Williams Holdings – AFFF manufacturer

As another major AFFF manufacturer, Williams Holdings bought Pilgrim House, the owners of Kidde Fire Fighting, in 1988, and Yale & Valor, a locks and gas fires business, in 1991. The company began focusing on security shortly after the acquisition. In 1997, it bought Chubb Security for $2.1 billion. Williams Holdings demerged into Chubb and Kidde in the summer of 2000. Because the exposure to the firefighting foam AFFF the company manufactures can take a heavy toll on firefighters' health, more and more people started filing lawsuits against Williams Holdings, alleging failure to warn of disease risk and negligence. If you were injured by the company's products, we encourage you to reach out to our skilled attorneys.

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A short history of Williams Holdings, AFFF manufacturing, and lawsuits

Founded in 1982, Williams Holdings is a company specializing in fire protection, building products, and security products. While it was a major British conglomerate and listed on the London Stock Exchange, as well as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, today, the AFFF manufacturer is defunct and has Chubb Fire and Kidde Fire Fighting as successors.

Williams Holdings was established by Nigel Rudd and Brian McGowan in Derby in 1982 to purchase underperforming businesses. J&HB Jackson was its first major acquisition, which was a Coventry based metal business. The manufacturer subsequently acquired Walpamur, a paints business, from Reed International in 1987, and Berger, Jenson, and Nicholson, another paints business, in 1988. The two businesses were combined to create Crown Berger.

One of the dangerous products the company would manufacture, as well as its successors, was AFFF, a fire suppressant containing PFAS, a group of substances also known as "forever chemicals." Since the 1960s, civilian and military firefighters nationwide have regularly used this firefighting foam to put out hydrocarbon fires, which would also cause toxic exposure. As a result, many came to struggle with harrowing diseases years or decades later, such as the following:

File your AFFF exposure claim with the assistance of our compassionate and diligent attorneys

Whether you are a civilian or military firefighter, chances are you worked with AFFF, which places you at risk of developing a serious disease. In the unfortunate case you already struggle with one and it might be connected to toxic occupational exposure, we encourage you to seek legal assistance from our law firm, which has been handling this type of cases for over 35 years.

To initiate the legal process, we will request your employment or military records, which you have to retrieve, and your medical records with your eligible diagnosis. After we evaluate your case, we will let you know whether you can file a claim with Williams Holdings for AFFF exposure to receive the financial compensation you might be entitled to for your unjust suffering.