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The Flintkote Company plant at Chicago Heights, Illinois

The Flintkote Company made asphalt roof coatings, cements and mastics at Chicago Heights, Illinois, according to the company's sworn answers in lawsuits in the Eastern District of Texas in 1985.1 Those answers list products Flintkote made at four plants, keyed as Chicago Heights, East Rutherford, New Jersey, New Orleans and Vernon, California, with dates for each plant; they are the only source here for Chicago Heights, and they do not say who worked there or when the plant opened or closed.1

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What the plant made

The earliest Chicago Heights dates in Flintkote's answers are from the 1940s: C-13-C4 from 1940; Fibrex Cement, GF-8 Tile Cement and Plastic Cement 810-21 from the "Early 1940's"; C-13-A and Thermalkote from the "Late 1940's"; and Weldon Cement from the "1940's."1 Fiber Roof Coating followed in 1945, and #229 Anti-Sweat Compound in 1947, with no end year for Chicago Heights, where the answers mark it only "Discontinued."1 Railroad car cements, "about 20 grades," were made "from the late 1940's and discontinued prior to 1968 at ER, NO and CH, depending on shipping destination."1

In the 1950s the answers add Rexalt and #227 Underbody Coating from 1950, #245 from the "1950's," C-19 and Nu-Static from 1954, All-Weather Mastic from 1956 and Static Levelkote from 1958.1 Then came Trowel Mastic in 1961, Filler Coat in 1964, and in 1969 Aluminum Roof Coating 810-19, Rain Patch and Rexglas.1 Flintkote gave Chicago Heights end years of 1974 for #245 and 1975 for #227, and 1981 for the rest of these products.1

What the products were

The same answers describe each product and give its asbestos content; these figures describe the product in general, not what was made at Chicago Heights in particular.1 Among the roof coatings, Fiber Roof Coating was a "Spray or brush grade asphalt cutback roof coating" with 6-9% asbestos, Rexalt a "Brush or spray grade asphalt cutback roof coating" with 12-15%, and C-13-C4 a "Brush or spray grade asphalt emulsion roof coating" with 3%.1 Nu-Static was "A spray grade of C-13-C4 asphalt emulsion roof coating" (6%), Rexglas a "Glass fibered asphalt emulsion roof coating" (2.5%), Static Levelkote an "Asphalt emulsion for low slope roofs" (2.5%), and Aluminum Roof Coating an "Aluminum pigmented reflective roof coating" (10-13%).1

The cements were for roofs and floors: Plastic Cement, a "Heavy trowel asphalt cutback for roof flashings and repairs," 16-19%; Rain Patch, "Plastic cement treated to bond to wet surfaces," 13-19%; Fibrex Cement, an "Asphalt cutback adhesive for cementing roofing base sheets," 10%; Weld-On, a "High strength asphalt cutback adhesive for roof membranes," 5%; and GF-8, a "Floor tile cement," 10%.1

Three coated insulation: C-13-A, a "Trowel grade emulsion weather protection for insulation (asphalt base)," 12%; C-19, a "Brush or spray grade asphalt cutback insulation protective coating," 20-25%; and Thermalkote, a "Heavy trowel grade asphalt emulsion-weatherproof coating," 14-19%.1 The rest were for vehicles, waterproofing and pavements: #227, a "Military spec. underbody coating-asphalt cutback," 8.5-17%; #245, a "Trowel grade asphalt cutback for underbody coating and waterproofing," 30%; Trowel Mastic, a "Trowel grade asphalt cutback waterproofing compound," 22-25%; #229, a "Cork filled asphalt cutback--for condensation control," 12%; and Filler Coat, a "Sand filled levelling and smoothing compound for pavements," 6%.1 The railroad car cements "were spray to trowel grade metal protective coatings used by railroad car builders or repair shops."1

Location

Chicago Heights, Illinois, the city named in the documents. The dot marks the city, not the plant's address.

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Asbestos claims

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Flintkote's Responses to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories and Requests for Admission in the Eastern District of Texas

  • Asbestos products made: “All-Weather Mastic 1956–1981; Aluminum Roof Coating (810-19) 1969–1981; R.R. Car Cements (railroad car cements, about 20 grades) 1940s–by 1968; C-13-A (100-14) 1940s–1981; C-13-C4 (800-13) 1940–1981; C-19 (110-14) 1954–1981; Fiber Roof Coating (FTC) 1945–1981; Fibrex Cement 1940s–1981; Filler Coat (900-20) 1964–1981; GF-8 Tile Cement 1940s–1981; Nu-Static 1954–1981; #227 Underbody Coating 1950–1975; #229 Anti-Sweat CPD. 1947–?; #245 1950s–1974; Plastic Cement (810-21) 1940s–1981; Rain Patch (810-25) 1969–1981; Rexalt Roof Coating 1950–1981; Rexglas Coating 1969–1981; Static Levelkote 1958–1981; Thermalkote (100-15) 1940s–1981; Trowel Mastic 1961–1981; Weldon Cement East only 1940s–1981” (The Flintkote Company), p. 281

Other names

Documents call this plant “CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL”, “CH”.

See also

References

  1. Flintkote's Responses to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories and Requests for Admission in the Eastern District of Texas (October 10, 1985), pp. 28–33.

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