Fiberite Corporation
Fiberite Corporation of Winona, Minnesota manufactured phenolic and other thermoset compounds during the asbestos era. The company was acquired by Cytec Industries in 1997.
Asbestos use period
Fiberite continued asbestos use in phenolic compounds through the early 1980s — among the latest of the major compound manufacturers to discontinue asbestos formulations.
Plant
- Winona, Minnesota — Fiberite’s primary phenolic compound manufacturing operation
Products
The Fiberite product line included asbestos-filled phenolic molding compounds for industrial and commercial applications. Specific grades — including the Fiberite 1333a thermoset compound — are documented on the AsbestosIndex product archive.
Litigation history
Through the Cytec successor (Cytec Industries was later acquired by Solvay in 2015), the corporate liability chain for Fiberite-product asbestos claims continues. Multiple cases involving Fiberite compound exposure are in the public record.
Worker exposure pathways at Fiberite plants
Workers at the Winona, MN Fiberite operations were exposed during raw asbestos handling, compound formulation, pelletizing, packaging, and shipping. Downstream molding-shop workers experienced compound handling, hopper loading, molding, trimming, and finishing exposures.
If you worked with this company’s asbestos-phenolic compounds
Worker exposure documentation typically includes: pay stubs and W-2s showing employment dates, union dispatch records (for union-shop members), social security earnings statements, and any company-issued product or material safety information you may have retained.
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References to manufacturers, products, and litigation history reflect what has been alleged or documented in publicly filed asbestos litigation, federal regulatory records, and industry archives. This information does not constitute a finding of fact or liability.