Timeline Brochure.pdf - Clean My Water
Timeline Brochure.pdf - Clean My Water
Timeline Brochure.pdf - Clean My Water
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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 />
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