that have gone bankrupt since 1999 and have or are working on 524(g) plans:

These plans are called 524(g) plans because that is the section of the U.S. Code that they are based on.

Pittsburgh Corning
Babcock & Wilcox
Owens Corning
W.R. Grace
National Gypsum
U.S. Gypsum
A.P. Green/Harbison-Walker/Dresser Industries/Halliburton
Armstrong World Industries
G II Holdings/GAF
There are numerous others that room does not permit us to list

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Bankrupt / Defunct Asbestos Companies:

Johns-Manville
Raybestos-Manhattan/Raymark Industries
Eagle-Picher Industries
Celotex/Carey Canada
Unarco
H.K. Porter
48 Insulations
Keene/BEH
Nicolet/Keasby-Mattison
Asbestospray
North American Asbestos

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