History - Barnebey Sutcliffe

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90 Years of Activated Carbon and Filtration Equipment Experience
History of
Barnebey Sutcliffe
1919
Barnebey-Cheney Engineering
Company forms in Ohio to supply
activated carbons for commercial
and industrial applications.
1925
Barnebey-Cheney Engineering
develops solvent recovery systems
based on activated carbon
technology, resulting in the
formation of the American
Solvent Recovery Corporation.
1942
U.S. military purchases
impregnated activated carbon for
use in World War II military gas
masks, continuing to this day.
1965
Barnebey-Cheney develops special impregnated
carbons along with containment housings for
adsorption of radioactive iodine compounds
for the nuclear power industry.
History
1953
Barnebey-Cheney Engineering merges with
the American Solvent Recovery Corporation to
form Barnebey-Cheney.
Company history
1973
Barnebey-Cheney establishes the market
wherein custom reactivation of exhausted
carbon is recycled from a customer and
returned to the customer.
Company history
History
1987
Barnebey-Cheney merges with Sutcliffe
Speakman forming Barnebey & Sutcliffe
Corporation.
1993
Barnebey & Sutcliffe partners with American
Commonwealth Management Services (ACMS)
to add food-grade custom reactivation.
2004
Barnebey & Sutcliffe is acquired by Calgon
Carbon Corporation, an international provider
of air and water purification solutions. Barnebey
Sutcliffe, a Division of Calgon Carbon, is formed.
Today
1994
Barnebey & Sutcliffe purchases Sorbtech and
establishes a significant relationship with
Haycarb, Ltd., the world’s leading manufacturer
of coconut shell-based activated carbon.
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Barnebey Sutcliffe, a Division of Calgon Carbon
Corporation (CCC) provides “one-stop shop”
solutions to the containment and commercial
HVAC markets with the widest line of
domestically manufactured carbon products
and equipment, world-leading technical support,
highly respected field services with ten service
centers exchanging over 50,000 tons of
activated carbon each year, and ecologically
friendly spent carbon recycling. Barnebey
Sutcliffe combines a high level of technical
expertise and flexible engineering to meet
customer requirements. With quick quotations,
industry-leading delivery times, and
customizable integrated systems we have
been able to promptly earn the business needed
to remain the world’s foremost supplier of
containment and HVAC solutions.
History of Calgon Carbon
1942
Calgon Carbon Corporation’s predecessor,
Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company, Inc.,
pioneered the development of coal-based
granular activated carbon for use in military
protection masks.
1962
Pittsburgh Activated Carbon Company
(formerly Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical), now
manufacturing granular activated carbon for
use in the removal of tastes, odors, colors,
and other impurities from liquids and charcoal
filters for cigarettes, is acquired by Calgon
Corporation.
1968
Calgon Corporation merges with Merck &
Co., Inc.
1978
To service customers in Japan, Korea, and
Taiwan, a joint venture is formed with Mitsui
Chemicals, Inc. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
1985
Calgon Carbon, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Merck & Co., Inc., is acquired by its
management through a leveraged buyout.
Calgon Carbon Corporation is formed and
shares are introduced on the New York Stock
Exchange as CCC.
History
Company history
1970
Chemviron, S.A., headquartered in Brussels,
Belgium, is established to market water pollution
control systems, products, and engineering
services in Europe.
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Company history
History
1996
Supplementing its core technology of activated
carbon, Calgon Carbon becomes the world
leader in advanced oxidation by acquiring the
perox-pure business operations of Vulcan
Peroxidation Systems, Inc., (Tucson, Arizona)
and Solarchem Enterprises, Inc., (Toronto,
Ontario, Canada). Calgon Carbon also
acquires Advanced Separation Technologies
Incorporated™ (Lakeland, Florida), a
leading worldwide supplier of separation
process systems that employ proprietary
continuous ion exchange and continuous
chromotography technologies.
1996
Calgon Carbon acquires
Charcoal Cloth
(International) Ltd.,
a British manufacturer
of activated carbon in
cloth form, making
Calgon Carbon the
world leader in quality
and capacity for
activated carbon cloth.
1997
Calgon Carbon forms a Singapore-based
marketing subsidiary, Calgon Carbon Asia,
serving customers in Korea, Taiwan, the
People’s Republic of China, Southeast Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, and India.
2002
Calgon Carbon Corporation expands in Asia
– starts up a manufacturing plant in Datong,
China, and value-added operations in Tianjin,
China. Calgon Carbon Corporation and
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation of Tokyo,
Japan, agree to form a joint venture partnership
that will produce and sell activated carbon and
related services throughout Japan.
2004
Calgon Carbon Corporation acquires
Barnebey Sutcliffe in the U.S., and Sutcliffe
Speakman in Europe, to enhance capabilities
in carbon reactivation, impregnation, and in
on-site services.
Barnebey Sutcliffe®
A Division of
Calgon Carbon Corporation
835 North Cassady Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43219
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