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Asbestos companies use the mineral in their products and manufacturing processes. Many of these asbestos companies have been named in lawsuits stemming from their use of the carcinogen. Notable asbestos companies include Johns-Manville, National Gypsum and Armstrong World Industries.


01. History of Asbestos Industry

History of the Asbestos Business and Industry

The history of asbestos use in various industries dates to the late 1800s, when large deposits of the mineral were found in Canada and the northern United States. Industries quickly incorporated asbestos into their processes because of the mineral’s resilience and ability to resist chemical reactions, heat and fire.

Mining asbestos peaked during the 1960s and early 1970s with some estimates putting the production of U.S. asbestos near 300 million pounds. Many different industries relied on asbestos. Various types of companies used asbestos. These included:

  • Asbestos suppliers: These companies sold raw asbestos to other companies for use. Today, asbestos is still imported into the United States for use in some products.
  • Mining companies: These companies mined the mineral and sold it to suppliers. The last asbestos mine in the United States stopped operations in 2002.
  • Product manufacturers: These companies made products that incorporated asbestos materials.
  • Product sellers & distributors: These companies sold asbestos products, such as auto part stores.
  • Product users: These companies used products that contained asbestos, such as construction companies.

In the 1970s, the dangers of asbestos started to become more widely known among the public. However, internal documents from various companies reveal their knowledge of asbestos-related health hazards. Companies in various industries, such as construction and chemical refining, used asbestos. One of the most notable asbestos companies was Johns-Manville. The company produced asbestos construction products and operated its own mines.

Today, companies, such as Johns-Manville, are often named in asbestos lawsuits related to past use of the mineral.

Asbestos Use and Manufacturing Today

Asbestos use in U.S. manufacturing continues today because there is no ban on the mineral. Despite regulations to limit exposure, individuals can still risk exposure to the carcinogen.

The U.S. currently imports asbestos, but it does not mine asbestos. Imported asbestos is still used in some industries and in asbestos products. The chlor-alkali industry, which produces chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen, persists in using asbestos as part of its processes.

A total ban nearly came into effect in 1989, but an industry challenge in court blocked it. Since then, banning asbestos has been discussed multiple times.

In 2021, the country imported an estimated 100 metric tons, which was down significantly from previous years. For example, the U.S. imported 681 metric tons in 2018. However, actual asbestos consumption in 2021 was 320 metric tons, likely due to stockpiling of previous imports.

In April of 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a ban on chrysotile asbestos, which is the only type of asbestos imported.

Asbestos Products

Asbestos companies and manufacturers included asbestos fibers in a wide range of products. Building materials, automotive parts and personal care products have been found to contain asbestos. In the United States, certain products may still contain up to 1% of asbestos.

Not only can new products have some asbestos, but older products that are currently in use could, too. Working on a classic car or remodeling a home, for example, could expose people to asbestos.

Common asbestos products include:

Asbestos Occupations

For decades, asbestos use was widespread in products, and workers from many occupations came in contact with it. People from all walks of life may have been exposed at home or work. Blue-collar workers and veterans are among some of the individuals most likely to have been in contact with asbestos. For many years, asbestos was an essential part of products used every day in blue-collar and military work environments.

Being exposed may cause workers to develop asbestos diseases, such as asbestosis, asbestos-related lung cancer and mesothelioma. Individuals exposed to asbestos while at work may be eligible for compensation. Common asbestos occupations include:

02. List of Asbestos Companies

List of Potentially Negligent Asbestos Companies

Many industries and companies relied on asbestos as a key component to their processes. These companies may have exposed their employees, consumers and others to the toxic mineral, putting them at risk for asbestos-related diseases.

Depending on how an individual was exposed, these companies may have liability for any asbestos diseases individuals develop. An experienced asbestos attorney can help determine who may be liable for an individual’s asbestos disease.

The following list contains known negligent companies. It should not be considered a complete list. There may be more companies than those listed here that put individuals at risk of asbestos exposure.

