Mold Shops and Manufacturers of Asbestos-Containing Plastic Molding Compounds

Founded in 1861 as the Akron Pottery Company, it manufactured molded plastic and ceramic products for industry.

Amp Inc. was founded in 1959 as Amp Products Corporation, and, after a 1999 merger, it is now part of Tyco Electronics. Amp Inc, and now Tyco Electronics, is a manufacturer of electrical and electronic tools and products.

Arndt-Palmer Laboratories manufactured chemicals used in automotive care.

Auburn Button Works, Inc. was founded in 1879 and manufactured buttons and other molded plastic products. The company later became known as Auburn Plastics, Inc., and it dissolved in 1993.

Boonton Electronics is a subsidiary of Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. and it was founded 1947. Boonton is a manufacturer of test equipment used in telecommunication and defense industries.

Calmar Company was a manufacturer of commercial packaging. The company is now known as Medvaco Calmar.

Cinch was founded in 1917 and is a manufacturer of electrical and electronic connectors used in telecommunications, transportation, aerospace and military applications.

Produced pigments used in plastics production.

Diemolding Corporation, Canastota, New York

Diemolding Corporation is located in Canastota, New York and was founded in 1920 by Donald H. Dew. Since the company's inception, Diemolding Corporation has become a world-wide manufacturer of plastic products. Today, Diemolding concentrates its resources on the production of phenolic pistons used in the automotive industry and around the globe.

Eagle Tool & Machine Company manufactured plastic molds for various industrial operations.

Federal Pacific Electric Company was a manufacturer of circuit breakers and electrical panels for home use. Federal Pacific filed for bankruptcy in 1979, and parts of the corporation were purchased in 1986 by Challenger and by Westinghouse.

Fieldcrest Mills manufactured household textile goods for Marshall Fields department stores. The company was acquired by Pillowtex, Inc. in 1997.

General Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1915, and sold to Continental AG in 1987. It was a manufacturer of tires for motor vehicles.

Heinemann Electric Canada Company is a manufacturer of electrical circuit protection equipment for marine vessels, spacecraft, healthcare equipment and computers. It has been owned by the Eaton Corporation since 1992.

Hoover Precision Products is a manufacturer of plastic injection molded parts for medical and laboratory devices.

Illinois Tool Works was founded in 1912. It is a manufacturer of plastic fasteners and components.

I-T-E Circuit Breaker Company was founded as Cutter Manufacturing in 1911, sold to Gould in 1976 and then sold to Siemens in 1983. It manufactured electrical circuit protection equipment.

K&J Magnetics is a manufacturer and importer of permanent and rare earth magnets.

Lee Deane Products manufactured molded plastic lawn and garden items.

MicroSwitch is a division of Honeywell and manufacturer small sensing switches used in a variety of applications. Microswitch has been a part of Honeywell Sensing and Control since 1950.

Moldmaster Engineering, Inc., is a manufacturer of molded plastic products.

Norton Laboratories produced a variety of molded plastic products. The company closed in 1980.

Plastics Engineering Company manufactures plastic molding compound in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and is used to make a variety of products, including appliances, electrical parts, irons and it was even used to make Bausch & Lomb's Balscope Ten telescope in the 1960's.

Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. world headquarters are located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Today it consists of nineteen manufacturing sites and four technology centers located around the world.

Sangamo Electric Company produced electrical meters, radios, clocks, and aviation instrumentation.

Suburban Plastics manufactures custom molded thermoplastic, thermoset and composite plastic products.

Texas Instruments facility, Houston, Texas, circa 1959

Texas Instruments is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. U.S. plant locations are throughout Texas, California, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois and Arizona. Texas Instruments is a manufacturer of semiconductor electronic components, microprocessors and other computer-related technology.

Thermomat Company manufactured heat-resistant plastic products used in high heat temperature applications, such as rocket motors. This company also manufactured vacuum forming machines.

Union Carbide facility, Charleston, West Virginia, circa 1938

In the 1920's, Union Carbide purchased the original manufacturer of phenolic molding compound, the Bakelite Company. Bakelite was manufactured in Bound Brook, New Jersey, and was used to make a variety of products, such as appliances, radios, epoxy resins, vinyl flooring, jewelry and billiard balls.

Plastic molding compound was most commonly packaged in the following manners:

• 50lb kraft paper bags;
• large fiber drums holding several hundred pounds;
• rectangular boxes referred to as "gaylords"; and
• large cardboard boxes holding up to 500lbs.

Westvaco Chemicals is a manufacturer of chemicals used in various products, such as insecticides, pesticides, detergents and glass. Westvaco is a division of FMC Corporation.