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Calgon Carbon Announces Expanded Capabilities and Facilities for Servicing the Custom Chemical Manufacturing Industry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 22, 2002 — Calgon Carbon
Corporation announced today expanded investments in laboratory
equipment, piloting and personnel resources to support customers
seeking to optimize custom chemical products for pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries.
The 40,000 sq. foot laboratory has a new explosion proof ion exchange
continuous simulated moving bed (SMB) production system known as
CSEP®. "Customers recognize the importance of SMB and the
advantages of CSEP® beyond traditional SMB processes. Our
laboratory now has additional capabilities, including advanced
computer modeling, to provide customers piloting to scale-up
manufacturing services", says Dr. Nicholas R. Pollack, Director of
Process Engineering and Research.
Dr. David Fair, Chemical Process Manager, has joined the group
supporting the increased resources. Dr. Fair was previously with
BAYER Corporation for 20 years. "Dr. Fair provides great experience
to our processing team", says Dr. Nicholas Pollack.
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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