Potentially Negligent Asbestos Companies
List of Asbestos Companies
  • A-B Electrical Supply Company
  • A-Best
  • A.O. Smith Corporation
  • A. P. Green Industries
  • A.P.I. Inc of Minnesota
  • A.W. Chesterton Company
  • ABB Inc.
  • ABB Lummus
  • Abbett Electric Corporation
  • Abco Welding Supply
  • Abex Corporation
  • ABF Freight
  • Able Industries Inc.
  • AC&S
  • Acadiana Rubber & Gasket Company
  • Ace Plumbing & Electrical Supplies Inc.
  • Acmat (Acoustical Materials)
  • Acme Insulations Inc.
  • Actuant Corporation
  • ADC Supply Corp.
  • Advance Auto Parts Inc.
  • Advanced Liquid Recycling Inc.
  • Advocate Mines
  • Aero Jet
  • Afton Pumps Inc.
  • AK Steel Corporation
  • Albany Felt Company Inc.
  • Albay Construction Company
  • Alcoa Inc.
  • Aldrich Pump LLC & Murray Boiler LLC/Trane U.S. Inc.
  • Alfa Laval Inc.
  • Allied Building Products Corp.
  • Allied Glove Corporation
  • Allied Paper Incorporated
  • Allied Signal Inc.
  • Allis-Chalmers
  • Alpha Wire Corporation
  • Amatek
  • Amatex Corporation
  • Amber Supply Co. Inc.
  • Amchem / American Chemical
  • Amcord Inc.
  • Amdura Corporation
  • American Airlines Inc.
  • American Biltrite Inc.
  • American Brake Shoe Company
  • American Crystal Sugar Co.
  • American Cyanamid Company
  • American Electric Power
  • American Foreign Steamship
  • American Home Products Corporation
  • American Honda Corp.
  • American Insulated Wire Corp.
  • American International Co.
  • American Laundry Machinery Inc.
  • American Lubricants Inc.
  • American Olean Tile Co.
  • American Optical Company
  • American Saturated Felt
  • American Standard Inc.
  • Anchor Packing Co.
  • Anco Insulation
  • Anheuser Busch Inc.
  • API Heat Transfer Inc.
  • Aqua Chem Inc.
  • Argo International Corporation
  • Armstrong International Inc.
  • Armstrong World Industries
  • ASARCO
  • Ashland Specialty Chemical Company
  • Astra Flooring Company
  • AT&T Corp.
  • Atlantic Richfield Company
  • Atlas Electric Supply Company Inc.
  • Atlas Heating and Ventilating Company Ltd.
  • Atlas Turner Inc.
  • Attransco Ship Management Co. Inc.
  • Aurora Pump Company
  • Auto Barn Stores Inc.
  • Automatic TLC Fuel Oil
  • Automotive Supply Associates Inc.
  • Autozone Inc.
  • AVCO Corp.
  • Aventis Cropscience USA Inc.
  • Avocet Enterprises Inc.
  • Avon Products Inc.
  • Avondale Industries Inc.
  • Babcock & Wilcox
  • Badger Metals Inc.
  • Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Inc.
  • Bakers Pride Oven Co. Inc.
  • Baldor Electric Company
  • Ball Corporation
  • Barko Hydraulics LLC
  • Bath Iron Works
  • Bay Oil Company
  • Bayer Corporation
  • Bayonne Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • Beadex
  • Bechtel Corporation
  • Beckett Corporation
  • Beech Aircraft Corporation
  • Belden Wire and Cable Company
  • Bell & Gossett Company
  • Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd.
  • Bell Atlantic Corp.
  • Bendix Corporation nka Alliedsignal Inc.
  • Bergen Tile & Linoleum Co.
  • Best Manufacturing Company
  • Bestobell Steam Traps
  • Bestwall LLC/Georgia-Pacific Corporation
  • Bethlehem Apparatus Inc.
  • BF Goodrich Company
  • The BHP Copper Inc.
  • Biltrite Corporation
  • The Bird Corporation
  • Blackman Plumbing Supply Company Inc.
  • Blackman Supply
  • Blackmer Pump Division
  • BMW of North America LLC
  • BNSF Railway Company
  • Bohn Aluminum Inc.
  • Boiceville Cracker Barrel Inc.
  • Boise Cascade Corporation
  • Bondex International
  • Borg Warner Automotive Inc.
  • Bostik Inc.
  • BP Amoco
  • Brand Insulations Inc.
  • Brass Craft Manufacturing
  • Brauer Supply Company
  • Bridgestone Tire Co. (Firestone)
  • Bristol Babcock Inc.
  • British Airways Plc
  • Brown Insulation Company
  • Bryan Steam Corporation
  • Buffalo Air Handling
  • Buffalo Pumps Inc.
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company
  • Burnham Corporation
  • Burns & Roe
  • Burns International Services Corporation
  • Busy Beaver Building Centers Inc.
  • Byron Jackson Pumps
  • California Portland Cement Company
  • Camden Flooring Company
  • Canteen Corporation
  • Capital Gypsum
  • Carboline Company
  • Carborundum Company Inc.
  • Carey Canada Mines
  • Caristo Construction Corp.
  • Carlin Combustion Technology
  • Carlisle Companies Incorporated
  • Carrier Corporation
  • Carver Pump Company
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • CBS Corporation
  • CE Thurston
  • Celotex
  • Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
  • Central Jersey Supply Company
  • Central Pipe Supply
  • Central Power & Light Company
  • Central Wholesale Electrical Distributors Inc.
  • CertainTeed Corporation
  • Cessna Aircraft Company
  • Champion Friction Co.
  • Chemrex Inc.
  • Chevron Corporation
  • Chevron Shipping Co.
  • Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
  • Chicago Fire Brick
  • Chicago Pneumatic
  • Chief’S Auto Parts Inc.
  • Chiquita Brands International Inc.
  • Ciba-Geigy Corporation
  • Cilco Energy Corporation
  • City Line Plumbing & Heating
  • Cla-Val Automatic Control Valves
  • Clarage Fan Company
  • Clark Equipment Company
  • Clayton Manufacturing
  • Cleaver Brooks Company
  • Colonial Sugar & Refining
  • Coltec Industries Inc.
  • Columbia Acoustics
  • Columbia Boiler Co.
  • Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
  • Combustion Engineering
  • Comet Auto Supply Inc.
  • Commercial Refrigeration Company
  • Commonwealth Edison
  • Compudyne Corp.
  • Conagra Foods Inc.
  • Conair Corporation
  • Congoleum
  • Connecticut Light & Power Company
  • Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.
  • Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc.
  • Consolidated Insulation Inc.
  • Consolidated Rail Corporation
  • Conval Inc.
  • Conwed Corporation
  • Cooper Industries Inc.
  • Cooper Tire & Rubber
  • Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
  • Courter & Company
  • Crane Company
  • Crescent Electric Supply Company
  • Crocker-Wheeler Company
  • Crosby Valve Inc.
  • Crown Boiler Co.
  • Crown, Cork & Seal Company Inc.
  • CSR Limited
  • CSX Transportation Inc.
  • Custom Building Products
  • Cutler-Hammer Inc.
  • Cypress Plumbing & Heating
  • Cyprus Amax Minerals Co.
  • Cytec Engineered Materials Inc.
  • Daimler Chrysler
  • DAL-Tile International
  • Dana Corporation
  • Dana Holding Corporation
  • Daniel International Corporation
  • DAP Inc.
  • DB Riley Inc.
  • De Laval Steam Turbine
  • Dean Pump Division
  • Deere & Company
  • DeKalb Tile Company
  • Dereco Inc.
  • Detroit Stoker Company
  • Diamond National Corporation
  • Dixie Machine Welding & Metal Works Inc.
  • Dole Foods
  • Domb Lighting & Electrical Supply Company
  • Domco Products Texas L.P.
  • Donaldson Acoustics Co. Inc.
  • Donlee Technologies Inc.
  • Douglass Insulation
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Dowman Products Inc.
  • Dresser-Rand
  • Duke Power Energy Carolinas LLC
  • Dunkirk (division of ECR International)
  • Dupont
  • Durabla
  • Durametallic Corporation
  • Durfee Hardware
  • Duro Dyne Corporation
  • Dynamic Seals Inc.
  • E. J. Bartells Company
  • E&B Mill Supply
  • Eagle Asbestos & Packing Company
  • Eagle-Picher Industries
  • East Kentucky Power Cooperative
  • Eastern Refractories Co. Inc.
  • Eastman Kodak Company
  • Eaton Electrical Inc.
  • Eckel Industries
  • Edward Valves
  • EI Dupont de Nemours and Company
  • Electric Boat Corporation
  • Electrolux
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc.
  • Elm Supply Co. Inc.
  • Empire Ace Insulation Man
  • Enpro Industries Inc.
  • Equistar Chemicals LP
  • Ericcson Inc.
  • Essex Plumbing Supply Inc.
  • Essex Wire Corporation
  • Evcon Industries
  • Expo Industries Inc.
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Fairbanks Company
  • Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation
  • Fairchild Corporation
  • Falk Corporation
  • The Farrell Lines Inc.
  • FB Wright Company of Pittsburgh
  • Federal Boiler Company
  • Federal Mogul
  • Fel-Pro
  • Feldman Lumber Industries Inc.
  • Felt Products Mfg. Co.
  • Fiat USA Inc.
  • First Hartford Corporation
  • FirstEnergy Corporation
  • Fisher Scientific Company
  • Fiske Brothers Refining Company
  • Fitzgibbons Boiler Company
  • Flexitallic
  • Florida Lumber Company
  • Flowserve US Inc.
  • Fluor Enterprises Inc.
  • Flushing Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • FMC Corporation
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Forty-Eight Insulations
  • Foseco Inc.
  • Foster Valve Company
  • Foster Wheeler Corporation
  • Fraser’s Boiler Service Inc.
  • Friction Materials Inc.
  • Friedman Bros.
  • Fulton Boiler Works Inc.
  • Furnace & Duct Supply Co.
  • G&G Seal Co.
  • GAF Corporation
  • Gage Company
  • The Gardner Denver Inc.
  • Garlock Sealing Technologies
  • Garson Plumbing Supplies
  • General Cable Corporation
  • General Dynamics Corporation
  • General Electric Company
  • General Motors
  • General Motors
  • General Refractories Company
  • Genuine Parts/Abex
  • George A. Fuller Company
  • Goodall Rubber Company
  • Goodman Lumber Company
  • Goodrich Corporation
  • Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
  • Gould’s Pumps Inc.
  • Grabler Manufacturing Co.
  • Graham Corporation
  • Granite Construction Company
  • Granite Rock Company
  • Grant Wilson Inc.
  • Graphic Construction Corporation
  • Graves Automotive Supply
  • Graybar Electric Company
  • Grinnell Corporation
  • Grossman’s Lumber
  • Gulf Oil Limited Partnership
  • Gustin-Bacon Division
  • H. K. Porter Company
  • H.B. Fuller Company
  • H.B. Smith Company Inc.
  • Halliburton
  • Hamilton Materials Inc.
  • Handy Auto Supply Co.
  • Hangsterfer’s Laboratories Inc.
  • Hanson Permanente Cement Inc.
  • Harbison Walker
  • Harley-Davidson Inc.
  • Hartel Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp.
  • HD Supply
  • Heating Oil Partners LP
  • Hedman Mines Ltd.
  • Hennessy Industries Inc.
  • Henry Quentzel Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • Henry Vogt Machine Co.
  • Hercules Chemical
  • Herzog Supply Co. Inc.
  • Hesco Electric Supply Company Inc.
  • Highland Stucco
  • Hill Brothers Chemical Company
  • Hirsch Pipe & Supply Co. Inc.
  • Holland Furnace
  • Hollinger Company
  • Hollingsworth & Vose Company
  • Homasote Company
  • Honeywell International Inc.
  • Hopeman Brothers Inc.
  • Hudson Heating
  • Hudson Iron and Metal Company
  • Hunt Construction
  • Hysol Aerospace Corporation
  • ICI Composites Inc.
  • Imerys
  • IMO Industries Inc.
  • Inductotherm
  • Industrial Holdings Corporation
  • Industrial Insulation
  • Industrial Rubber & Specialty Company
  • Industrial Welding Supply Inc.
  • Insulation Distributors Inc.
  • Insulation Supply Corp.
  • International Business Machines Corporation
  • International Harvester
  • International Paper Company
  • Invensys Systems Inc.
  • Ironbound Electric Supply Company Inc.
  • Isbrandtsen Marine Service
  • ITT Corporation
  • ITT Fluid Products Corporation
  • ITT Grinell Corp.
  • ITT Hoffman
  • ITT Sheraton Corp.
  • J. T. Thorpe
  • J. T. Thorpe Successor Trust
  • J.A. Sexauer Inc.
  • J.C. Whitney & Co.
  • J.H. France Refractories Co. Inc.
  • Jacuzzi Brothers, a division of Jacuzzi Inc.
  • Jamaica Plumbing & Heating
  • Janos Asbestos Company Inc.
  • Jaquays Asbestos
  • Jennison Hardware Company
  • John Bryant Motors
  • John Crane Company
  • John Deere Industrial Equipment Company
  • Johns-Manville
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Johnson & Johnson (LTL Management LLC)
  • Johnson Controls Inc.
  • Joy Global Inc.
  • Kaiser Aluminum
  • Kaiser Gypsum Company Inc.
  • Kaiser Refractories
  • Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation
  • Kamco Supply Corporation
  • Karnak Corporation
  • Keeler Dorr Oliver Boiler Company
  • Keene Corporation
  • Kelly Moore Paints
  • Kennecott Corp.
  • Kentile Floors Inc.
  • Kerite Company
  • Kew-Forrest Plumbing & Heating
  • Keyspan Energy Corporation
  • Kimberly-Clark Scott Corporation
  • Klauser Supply Co.
  • Kohler Company
  • Koppers Company
  • Kraft Foods
  • L&H Plumbing & Heating Supplies Inc.
  • L&M Surco Mfg. Inc.
  • LAQ
  • Leonnox International Inc.
  • Leslie Controls
  • Liberty Plumbing & Heating
  • Lincoln Electric Company
  • Linstedt Oil Company
  • Lipe-Rollway Corporation
  • Lloyd Lumber Co.
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Lockheed Shipbuilding Company
  • Loews Corp.
  • Long Island Lighting Co.
  • Long Island Railroad
  • Lorillard Tobacco Company
  • Louisiana Sugar Cane
  • Lucent Technologies Inc.
  • Lufkin Industries
  • Lykes BrosSteamship Co.
  • M.H. Detrick Company
  • Mac Products Inc.
  • MacArthur Company
  • Mack Trucks Inc.
  • Magnaflux Corporation
  • Magnatrol Valve Corporation
  • Mann Packing Co Inc.
  • Manning Paper Company Inc.
  • Mannington Mills
  • Mansfield Plumbing Products Inc.
  • Marathon Oil Corporation
  • Maremont Corporation
  • Marine Transport Lines
  • Markey Machinery Co. Inc.
  • Marley Cooling Technologies
  • Marlo Sealing Company Inc.
  • Maroney Industrial Inc.
  • Marquette Insulation
  • Marsam Valves & Fittings Corporation
  • Mattapan Supply Co
  • Mattz Lumber Company
  • Mazda North America Operations
  • Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation
  • Mclaughlin Insulation Co. Inc.
  • Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company
  • Meadwestvaco
  • Mercedes Benz USA Inc.
  • Metalclad Insulation
  • Metro Fuel Oil Corp.
  • Metro-North Railroad
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  • Michelin North America Inc.
  • Mid-Island Electrical Sales Corp.
  • Mikes Auto Parts Inc.
  • Milchem Inc.
  • Miller Brewing Company
  • Milwaukee Stove and Furnace Supply Company
  • Milwaukee Valve Company
  • Mine Safety Appliances Company
  • Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing (3M)
  • Mitsubishi
  • Mitsui & Company
  • Monsanto Company
  • Moog Automotive Inc.
  • Moore Dry Dock Company
  • Morristown Electrical Supply Co.
  • Morse Diesel International Inc.
  • Mount Vernon Mills Inc.
  • Mountain States Supply Inc.
  • Murco Wall Products Inc.
  • Nagle Pump
  • NARCO/Honeywell
  • Nash Engineering Company
  • The Nassau Suffolk Lumber & Supply Corporation
  • Nassau Valley & Supply Corp.
  • National Automotive Parts Association
  • National Bulk Carriers
  • National Gypsum
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation
  • National Steel And Shipbuilding Company
  • Navistar International Transportation Corp.
  • New England Insulation Company
  • New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
  • New Jersey Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • New Jersey Transit
  • New York Plaza Building Company
  • New York Plumbing & Heating
  • New York Power Authority
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital
  • New York Protective Covering Industries Inc.
  • Newport News Shipbuilding
  • Niagara Insulations Inc.
  • Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
  • Niantic Seal Inc.
  • Nissan Corporation
  • Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  • North Brothers
  • Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Inc.
  • Northwest Pipeline Corporation
  • Novartis Corporation
  • Nutley Heating & Cooling Company Inc.
  • O’Reilly Automotive Inc.
  • Oakfab Co. Inc.
  • Occidental Chemical Corporation
  • Office Max Incorporated
  • Oglebay-Norton Company
  • Okonite Company
  • Olin Chemical Corp.
  • Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc.
  • Oshkosh Truck Corporation
  • OSI Sealants Inc.
  • Osram Sylvania Inc.
  • Otis Elevator Company
  • Owens Corning
  • Owens Corning/Fibreboard
  • P&H Mining Equipment Inc.
  • Pabst Brewing Company
  • Pabst Electric Company Inc.
  • Pacific Bell Telephone
  • Pacific Steel Boiler Corporation
  • Packings and Insulation
  • Pacor
  • Paddock Enterprises LLC/Owens-Illinois Inc.
  • Palermo Supply Co. Inc.
  • Parker Sacomo
  • Parker-Hannifin Corporation
  • Parsons Plumbing Supply
  • Patterson Pump Company
  • Pecora Corporation
  • Peerless Heater Co.
  • Penn Central Corporation
  • Pentair Inc.
  • Pentair Pump Group Inc.
  • Pep Boys – Manny, Moe, & Jack of Delaware Inc.
  • Peterbilt Motors Company
  • Peterson Oil Services Inc.
  • Peugeot Motor Company
  • Pfaudler Inc.
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Pfizer/Quigley
  • Pharmacia Corporation
  • Phelps Dodge Industries Inc.
  • Philips Electronics North America Corporation
  • Phillip Brothers nka Philbro Inc.
  • Phillips Petroleum Company
  • Pittsburgh Corning
  • Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company
  • Pittsburgh Metals Purifying
  • Pittsfield Pipers
  • Plant Insulation Company
  • Plastics Engineering Corporation
  • Plibrico
  • Polar Tankers Inc.
  • Polytherm Insulation Corporation
  • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
  • Porter-Hayden
  • Potomac Electric Company
  • Power Piping Company
  • PPG Industries Inc.
  • Pratt & Whitney
  • Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp.
  • Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company
  • Proko Industries Inc.
  • Providence Gas Co.
  • Pryor Giggey
  • Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp
  • Qualitex Company
  • Quiet Automatic Burner Corp.
  • Quintec Industries Inc.
  • R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
  • R.T. Vanderbilt Company Inc.
  • R.W. Beckett Corporation
  • Radiator Specialty Co
  • Railroad Friction Products Corporation
  • Rapid American
  • Raritan Supply Company
  • Raypak Inc.
  • Raytech Corporation
  • Record Industrial Company
  • Red Seal Electric Company
  • Red Stack Tug Co. Inc.
  • Reilly-Benton
  • Renault
  • Reynolds Aluminum Development Company
  • Reynolds Metals Company
  • Rheem Manufacturing Company
  • Ridgewood Plumbing & Heating Coproration
  • Riley Power Inc.
  • Riley Stoker Corporation
  • Robert A. Keasbey Co.
  • Rock Wool Manufacturing Company
  • Rockwell Automation Inc.
  • Rockwell Collins Inc.
  • Roddis Plywood & Door Co.
  • Roe Fire and Safety
  • Rohm and Haas Company
  • Rolls-Royce Corporation
  • Rome Cable
  • Rutland Fire Clay Company
  • S.B. Decking Inc.
  • S.O.S. Products Company Inc.
  • Sacomo Manufacturing Company
  • Safeguard Industrial Equipment Co. Inc.
  • Safety & Supply Company
  • Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.
  • Saint-Gobain Abrasives Inc.
  • Saks Fifth Avenue
  • San Joaquin Lumber
  • Santa Fe Braun Inc.
  • Sarco Company Inc.
  • Scandura Inc.
  • Schad Boiler Setting Company
  • Sealing Equipment Products Co. Inc.
  • Sealite Inc.
  • Sears, Roebuck and Company
  • Selby, Battersby & Company
  • Sepco Corporation
  • Serve Well Plumbing & Heating
  • Shell Oil Company
  • Sheraton Corporation
  • Sherwin Williams Company
  • Sherwood Davis & Geck
  • Shipley Oil Co.
  • Shook & Fletcher
  • Sid Harvey Industries Inc.
  • Siemens Energy & Automation Inc.
  • Simpson Timber Company
  • Sloan Valve Company
  • Soco-Lynch Corporation
  • Solco Plumbing Supply Inc.
  • Solow Management Corporation
  • South Amboy Plumbing Supply Corp.
  • Southern California Edison Company
  • Southern California Gas Company
  • Southern Urethane and Packing
  • Sovereign Specialty Chemicals
  • Special Materials Inc.
  • Specialty Cable Corp
  • Spence Engineering Company Inc.
  • Spencer Turbine Company
  • Spirax Sarco Inc.
  • Sportan Valve Company
  • Sprague Energy Corporation
  • Sprinkmann Sons Corporation
  • SPX Cooling Technologies Inc.
  • Square Deal Supply Co.
  • Squires-Belt Material Co.
  • Staley Elevator Co. Inc.
  • Standard Fuel Engineering
  • Standard Motor Products Inc.
  • Standard Tile Corporation
  • Standard-Knapp
  • Star Machine
  • State Insulation Corporation
  • Sterling Fluid Systems (Americas) Inc.
  • Sterling Plastics and Rubber Products Inc.
  • Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation
  • Straham Valves Inc.
  • Strober Building Materials Centers Inc.
  • Stroh Brewery Company
  • Subaru of America Inc.
  • Sulzer Bingham Pumps Inc.
  • Sun Chemical
  • Sun Ship LLC
  • Sunoco Inc.
  • Superior Boiler Company
  • Superior Products Distributors Inc.
  • Superior Welding Company
  • Sure Seal Products Co. Inc.
  • Surface Combustion
  • Syd Carpenter
  • Synkoloid Company
  • Syracuse Supply Company
  • T H Agriculture and Nutrition LLC
  • Taco Inc.
  • Tarkett Floor Company
  • Taylor Insulation Co. Inc.
  • Taylor Woodrow Construction Inc.
  • Tecumseh Products
  • Teknor Apex Rubber Company
  • Temperature Systems Inc.
  • Terex Cranes Wilmington Inc.
  • Texaco Inc.
  • Texaco Marine Services
  • Texas City Terminal Railway
  • TFI Building Materials Inc.
  • Thatcher Boilers, division of Crane
  • The Boeing Company
  • The Equitable Company
  • The Flintkote Company
  • The Forestville Lumber Compant
  • The Raymond Corporation
  • The Rockbestos Company
  • Thermo Electric Company Inc.
  • Thermwell Products Co. Inc.
  • Thorpe Insulation Co.
  • Tishman Construction Corp.
  • Todd Combustion Inc.
  • Todd Shipyards Corp.
  • Torno Lumber Inc.
  • Toro Company
  • Tosco Corporation
  • Toyota Motors
  • Trane U.S. Inc./Ingersoll-Rand Company
  • Trans World Airlines Inc.
  • Transco Inc.
  • Treadwell Corporation
  • Tremco Incorporated
  • Triangle Insulation Inc.
  • Triangle Sheet Metal Workers
  • Trilco Lumber Company
  • Triple A Machine Shop Inc.
  • Triplex Inc.
  • Troy Boiler Works Inc.
  • Truck and Auto Supply
  • True Value
  • Truserv Corporation
  • Turnbow Trailers Inc.
  • Turner & Newall
  • Turner Construction Company
  • TXU Electric Company
  • Tyco International Inc.
  • Tyler Pipe / Swan Transportation
  • U.S. Filter
  • U.S. Plywood Corporation
  • U.S. Radiator
  • Unarco
  • Union Boiler Company
  • Union Carbide Corporation
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • Union Pump Company
  • Uniroyal Holding Inc.
  • United Brass Works Inc.
  • United Fruit Company
  • United Gilsonite Laboratories
  • United States Gypsum
  • United States Mineral Products
  • United States Steel Corporation
  • United Technologies Corporation
  • Unocal Corporation
  • Utica Boiler Cos.
  • The Utility Manufacturing Co.
  • Valspar Corporation
  • Velan Steam Trap Corporation
  • Vellumoid
  • Vermont Asbestos Group
  • Verona Supply Company
  • Viacom Inc.
  • Viad Corp.
  • Viking Pump Inc.
  • Volkswagon Corp.
  • Voohries Supply Company LLC
  • W.R. Grace
  • W.W. Grainger Inc.
  • Wal-Rich Corporation
  • Waldron Duffy Inc.
  • Warner-Lambert Company
  • Warren Pumps Inc.
  • Webster Plumbing Supply Inc.
  • Weil-McLain Co.
  • Weir Valves & Controls USA Inc.
  • Welco Manufacturing Company
  • Wellington Group
  • Wesco Distribution Inc.
  • Western Auto Supply Company
  • Western Electric Company Inc.
  • Western MacArthur
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • Weyerhaeuser Company
  • Whirlpool Corporation
  • Wickes Boiler
  • Wisconsin Energy
  • Wolverine Brass Inc.
  • Woolsulate Corp.
  • Worthington Corporation
  • X-Cel Energy
  • Xerox Corporation
  • Yale Materials Handling Corporation
  • Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
  • Yarway Corporation
  • York International Corporation
  • Zurn Industries Inc.
03. Most Viable Asbestos Companies

