Timeline Brochure.pdf - Clean My Water
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130 years of making <strong>Water</strong> and<br />
Air Safer and <strong>Clean</strong>er<br />
Making <strong>Water</strong> and Air Safer and <strong>Clean</strong>er
1942 1962 1968 1970 1978 1985 1988<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
Corporation's<br />
predecessor,<br />
Pittsburgh Coke<br />
and Chemical<br />
Company,<br />
Inc., pioneered<br />
the development<br />
of coal-based<br />
granular<br />
activated carbon<br />
for use in<br />
military<br />
protection<br />
masks.<br />
Pittsburgh<br />
Activated<br />
Carbon Company<br />
(formerly<br />
Pittsburgh Coke &<br />
Chemical), now<br />
manufacturing<br />
granular activated<br />
carbon for use in<br />
the removal of<br />
tastes, odors,<br />
colors, and other<br />
impurities from<br />
liquids, and<br />
charcoal filters for<br />
cigarettes, is<br />
acquired by Calgon<br />
Corporation.<br />
Calgon<br />
Corporation<br />
merges with<br />
Merck & Co., Inc<br />
Chemviron, S.A,<br />
headquartered in<br />
Brussels, is<br />
established to<br />
market water<br />
pollution control<br />
systems, products,<br />
and engineering<br />
services in Europe.<br />
To service<br />
customers in Japan,<br />
Korea, and Taiwan,<br />
a joint venture is<br />
formed with Mitsui<br />
Chemicals, Inc. and<br />
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.<br />
Calgon Carbon,<br />
a wholly owned<br />
subsidiary of<br />
Merck & Co., Inc.,<br />
is acquired by its<br />
management<br />
through a<br />
leveraged buyout.<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
acquires charcoal<br />
production<br />
operation<br />
in Germany.<br />
Barnebey-<br />
Cheney<br />
Engineering<br />
Company forms<br />
in Ohio to<br />
supply activated<br />
carbons for<br />
commercial<br />
and industrial<br />
applications.<br />
Barnebey-Cheney<br />
Engineering<br />
develops solvent<br />
recovery systems<br />
based on activated<br />
carbon technology,<br />
resulting in the<br />
formation of the<br />
American Solvent<br />
Recovery<br />
Corporation.<br />
Barnebey-Cheney<br />
Engineering<br />
employs<br />
impregnated<br />
activated carbon<br />
for use in World<br />
War II military<br />
gas masks.<br />
Barnebey-Cheney<br />
Engineering<br />
merges with the<br />
American Solvent<br />
Recovery<br />
Corporation<br />
to form<br />
Barnebey-Cheney.<br />
Barnebey-Cheney<br />
develops special<br />
impregnated<br />
carbons for<br />
adsorption of<br />
radioactive iodine<br />
compounds utilized<br />
by the nuclear<br />
power industry and<br />
provides over<br />
80 percent of the<br />
original carbon<br />
equipment supplied<br />
to American<br />
nuclear reactors.<br />
Barnebey-Cheney<br />
establishes the<br />
capability to<br />
perform custom<br />
reactivation<br />
of spent carbons.<br />
The company<br />
opens offices in<br />
Chicago, California,<br />
Maryland, and<br />
Nevada to service<br />
expanding<br />
customer base.<br />
1919 1925 1942 1953 1965 1973 1977
1990 1996 1997 2002<br />
Through<br />
acquisition,<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
establishes its<br />
Vara International<br />
Division to<br />
provide<br />
customized<br />
engineered<br />
systems for<br />
solvent recovery<br />
and volatile<br />
organic<br />
compound<br />
abatement.<br />
Supplementing its<br />
core technology of<br />
activated carbon,<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
becomes the world<br />
leader in advanced<br />
oxidation by<br />
acquiring the<br />
perox-pure<br />
business operations<br />
of Vulcan<br />
Peroxidation<br />
Systems, Inc.,<br />
(Tucson,Arizona)<br />
and Solarchem<br />
Enterprises, Inc.,<br />
(Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada).<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
also acquires<br />
Advanced<br />
Separation<br />
Technologies<br />
Incorporated TM<br />
(Lakeland, Florida),<br />
a leading<br />
worldwide supplier<br />
of separation<br />
process systems<br />
that employ<br />
proprietary<br />
continuous ion<br />
exchange and<br />
continuous<br />
chromotography<br />
technologies.<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
acquires Charcoal<br />
Cloth<br />
(International)<br />
Ltd., a British<br />
manufacturer of<br />
activated carbon in<br />
cloth form, making<br />
Calgon Carbon the<br />
world leader in<br />
quality and capacity<br />
for activated<br />
carbon cloth.<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
forms a<br />
Singapore – based<br />
marketing<br />
subsidiary, Calgon<br />
Carbon Asia,<br />
serving customers<br />
in Korea,Taiwan,<br />
the People's<br />
Republic of China,<br />
Southeast Asia,<br />
Australia, New<br />
Zealand, and India.<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
Corporation<br />
expands in<br />
Asia – starts up a<br />
manufacturing<br />
plant in Datong,<br />
China, and<br />
value-added<br />
operations in<br />
Tianjin, China.<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
Corporation and<br />
Mitsubishi<br />
Chemical<br />
Corporation of<br />
Tokyo, Japan, agree<br />
to form a joint<br />
venture partnership<br />
that will produce<br />
and sell activated<br />
carbon and related<br />
services<br />
throughout Japan.<br />
2004<br />
Calgon Carbon<br />
Corporation<br />
acquires <strong>Water</strong>link<br />
Specialty Products,<br />
known as<br />
Barnebey Sutcliffe in<br />
the United States,<br />
and Sutcliffe<br />
Speakman in<br />
Europe, to enhance<br />
capabilities in<br />
carbon reactivation,<br />
impregnation, and in<br />
on-site services.<br />
CVI/Pennwalt<br />
purchases<br />
Barnebey-<br />
Cheney.<br />
Sutcliffe Speakman<br />
acquires Simon<br />
Croftshaw solvent<br />
recovery group<br />
and the Sutcliffe<br />
Croftshaw solvent<br />
recovery division<br />
is formed.<br />
Barnebey-Cheney<br />
merges with<br />
Sutcliffe Speakman<br />
forming Barnebey<br />
& Sutcliffe<br />
Corporation.<br />
Barnebey &<br />
Sutcliffe<br />
partners with<br />
American<br />
Commonwealth<br />
Management<br />
Services (ACMS)<br />
to add food-grade<br />
granular activated<br />
carbon<br />
regeneration<br />
to its capabilities.<br />
Barnebey &<br />
Sutcliffe<br />
purchases Sorbtech<br />
and establishes a<br />
significant<br />
relationship with<br />
Haycarb, Ltd., the<br />
world's leading<br />
manufacturer<br />
of coconut<br />
shell – based<br />
activated carbon.<br />
Barnebey &<br />
Sutcliffe<br />
is acquired by<br />
<strong>Water</strong>link, Inc.,<br />
an international<br />
provider of water<br />
purification<br />
and wastewater<br />
treatment<br />
solutions.<br />
1978 1984 1987 1993 1994 1998
www.calgoncarbon.com<br />
www.bscarbons.com<br />
Calgon Carbon Corporation<br />
P.O. Box 717<br />
Pittsburgh, PA USA 15230-0717<br />
1-800-422-7266<br />
Tel: 412-787-6700<br />
Fx: 412-787-6713<br />
Calgon Carbon Asia<br />
65 Chulia Street<br />
#37-03 OCBC Centre<br />
Singapore 049513<br />
Tel: 65 6 221 3500<br />
Fx: 65 6 221 3554<br />
835 N. Cassady Avenue<br />
Columbus, OH 43219<br />
Tel: 614-258-3464<br />
Fx: 614-397-8295<br />
©Copyright 2004 Calgon Carbon Corporation, all rights reserved.<br />
CCBS-0001-0304<br />
Sutcliffe Speakman Lockett Road<br />
Ashton-in-Makerfield<br />
Lancashire WN4 8DE<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1942 275400<br />
Fx: +44 (0) 1942 275600
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