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The Casket and Funeral Supply Association (CFSA) estimated in the late 1990s that fewer than 325 companies were involved in the various aspects of casket manufacturing in the United States.
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∙ 9y agoAccording to statistics compiled by the Casket & Funeral Supply Association of America, there were 1.619 million caskets sold in the US in 2010.
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What is the name for a coffin in the US?
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Does a casket need to be placed in a vault?
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What name is given to a coffin in the US?
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Can a casket have colored bedding instead of white?
In the US, many caskets have colored interiors. The former Marsellus Casket Company - famous maker of hardwood caskets - pioneered the use of colored interiors already in the 1920s.
What was the former Marsellus casket company known for?
The former Marsellus Casket Company was renown as the leading hardwood casket manufacturer in the US. Marsellus caskets were regarded as the finest - and most expensive - hardwood caskets in America.
Who are the top three casket companies in the US?
in 2010 the three largest casket manufacturers were: - Batesville (part of Hillenbrand Industries) - Aurora (includes Clarksburg) - Matthews International, Casket Division (includes Milso and York)
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If the us flag is used to cover a casket at a funeral can the flag be lowered into the grave?
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Who made coffins in 1880?
In most cases, caskets were made by local furniture and cabinet makers who served also as undertakers, building coffins on an "as needed" basis. In the US, the main impulse for the founding of specialized casket makers came during the Civil War, when thousands of coffins were needed to transport dead soldiers. In 1870, the J. M. Hutton Company of Richmond, IN (founded in 1845) began to concentrate all its activities on making caskets. In the 1880s there existed already several casket companies in the US, for example the Stein Manufacturing Co. founded 1872 in Rochester, NY - a company which later became the famous National Casket Company with its headquarter in Boston. In the same year, the Marsellus casket company - which probably became the most famous hardwood manufacturer of America - was founded in Syracuse, NY. Also the parent company of the renown Crane & Breed Company of Cincinnati, OH (founded under that name in 1882) was already in existence: since the mid 1860s, Martin H. Crane had experimented with wrought sheet iron as a less expensive alternative to cast iron, and by the end of the decade he had developed the industry's first sheet metal casket which could be mass produced. In 1884 the renown Springfield metallic casket company was founded The beginnings of the Batesville casket company - nowadays the largest casket manufacturer in the US - go back to the same year. Batesville became the most important pioneer of reasonably priced steel caskets and gasket sealer caskets.