List of Most Common Viable Asbestos Defendants

Individuals diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases may file a lawsuit for mesothelioma compensation. The companies listed below are commonly named in asbestos litigation due to the widespread use of their asbestos products. They are considered viable defendants, or companies financially capable of withstanding a lawsuit.

Asbestos companies often settle mesothelioma lawsuits before they go to trial. However, others may defend asbestos lawsuits until the end of the legal process.

The majority of companies listed here are still solvent and in operation today.

04. Bankrupt Companies

Bankrupt Asbestos Companies

Companies that have faced extensive litigation over asbestos exposure may declare bankruptcy. This may be because of the overwhelming litigation costs, loss of business or costs of not being able to use asbestos anymore. During bankruptcy proceedings, many of these companies had to create trust funds to provide compensation to future asbestos victims.

The companies listed below have all filed for bankruptcy and established trust funds.

To make a claim on one of these asbestos bankruptcy trusts, claimants must meet the specific trust fund’s eligibility requirements. Trusts pay successful claims according to set payment percentages.

List of Bankrupt Asbestos Companies With More Than $200 Million in Funds

The companies in this list all have more than $200 million in funds. An individual can file asbestos claims with these trusts if they meet the appropriate criteria.

*These companies are in the process of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and creating asbestos trust funds.

Though peak asbestos use occurred several decades ago, some companies are just now in the process of creating bankruptcy trusts. For example, in 2021, J&J created a subsidiary called LTL Management LLC to handle talcum powder claims. This subsidiary immediately filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. If this restructuring is approved by the courts, an asbestos trust fund would be established. In its most recent proposal in April 2023, J&J said it would set aside nearly $9 billion to fund the trust.

List of Bankrupt Asbestos Companies With Less Than $200 Million in Funds

The companies in this list all have less than $200 million in funds. Individuals can file claims with these trusts if they meet the appropriate criteria. These trusts have limited funds available.

Individuals exposed to asbestos by one of these companies should speak to a mesothelioma lawyer at their earliest convenience.

05. Other Viable Companies

Other Viable Asbestos Defendants

Hundreds of companies used asbestos. Many of them willfully covered up their usage for many years. As a result, it may be difficult for asbestos-exposure victims to remember all of them. An experienced asbestos law firm can help patients uncover possible companies responsible for their exposure.

The companies listed below have all been named in asbestos lawsuits. Some have been named more than others.

