Product Description
Miehle-Goss-Dexter (formed by the consolidation of Miehle Printing Press & Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, and Dexter Folder Company of Pearl River, New York) was through the mid-20th century the dominant U.S. supplier of commercial sheet-fed offset presses (Miehle line), large newspaper web presses (Goss line), and bindery equipment including folders and stitchers (Dexter line). Miehle, Goss, and Dexter presses ran in nearly every major U.S. newspaper plant, commercial book printer, and magazine printer of the asbestos era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Miehle-Goss-Dexter presses were specified with asbestos-containing materials across the press line:
- Heat-set ink drying ovens insulated with asbestos block and paper (350°F+ ovens running in-line with the web)
- Heated impression and ink rollers with asbestos gasket material
- Electrical wire insulation on press motors, controls, and drive systems
- Steam-piping insulation on plant utility connections to presses
- Boiler insulation on integrated press-plant heat plants
Miehle-Goss-Dexter has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Sheet-fed press operators (Miehle)
- Newspaper web-press operators (Goss)
- Bindery operators (Dexter folders, stitchers, trimmers)
- Press-plant machinists and electricians
- Plant pipefitters on steam-heated ink systems
If You Worked With Miehle, Goss, or Dexter Equipment
If you operated, set up, or maintained Miehle sheet-fed presses, Goss newspaper web presses, or Dexter bindery equipment during the asbestos era — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness — you may have legal rights.
Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 936-2956