History
A.W. Chesterton Company was founded in 1884 by A.W. Chesterton. The company was originated in Boston, selling engineers’ and steamboat supplies. The company didn’t take long to grow, with the 1905 purchase of Ingall’s Boiler Cleaners and Scrapers. This gave the company a national sales network that set up the company as a distributor as well. This company created its own mechanical packaging brand and the company soared through the Great Depression, expanding to Mexico, Newfoundland, Canada, and Nova Scotia by the end of the 1940s.
This company focused on the production of lubricants, sealants, cleaners, and split seals in the coming decades, before downsizing and restructuring the company in 2002. The five subsidiaries that were created by this reorganization include Advanced Reinforced Composites, Mechanical Seals, Technical Products, Mechanical Packing, and Hydraulic Seals. The company continues to remain strong today with a focus on manufacturing engineered polymer solutions, industrial fluid sealants, ARC composite coatings, and various other maintenance products. It also manufactures many related products and fluids that are needed for the mechanical assembly process.
Asbestos Products
Prior to the discovery of asbestos as a danger, A.W. Chesterton Company readily used asbestos in their production. This product was ideal for industrial sealing components of all kinds, because of its low cost and many benefits like heat and corrosion resistance. Some of the products that included asbestos are listed here:
Chesterton Graphite Tape Packing
Chesterton Style 1724 Super-Lon
Chesterton Style 324 Super-Lon
Chesterton Style 1000
Chesterton Style 1500-Power Plant Packing
Chesterton Style 64
Chesterton Style 364-T
Chesterton Style 350
Chesterton Style 5010
Chesterton Valvelon
Chesterton Super-Valvelon
Chesterton Style One Super-Graphite
Chesterton Style 375 (Graphite Packing)
Chesterton Style 370 (Multi-Service Packing)
Chesterton Style 326
Chesterton Styles 200/201 (Universal Packing)
Chesterton Style 1722 White-Lon (Multi-Service Packing)
Chesterton Style 322 White-Lon (Multi-Service Packing)
Chesterton Style 328 (Centrifugal Pump Packing for All Chemicals)
Chesterton Style 320 (Blu-Lon Acid Packing)
Chesterton Style 1725 (Food Process Packing)
Chesterton Style 555
Chesterton Styles 1735/1729/329
Chesterton Style 315/1715
Chesterton Style 330/1730
Chesterton Style 300
Chesterton Flaxes-Styles 80/81/82/84/85/87
Chesterton Style 666
Chesterton Style 550
Chesterton Styles 325/382
Chesterton Style 235
Chesterton Style 225 Chesco Sheet
Chesterton Style 260
Chesterton Style 2000
Chesterton Styles 120, 122-NN
Chesterton Styles 140, 145
Chesterton Style 292-Asbestos Wick
Chesterton Style 294-Candle Wick
Chesterton Style 296-Asbestos Rope
Chesterton Styles 290, 291-N (Gasket Tapes)
Chesterton Styles 250, 251
People working in chemical processing, marine, nuclear power, pulp and paper, water and wastewater, and other industries using these products have all been at risk for exposure.
Asbestos Lawsuit History
A.W. Chesterton Company has faced many personal injury lawsuits as a result of asbestos exposure claims. They have paid millions of dollars in settlements, but there is no reference to the establishment of a trust and current and future litigation is handled on a case-by-case basis.
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