Other Viable Defendants
List of Other Viable Defendants

  • A-B Electrical Supply Company
  • ABB Inc.
  • Abbett Electric Corporation
  • Abco Welding Supply
  • ABF Freight
  • Able Industries Inc.
  • Acadiana Rubber & Gasket Company
  • Ace Plumbing & Electrical Supplies Inc.
  • Acmat (Acoustical Materials)
  • Acme Insulations Inc.
  • Actuant Corporation
  • ADC Supply Corp.
  • Advanced Liquid Recycling Inc.
  • Advocate Mines
  • Aero Jet
  • Afton Pumps Inc.
  • AK Steel Corporation
  • Albany Felt Company Inc.
  • Albay Construction Company
  • Alcoa Inc.
  • Allied Building Products Corp.
  • Allied Glove Corporation
  • Allied Paper Incorporated
  • Alpha Wire Corporation
  • Amatek
  • Amber Supply Co. Inc.
  • Amchem / American Chemical
  • Amcord Inc.
  • Amdura Corporation
  • American Airlines Inc.
  • American Brake Shoe Company
  • American Crystal Sugar Co.
  • American Electric Power
  • American Foreign Steamship
  • American Home Products Corporation
  • American Honda Corp.
  • American Insulated Wire Corp.
  • American International Co.
  • American Laundry Machinery Inc.
  • American Lubricants Inc.
  • American Saturated Felt
  • Anco Insulation
  • Anheuser Busch Inc.
  • A.O. Smith Corporation
  • API Heat Transfer Inc.
  • Aqua Chem Inc.
  • Argo International Corporation
  • Ashland Specialty Chemical Company
  • Astra Flooring Company
  • AT&T Corp.
  • Atlas Electric Supply Company Inc.
  • Atlas Heating and Ventilating Company, Ltd.
  • Atlas Turner Inc.
  • Attransco Ship Management Co. Inc.
  • Auto Barn Stores Inc.
  • Automatic TLC Fuel Oil
  • Automotive Supply Associates Inc.
  • Autozone Inc.
  • AVCO Corp.
  • Aventis Cropscience USA Inc.
  • Avocet Enterprises Inc.
  • Avondale Industries Inc.
  • Badger Metals Inc.
  • Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Inc.
  • Bakers Pride Oven Co. Inc.
  • Baldor Electric Company
  • Ball Corporation
  • Barko Hydraulics, LLC
  • Bay Oil Company
  • Bayer Corporation
  • Bayonne Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • Beadex
  • Beckett Corporation
  • Beech Aircraft Corporation
  • Belden Wire and Cable Company
  • Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd.
  • Bell Atlantic Corp.
  • Bendix Corporation nka Alliedsignal Inc.
  • Best Manufacturing Company
  • Bethlehem Apparatus Inc.
  • BF Goodrich Company, The
  • BHP Copper Inc.
  • Biltrite Corporation, The
  • Blackman Plumbing Supply Company Inc.
  • Blackman Supply
  • Blackmer Pump Division
  • BMW of North America, LLC
  • BNSF Railway Company
  • The Boeing Company
  • Bohn Aluminum Inc.
  • Boiceville Cracker Barrel Inc.
  • Bostik Inc.
  • BP Amoco
  • Brand Insulations Inc.
  • Brass Craft Manufacturing
  • Brauer Supply Company
  • Bridgestone Tire Co. (Firestone)
  • Bristol Babcock Inc.
  • British Airways Plc
  • Brown Insulation Company
  • Bryan Steam Corporation
  • Buffalo Air Handling
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company
  • Burns International Services Corporation
  • Busy Beaver Building Centers Inc.
  • Byron Jackson Pumps
  • California Portland Cement Company
  • Camden Flooring Company
  • Canteen Corporation
  • Capital Gypsum
  • Carboline Company
  • Carborundum Company Inc.
  • Carey Canada Mines
  • Caristo Construction Corp.
  • Carlin Combustion Technology
  • Carlisle Companies Incorporated
  • Carrier Corporation
  • Carver Pump Company
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • CBS Corporation
  • Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
  • Central Jersey Supply Company
  • Central Pipe Supply
  • Central Power & Light Company
  • Central Wholesale Electrical Distributors Inc.
  • Cessna Aircraft Company
  • Champion Friction Co.
  • Chemrex Inc.
  • Chevron Corporation
  • Chevron Shipping Co.
  • Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
  • Chicago Fire Brick
  • Chicago Pneumatic
  • Chief’S Auto Parts Inc.
  • Chiquita Brands International Inc.
  • Ciba-Geigy Corporation
  • Cilco Energy Corporation
  • City Line Plumbing & Heating
  • Clarage Fan Company
  • Clark Equipment Company
  • Cla-Val Automatic Control Valves
  • Clayton Manufacturing
  • Colonial Sugar & Refining
  • Coltec Industries Inc.
  • Columbia Acoustics
  • Columbia Boiler Co.
  • Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
  • Comet Auto Supply Inc.
  • Commercial Refrigeration Company
  • Commonwealth Edison
  • Compudyne Corp.
  • Conagra Foods Inc.
  • Conair Corporation
  • Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.
  • Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc.
  • Consolidated Insulation Inc.
  • Consolidated Rail Corporation
  • Conval Inc.
  • Conwed Corporation
  • Cooper Industries Inc.
  • Cooper Tire & Rubber
  • Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
  • Courter & Company
  • Crane Company
  • Crescent Electric Supply Company
  • Crocker-Wheeler Company
  • Crosby Valve Inc.
  • Crown Boiler Co.
  • CSR Limited
  • CSX Transportation Inc.
  • Custom Building Products
  • Cutler-Hammer Inc.
  • Cypress Plumbing & Heating
  • Cyprus Amax Minerals Co.
  • Cytec Engineered Materials Inc
  • DAL-Tile International
  • Dana Holding Corporation
  • Daniel International Corporation
  • DB Riley Inc.
  • Dean Pump Division
  • Deere & Company
  • DeKalb Tile Company
  • Dereco Inc.
  • Detroit Stoker Company
  • Diamond National Corporation
  • Dixie Machine Welding & Metal Works Inc.
  • Dole Foods
  • Domb Lighting & Electrical Supply Company
  • Domco Products Texas, L.P.
  • Donaldson Acoustics Co. Inc.
  • Donlee Technologies Inc.
  • Douglass Insulation
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Dowman Products Inc.
  • Dresser-Rand
  • Duke Power Energy Carolinas LLC
  • Dunkirk (division of ECR International)
  • Dupont
  • Durametallic Corporation
  • Durfee Hardware
  • Dynamic Seals Inc.
  • E&B Mill Supply
  • Eagle Asbestos & Packing Company
  • East Kentucky Power Cooperative
  • Eastern Refractories Co. Inc.
  • Eastman Kodak Company
  • Eaton Electrical Inc.
  • Eckel Industries
  • Edward Valves
  • EI Dupont de Nemours and Company
  • Electrolux
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc.
  • Elm Supply Co. Inc.
  • Empire Ace Insulation Man
  • Enpro Industries Inc.
  • Equistar Chemicals, LP
  • The Equitable Company
  • Essex Plumbing Supply Inc.
  • Essex Wire Corporation
  • Evcon Industries
  • Expo Industries Inc.
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Fairbanks Company
  • Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation
  • Fairchild Corporation
  • Falk Corporation, The
  • Farrell Lines Inc.
  • FB Wright Company of Pittsburgh
  • Federal Boiler Company
  • Feldman Lumber Industries Inc.
  • Fel-Pro
  • Felt Products Mfg. Co.
  • Fiat USA Inc.
  • First Hartford Corporation
  • FirstEnergy Corporation
  • Fiske Brothers Refining Company
  • Fitzgibbons Boiler Company
  • Florida Lumber Company
  • Flowserve US Inc.
  • Fluor Enterprises Inc.
  • Flushing Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • Ford Motor Company
  • The Forestville Lumber Compant
  • Foster Valve Company
  • Fraser’s Boiler Service Inc.
  • Friction Materials Inc.
  • Friedman Bros.
