Combustion Engineering was founded in 1912 and is known for developing fossil and nuclear steam power supply systems throughout the United States. Combustion Engineering also was a manufacturer and distributer of boilers, cement, insulation, adhesives and asbestos coatings. Combustion Engineering was originally headquartered in New York City, but moved its headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut in […]
A.P. Green Industries initially opened in the 1910s and produced warship boilers used in World War I and World War II. Even though A.P. Green Industries knew of the dangers of asbestos they used this dangerous mineral in its products through 1973. Many of their refractory products remain in aging machinery today and continue to […]
A-Best Products Company, a textile manufacturer, produced safety clothing and related products that were heat resistant. These cloth products were sold to plants nationwide for workers to use as protection from heat. A-Best products include coveralls, aprons, gloves, mittens, coats and drop cloths. End users of A-Best Products included anyone who made, wore, or distributed […]
W.R. Grace was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. In 1963, W.R. Grace bought an asbestos-containing vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana. This mine produced around 200,000 tons of asbestos-containing vermiculite per year for use in construction work. Throughout the 1900s, W.R. Grace manufactured asbestos-containing products primarily for construction workers. This included insulation, […]
C.E. Thurston & Sons Inc. was founded in 1919 as a contracting services provider. The company began as a small distribution business for mechanical packing manufacturers, and expanded into insulation, marine and cold storage contracting. In 1949, the company was incorporated as C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc., headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. The company provided materials […]
History: Bondex International was founded in 1959 by its parent company, the Reardon Company, when it registered Bondex’s trademark. The company is located in Medina County, Ohio. In 1966, the Reardon Company was acquired by Republic Powdered Metals, more commonly known as RPM, Inc. RPM, Inc.’s name was changed to SPHC in 2010 prior to […]
Like many companies today, ABB Lummus Global, Inc. is the product of mergers. In 1988, Almänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (General Swedish Electrical Limited Company, ASEA – est. 1883) and Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC – est. 1891) merged into what would become ABB Asea Brown Boveri. With additional purchases by ABB in 1989, they announced […]
Garlock Sealing Technologies is a manufacturer of fluid-sealing products, including gaskets and compression packing. Founded in 1887 by Olin Garlock, the Garlock Packing Company’s primary manufacturing facility is located in Palmyra, New York. Garlock currently operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of EnPro Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NPO). Prior to December 31, 2000, Garlock incorporated asbestos […]
Armstrong Contracting and Supply Corporation (ACandS Inc., aka AC&S) was established in 1958 as the insulation contracting division of Armstrong Cork. In New York State, ACandS established offices in Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and New York City. In 1969, Irex Corporation acquired ACandS from Armstrong Cork. In 2002, ACandS filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
Below is a list of job sites in New York State where ACandS contractors worked. Our attorneys have gathered a vast amount of information concerning the type and variety of asbestos-containing products to which our clients were exposed. If you or a loved one once worked for ACandS and have been diagnosed with an asbestos-related […]