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Cemesto (Celotex)

Documents in our library describe Cemesto (Celotex) as “a celotex core (... manufactured from bagasse—sugar cane) with a 1/8 in. thick layer of asbestos cement applied to either or both sides”.1 They give it as made 1930–1963.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked with or around Cemesto (Celotex) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust. Free case review.

What each document says

Every statement about Cemesto (Celotex) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1931, June 1931

  • Sold from: “A new insulating Board has been designed by the Celotex Company”, p. 501
  • Description: “a Celotex core (... manufactured from bagasse—sugar cane) with a 1/8 in. thick layer of asbestos cement applied to either or both sides” (as of 1931), p. 501

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made from: “Cemesto Board (produced 1930's to early 1960's)”, said by Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 62
  • Made until: “Cemesto Board (produced 1930's to early 1960's)”, said by Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 62

Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (1946)

  • Sold from: “Cemesto Board was first introduced by The Celotex Corporation in 1930”, p. 1863

Asbestos Magazine, 1937, December 1937

  • Made at: “The Metuchen plant produces ... Cemesto” (as of 1937; at Metuchen, N.J.), said by Celotex Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 374

Asbestos Magazine, 1942, March 1942

  • Use: “used as both inside and outside wall (in a single unit) for the 600 houses ... at the Glenn L. Martin airplane plants outside of Baltimore” (sales to Glenn L. Martin (defense housing)), p. 255
  • Description: “insulating panels with asbestos-cement core” (as of 1953), p. 666

Kind of product

We list Cemesto (Celotex) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Celotex (6)

Cemesto Board · Acousti-celotex · Acousteel · Asbestos Millboard · Asbestos Rollboard · Cemesto Structural Insulating Panels

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (377)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Careyflex (Philip Carey) · Careysote (Philip Carey) · Careystone (Philip Carey) · Careystone Colonial Clapboard Siding (Philip Carey) · Carinsul (Johns-Manville) · Cedargrain (Johns-Manville) · Century (Keasbey & Mattison) · Certa-Seal (CertainTeed) · Chemstone (Johns-Manville) · China-Glaze (United States Gypsum) · Chrom-Tex (Keasbey & Mattison) · Chroma-Tex (Asbestone) · Chroma-Tone (National Gypsum) · Classic (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · and 357 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

  • Celotex: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
  • Celotex on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1931, June 1931 (June 1, 1931), p. 50.
  2. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 6.
  3. Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (February 1, 1945), p. 186.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1937, December 1937 (December 1, 1937), p. 37.
  5. Asbestos Magazine, 1942, March 1942 (March 1, 1942), p. 25.
  6. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 66. Not yet published in our library.

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