  • Fulton Boiler Works Inc.
  • Furnace & Duct Supply Co.
  • G&G Seal Co.
  • Gage Company, The
  • Garson Plumbing Supplies
  • General Cable Corporation
  • General Dynamics Corporation
  • General Electric Company
  • General Motors
  • General Refractories Company
  • Genuine Parts/Abex
  • George A. Fuller Company
  • Goodall Rubber Company
  • Goodman Lumber Company
  • Goodrich Corporation
  • Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
  • Grabler Manufacturing Co.
  • Graham Corporation
  • Granite Construction Company
  • Granite Rock Company
  • Grant Wilson Inc.
  • Graphic Construction Corporation
  • Graves Automotive Supply
  • Graybar Electric Company
  • Grinnell Corporation
  • Grossman’s Lumber
  • Gulf Oil Limited Partnership
  • Gustin-Bacon Division
  • H.B. Fuller Company
  • H.B. Smith Company Inc.
  • Hamilton Materials Inc.
  • Handy Auto Supply Co.
  • Hangsterfer’s Laboratories Inc.
  • Hanson Permanente Cement Inc.
  • Harley-Davidson Inc.
  • Hartel Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp.
  • HD Supply
  • Heating Oil Partners, LP
  • Hedman Mines, Ltd.
  • Hennessy Industries Inc.
  • Henry Quentzel Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • Henry Vogt Machine Co.
  • Herzog Supply Co. Inc.
  • Hesco Electric Supply Company Inc.
  • Highland Stucco
  • Hill Brothers Chemical Company
  • Hirsch Pipe & Supply Co. Inc.
  • Holland Furnace
  • Hollinger Company
  • Homasote Company
  • Honeywell International Inc.
  • Hopeman Brothers Inc.
  • Hudson Heating
  • Hudson Iron and Metal Company
  • Hunt Construction
  • ICI Composites Inc.
  • IMO Industries Inc.
  • Inductotherm
  • Industrial Holdings Corporation
  • Industrial Insulation
  • Industrial Rubber & Specialty Company
  • Industrial Welding Supply Inc.
  • Insulation Distributors Inc.
  • Insulation Supply Corp.
  • International Business Machines Corporation
  • International Harvester
  • Invensys Systems Inc.
  • Ironbound Electric Supply Company Inc.
  • Isbrandtsen Marine Service
  • ITT Corporation
  • ITT Fluid Products Corporation
  • ITT Grinell Corp.
  • ITT Hoffman
  • ITT Sheraton Corp.
  • J.A. Sexauer Inc.
  • J.C. Whitney & Co.
  • Jacuzzi Brothers, a division of Jacuzzi Inc.
  • Jamaica Plumbing & Heating
  • Janos Asbestos Company Inc.
  • Jaquays Asbestos
  • Jennison Hardware Company
  • John Bryant Motors
  • Johnson Controls Inc.
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Joy Global Inc.
  • Kaiser Refractories
  • Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation
  • Kamco Supply Corporation
  • Karnak Corporation
  • Keeler Dorr Oliver Boiler Company
  • Kennecott Corp.
  • Kerite Company
  • Kew-Forrest Plumbing & Heating
  • Keyspan Energy Corporation
  • Kimberly-Clark Scott Corporation
  • Klauser Supply Co.
  • Kohler Company
  • Koppers Company
  • L&H Plumbing & Heating Supplies Inc.
  • L&M Surco Mfg. Inc.
  • LAQ
  • Leonnox International Inc.
  • Liberty Plumbing & Heating
  • Lincoln Electric Company
  • Linstedt Oil Company
  • Lipe-Rollway Corporation
  • Lloyd Lumber Co.
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Lockheed Shipbuilding Company
  • Loews Corp.
  • Long Island Lighting Co.
  • Long Island Railroad
  • Lorillard Tobacco Company
  • Louisiana Sugar Cane
  • Lucent Technologies Inc.
  • Lufkin Industries
  • Lykes BrosSteamship Co.
  • M.H. Detrick Company
  • Mac Products Inc.
  • MacArthur Company
  • Mack Trucks Inc.
  • Magnaflux Corporation
  • Magnatrol Valve Corporation
  • Mann Packing Co Inc.
  • Manning Paper Company Inc.
  • Mannington Mills
  • Mansfield Plumbing Products Inc.
  • Marathon Oil Corporation
  • Marine Transport Lines
  • Markey Machinery Co. Inc.
  • Marley Cooling Technologies
  • Marlo Sealing Company Inc.
  • Maroney Industrial Inc.
  • Marquette Insulation
  • Marsam Valves & Fittings Corporation
  • Mattapan Supply Co
  • Mattz Lumber Company
  • Mazda North America Operations
  • Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation
  • Mclaughlin Insulation Co. Inc.
  • Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company
  • Meadwestvaco
  • Mercedes Benz USA Inc.
  • Metro Fuel Oil Corp.
  • Metro-North Railroad
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  • Michelin North America Inc.
  • Mid-Island Electrical Sales Corp.
  • Mikes Auto Parts Inc.
  • Milchem Inc.
  • Miller Brewing Company
  • Milwaukee Stove and Furnace Supply Company
  • Mine Safety Appliances Company
  • Mitsubishi
  • Mitsui & Company
  • Monsanto Company
  • Moog Automotive Inc.
  • Moore Dry Dock Company
  • Morristown Electrical Supply Co.
  • Morse Diesel International Inc.
  • Mount Vernon Mills Inc.
  • Mountain States Supply Inc.
  • Murco Wall Products Inc.
  • Nagle Pump
  • Nash Engineering Company, The
  • Nassau Suffolk Lumber & Supply Corporation
  • Nassau Valley & Supply Corp.
  • National Bulk Carriers
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation
  • National Steel And Shipbuilding Company
  • Navistar International Transportation Corp.
  • New England Insulation Company
  • New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
  • New Jersey Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
  • New Jersey Transit
  • New York Plaza Building Company
  • New York Plumbing & Heating
  • New York Power Authority
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital
  • New York Protective Covering Industries Inc.
  • Newport News Shipbuilding
  • Niagara Insulations Inc.
  • Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
  • Niantic Seal Inc.
  • Nissan Corporation
  • Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  • North Brothers
  • Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Inc.
  • Northwest Pipeline Corporation
  • Novartis Corporation
  • Nutley Heating & Cooling Company Inc.
  • Occidental Chemical Corporation
  • Office Max Incorporated
  • Oglebay-Norton Company
  • Okonite Company
  • Olin Chemical Corp.
  • Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc.
  • O’Reilly Automotive Inc.
  • Oshkosh Truck Corporation
  • OSI Sealants Inc.
  • Osram Sylvania, Inc.
  • Otis Elevator Company
  • Pabst Brewing Company
  • Pabst Electric Company Inc.
  • Pacific Bell Telephone
  • Pacific Steel Boiler Corporation
  • Packings and Insulation
  • Palermo Supply Co. Inc.
  • Parker Sacomo
  • Parker-Hannifin Corporation
  • Parsons Plumbing Supply
  • Patterson Pump Company
  • Pecora Corporation
  • Peerless Heater Co.
  • Penn Central Corporation
  • Pentair Pump Group Inc.
  • Pentair Inc.
  • Pep Boys – Manny, Moe, & Jack of Delaware Inc.
  • Peterbilt Motors Company
  • Peterson Oil Services, Inc
  • Peugeot Motor Company
  • Pfaudler Inc.
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Pharmacia Corporation
  • Phelps Dodge Industries Inc.
  • Philips Electronics North America Corporation
  • Phillip Brothers nka Philbro Inc.
  • Phillips Petroleum Company
  • Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company
  • Pittsburgh Metals Purifying
  • Pittsfield Pipers
  • Plastics Engineering Corporation
  • Polar Tankers Inc.
  • Polytherm Insulation Corporation
  • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
  • Potomac Electric Company
