Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.

Borg-Warner Automotive，Inc。取得了查尔斯·博格（Charles Borg）和托马斯·华纳（Thomas Warner）的名字。博格于1903年与他的搭档马歇尔·贝克（Marshall Beck）于1903年首次创立了Borg＆Beck。该公司是汽车组件制造商，是第一个获得滑动离合器专利的专利。

另一个Borg-Warner同名的Thomas Warner于1901年创立了自己的公司Warner Gear。华纳Gear还在汽车零件行业中，并开发了第一个手动变速箱。两家公司与Marvel-Schebler和Mechanics Universal Joint一起组成了Borg-Warner Automotive，Inc.。1928年。一年后，Borg-Warner收购了Morse Chain Company。

据报道，自成立以来，博格 - 瓦纳（Borg-Warner）在其产品中使用石棉，但其对毒素的使用在1960年代急剧增加。该公司的产品继续用石棉制造，直到1980年代。

The Borg-Warner’s asbestos products were not only used within the United States. The company experienced international expansion, opening a facility in Mexico in 1962 and venturing into Japanese markets in 1964. In 1969, through another Japenese joint venture, Borg-Warner Model 35 automatic transmissions were used by 30 automakers in more than 100 vehicles. At this time, all of the Borg-Warner transmissions and other products likely contained asbestos.

By the time Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. was celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1978, the company’s profits were nearly $100 million. The following year, profits skyrocketed to $2.7 billion. Borg-Warner’s massive hold on theautomotive industryhelped them weather the decline in auto production throughout the 1980s. It was around this time the company ceased asbestos use. However, ending their use of the toxin was not enough to save them from mounting asbestos litigation costs.

与许多石棉公司不同，由于石棉相关的成本，Borg-Warner不必申请破产。该公司用自己的资金向石棉受害者支付。2016年，博格 - 瓦纳（Borg-Warner）预留了4.41亿美元，以支付待定和未来的石棉相关费用。该公司继续在石棉诉讼中命名，并在今天仍在运营。

02. Asbestos Products

Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.’s Use of Asbestos Products

Scientists and researchers were aware of the health risks associated with asbestos exposure as early as the 1920s. However, many companies, such as Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc., chose to ignore this fact and continued to useasbestos in their productsas a cheap additive. The toxin was a welcome addition to the production process, as it improved heat- and fire-resistance, durability and malleability.

Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc’s products contained asbestos until the 1980s, well after the health risks were public knowledge. Asbestos was used by Borg-Warner in their friction parts, includingbrake and clutch linings，除其他产品。

03.职业曝光

Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. and Occupational Exposure

Borg-Warner Automotive，Inc。产品的受欢迎程度要​​求大量劳动力。Borg-Warner在美国雇用了数千名。在1950年代，印第安纳州芒西的Borg-Warner的华纳装备工厂雇用了5,000多名员工。到1985年，Borg-Warner停止使用石棉后不久，该公司雇用了10,000名员工。

Any person who worked for Borg-Warner between its founding in 1928 and the 1980s may have experienced职业石棉暴露。

Those working in Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. facilities制造和组装产品are among those most at risk of asbestos exposure. Other high-risk occupations include those distributing the asbestos products andmechanics。

Today, mechanics may still be exposed to Borg-Warner asbestos products when working on older vehicles.

04.石棉诉讼

Asbestos Litigation Against Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.

Borg-Warner has been named in numerousasbestos lawsuitsstemming from their 50 years of asbestos use. By 2009, Borg-Warner Automotive, then known as BorgWarner Inc., had been named as a defendant in 23,000 asbestos-related cases.

One such case was filed by the widow of a General Motors Co. warehouse worker. The 2010 case was filed against Borg-Warner and other asbestos companies, including盟军信号and约翰·曼维尔。

马克Buttitta在通用汽车公司(General Motors co .) warehou工作ses in the early 1970s, when he was home for the summers during college. Buttitta’s asbestos exposure occurred from the asbestos-containing automotive parts he interacted with in the warehouse. However, this wasn’t his first instance of asbestos exposure. He also experienced次要石棉暴露from his father, who worked for GM from 1952 to the 1970s. Buttitta died of万博专业版in 2002 at 50 years old. His wife, Susan M. Buttitta, was awarded $30.3 million from the defendants.

Borg-Warner继续面临类似的诉讼。2015年，博格 - 瓦纳（Borg-Warner）支付了超过5000万美元的石棉相关费用，随后在2016年又支付了4500万美元。

At the end of 2016, the financial strain caused by cases like the Buttitta’s led Borg-Warner to set aside $441 million to pay current and future asbestos victims and related legal costs. This one-time payment is thought to cover Borg-Warner’sasbestos-related claimsthrough 2067.

博格 - 瓦纳（Borg-Warner）今天仍在运营，并继续被任命为与石棉相关诉讼的被告。