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Calgon Carbon Awarded $6.5 Million Contract for Perchlorate Removal Systems
Pittsburgh, PA — April 12, 2002 — Calgon Carbon Corporation
(NYSE: CCC) announced today that it has received a contract from
California Domestic Water Co. in Southern California to remove and
destroy perchlorate from groundwater using Calgon Carbon's ion
exchange technology, including its emergency perchlorate service
equipment and proprietary ion exchange resin. The contract is valued
at $6.5 million.
The project is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of
2002. The Calgon Carbon ion exchange systems will treat approximately
seven million gallons of water per day and provide safe drinking water
for 120,000 people in five communities in Southern California.
Commenting on the contract, Jim Byerrum, president of California
Domestic said, "When perchlorate was identified at the California
Domestic wells, the first company I called was Calgon Carbon. Their
response was immediate, and within five weeks of contract execution I
had equipment arriving at my site."
Bob O'Brien, senior vice president of Calgon Carbon, said, "We are
pleased that California Domestic Water Co. chose Calgon Carbon's
leading-edge technology to protect its customers from perchlorate
contamination. To date, we have received six contracts for perchlorate
removal, including four from water utilities to restore water to
drinking water quality. When this project is completed, our ion
exchange technology will remove perchlorate from more than 35 million
gallons of drinking water per day."
Calgon Carbon Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
is a global leader in service and solutions for purifying air and
water. The company employs approximately 1,000 persons at 13 operating
facilities and 11 sales and service centers worldwide.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbor" for forward-looking statements. This document contains certain
statements that are forward-looking relative to the company's future
strategy and performance. They involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that may cause the company's actual results in future
periods to be materially different from any future performance
suggested in this document. Further, the company operates in an
industry where it may be influenced by economic and other factors
beyond the company's control.
Assessing Purification, Separation, Recovery and Synthesis Needs
Calgon Carbon Corporation provides Engineered Solutions to customers
air, water and chemical process problems through design, fabrication
and operation of systems that utilize a combination of core
technologies: ion exchange and chromatographic separations,
ultraviolet light disinfections and oxidation, odor control, solvent
recovery, VOC abatement and distillation.
The group includes 160 professional engineers, scientists, sales and
marketing personnel, four global manufacturing sites, intellectual
property assets of more than 50 patents as well as pilot plant
facilities and custom chemical manufacturing capabilities utilizing
our technology.
About Calgon Carbon Corporation
Calgon Carbon Corporation is a global leader in services and solutions
for making air and water safer and cleaner, and for purifying food,
beverage, and industrial process streams.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Calgon Carbon Corporation employs
approximately 1,000 people and serves more than 4,000 customers around
the world through four business platforms: Carbon, Service, Engineered
Solutions and Consumer Health.
Calgon Carbon offers a variety of technology solutions and services to
address all purification, separation, recovery and synthesis
needs.
For more information, visit the Calgon Carbon website at: www.calgoncarbon.com or contact
a customer service technician at: info@calgoncarbon.com or call
1-800-422-7266.
Contact: Gail Gerono, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate
Communications, (412) 787-6795; gerono@calgoncarbon.com
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