  • Power Piping Company
  • PPG Industries Inc.
  • Pratt & Whitney
  • Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp.
  • Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company
  • Proko Industries Inc.
  • Providence Gas Co.
  • Pryor Giggey
  • Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp
  • Qualitex Company
  • Quiet Automatic Burner Corp.
  • Quintec Industries Inc.
  • R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
  • R.T. Vanderbilt Company Inc.
  • R.W. Beckett Corporation
  • Radiator Specialty Co
  • Railroad Friction Products Corporation
  • Raritan Supply Company
  • The Raymond Corporation
  • Raypak Inc.
  • Record Industrial Company
  • Red Seal Electric Company
  • Red Stack Tug Co. Inc.
  • Reilly-Benton
  • Renault
  • Reynolds Aluminum Development Company
  • Reynolds Metals Company
  • Rheem Manufacturing Company
  • Ridgewood Plumbing & Heating Coproration
  • Riley Power Inc.
  • Robert A. Keasbey Co.
  • The Rockbestos Company
  • Rockwell Automation Inc.
  • Rockwell Collins Inc.
  • Roddis Plywood & Door Co.
  • Roe Fire and Safety
  • Rohm and Haas Company
  • Rolls-Royce Corporation
  • Rome Cable
  • Rutland Fire Clay Company
  • S.B. Decking Inc.
  • S.O.S. Products Company Inc.
  • Sacomo Manufacturing Company
  • Safeguard Industrial Equipment Co. Inc.
  • Safety & Supply Company
  • Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.
  • Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc
  • Saks Fifth Avenue
  • San Joaquin Lumber
  • Santa Fe Braun Inc.
  • Sarco Company Inc.
  • Scandura Inc.
  • Schad Boiler Setting Company
  • Sealing Equipment Products Co., Inc.
  • Sealite Inc.
  • Sears, Roebuck and Company
  • Selby, Battersby & Company
  • Serve Well Plumbing & Heating
  • Shell Oil Company
  • Sheraton Corporation
  • Sherwood Davis & Geck
  • Shipley Oil Co.
  • Siemens Energy & Automation Inc.
  • Simpson Timber Company
  • Sloan Valve Company
  • Soco-Lynch Corporation
  • Solco Plumbing Supply Inc.
  • Solow Management Corporation
  • South Amboy Plumbing Supply Corp.
  • Southern California Edison Company
  • Southern California Gas Company
  • Southern Urethane and Packing
  • Sovereign Specialty Chemicals
  • Special Materials Inc.
  • Specialty Cable Corp
  • Spence Engineering Company Inc.
  • Spencer Turbine Company
  • Sportan Valve Company
  • Sprague Energy Corporation
  • Sprinkmann Sons Corporation
  • SPX Cooling Technologies Inc.
  • Square Deal Supply Co.
  • Squires-Belt Material Co.
  • Staley Elevator Co. Inc.
  • Standard Fuel Engineering
  • Standard Motor Products Inc.
  • Standard Tile Corporation
  • Standard-Knapp
  • Star Machine
  • State Insulation Corporation
  • Sterling Fluid Systems (Americas) Inc.
  • Sterling Plastics and Rubber Products Inc.
  • Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation
  • Straham Valves Inc.
  • Strober Building Materials Centers Inc.
  • Stroh Brewery Company
  • Subaru of America Inc.
  • Sulzer Bingham Pumps Inc.
  • Sun Chemical
  • Sun Ship, LLC
  • Sunoco, Inc
  • Superior Boiler Company
  • Superior Products Distributors Inc.
  • Superior Welding Company
  • Sure Seal Products Co. Inc.
  • Surface Combustion
  • Syracuse Supply Company
  • Taco Inc.
  • Tarkett Floor Company
  • Taylor Insulation Co. Inc.
  • Taylor Woodrow Construction Inc.
  • Tecumseh Products
  • Teknor Apex Rubber Company
  • Temperature Systems Inc.
  • Terex Cranes Wilmington Inc.
  • Texaco Inc.
  • Texaco Marine Services
  • Texas City Terminal Railway
  • TFI Building Materials Inc.
  • Thatcher Boilers, division of Crane
  • Thermo Electric Company Inc.
  • Thermwell Products Co. Inc.
  • Tishman Construction Corp.
  • Todd Combustion Inc.
  • Todd Shipyards Corp.
  • Torno Lumber Inc.
  • Toro Company
  • Tosco Corporation
  • Toyota Motors
  • Trans World Airlines Inc.
  • Transco Inc.
  • Treadwell Corporation
  • Tremco Incorporated
  • Triangle Insulation Inc.
  • Triangle Sheet Metal Workers
  • Trilco Lumber Company
  • Triple A Machine Shop Inc.
  • Triplex Inc.
  • Troy Boiler Works Inc.
  • Truck and Auto Supply
  • True Value
  • Truserv Corporation
  • Turnbow Trailers Inc.
  • Turner Construction Company
  • TXU Electric Company
  • Tyco International Inc.
  • U.S. Filter
  • U.S. Plywood Corporation
  • U.S. Radiator
  • Union Boiler Company
  • Union Carbide Corporation
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • Union Pump Company
  • United Brass Works Inc.
  • United Fruit Company
  • United States Steel Corporation
  • United Technologies Corporation
  • Unocal Corporation
  • Utica Boiler Cos., The
  • Utility Manufacturing Co.
  • Valspar Corporation
  • Velan Steam Trap Corporation
  • Vellumoid
  • Vermont Asbestos Group
  • Verona Supply Company
  • Viacom, Inc
  • Viad Corp.
  • Volkswagon Corp.
  • Voohries Supply Company, LLC
  • W.W. Grainger Inc.
  • Waldron Duffy Inc.
  • Wal-Rich Corporation
  • Warner-Lambert Company
  • Webster Plumbing Supply Inc.
  • Weir Valves & Controls USA Inc.
  • Welco Manufacturing Company
  • Wellington Group
  • Wesco Distribution Inc.
  • Western Auto Supply Company
  • Western Electric Company, Inc
  • Weyerhaeuser Company
  • Whirlpool Corporation
  • Wickes Boiler
  • Wisconsin Energy
  • Wolverine Brass Inc.
  • Woolsulate Corp.
  • Worthington Corporation
  • X-Cel Energy
  • Xerox Corporation
  • Yale Materials Handling Corporation
  • Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
  • York International Corporation
  • Zurn Industries Inc.

06. Common Questions

Common Questions About Asbestos Companies

Can asbestos companies be held accountable for asbestos exposure?

Negligent companies can be held responsible for asbestos exposure that results in disease or death. An experienced asbestos law firm or lawyer can help asbestos victims navigate the legal system and find the best means to hold negligent companies accountable. Some options victims and their families may consider include lawsuits, settlements and trust fund claims.

What companies used asbestos?

Hundreds of companies across many industries used asbestos. Some of these companies are household names to this day, like Kelly Moore Paints, John Deere and Johnson & Johnson. One of the earliest modern companies to adopt the use of asbestos was Johns-Manville. The United States military used asbestos in different areas, too.

Is asbestos still used?

Yes, asbestos is still used. In fact, the United States imported 100 metric tons of the mineral in 2021. It continues to be included in various products manufactured and used in the United States. Current regulations do not require a label on products that have less than 1% asbestos content.

In addition, some historic asbestos products are presently used. For example, older buildings constructed with asbestos products can still be an exposure hazard.

What countries have not banned asbestos?

Some countries have not banned asbestos. These countries include the United States, Russia, China, India, Singapore and Mongolia. However, more than 60 countries have banned asbestos, including Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. The European Union also banned asbestos, meaning all member countries follow the ban.