Timeline Brochure - Clean My Water

130 years of making Water and
Air Safer and Cleaner
Making Water and Air Safer and Cleaner
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.
BarnebeyCheney
Engineering
Company forms
in Ohio to
supply activated
carbons for
commercial
and industrial
applications.
1919
1962
1968
1970
1978
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.
Calgon
Corporation
merges with
Merck & Co., Inc
Chemviron, S.A,
headquartered in
Brussels, is
established to
market water
pollution control
systems, products,
and engineering
services in Europe.
To service
customers in Japan,
Korea, and Taiwan,
a joint venture is
formed with Mitsui
Chemicals, Inc. and
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Barnebey-Cheney
Engineering
develops solvent
recovery systems
based on activated
carbon technology,
resulting in the
formation of the
American Solvent
Recovery
Corporation.
1925
Barnebey-Cheney
develops special
impregnated
carbons for
adsorption of
radioactive iodine
compounds utilized
Barnebey-Cheney Barnebey-Cheney by the nuclear
power industry and
Engineering
Engineering
provides over
merges with the
employs
American Solvent 80 percent of the
impregnated
original carbon
activated carbon Recovery
equipment supplied
for use in World Corporation
to American
to form
War II military
Barnebey-Cheney. nuclear reactors.
gas masks.
1942
1953
1965
1985
Calgon Carbon,
a wholly owned
subsidiary of
Merck & Co., Inc.,
is acquired by its
management
through a
leveraged buyout.
Barnebey-Cheney
establishes the
capability to
perform custom
reactivation
of spent carbons.
1973
1988
Calgon Carbon
acquires charcoal
production
operation
in Germany.
The company
opens offices in
Chicago, California,
Maryland, and
Nevada to service
expanding
customer base.
1977
1990
1996
Through
acquisition,
Calgon Carbon
establishes its
Vara International
Division to
provide
customized
engineered
systems for
solvent recovery
and volatile
organic
compound
abatement.
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
IncorporatedTM
(Lakeland, Florida),
1997
a leading
worldwide supplier
of separation
process systems
that employ
proprietary
continuous ion
exchange and
continuous
chromotography
technologies.
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.
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 Waterlink
Specialty Products,
known as
Barnebey Sutcliffe in
the United States,
and Sutcliffe
Speakman in
Europe, to enhance
capabilities in
carbon reactivation,
impregnation, and in
on-site services.
CVI/Pennwalt
purchases
BarnebeyCheney.
1978
Sutcliffe Speakman
acquires Simon
Croftshaw solvent
recovery group
and the Sutcliffe
Croftshaw solvent
recovery division
is formed.
1984
Barnebey &
Sutcliffe
partners with
American
Commonwealth
Management
Barnebey-Cheney Services (ACMS)
to add food-grade
merges with
Sutcliffe Speakman granular activated
forming Barnebey carbon
regeneration
& Sutcliffe
to its capabilities.
Corporation.
1987
1993
Barnebey &
Sutcliffe
purchases Sorbtech
and establishes a
significant
relationship with
Haycarb, Ltd., the
world's leading
manufacturer
of coconut
shell – based
activated carbon.
1994
Barnebey &
Sutcliffe
is acquired by
Waterlink, Inc.,
an international
provider of water
purification
and wastewater
treatment
solutions.
1998
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Calgon Carbon Corporation
P.O. Box 717
Pittsburgh, PA USA 15230-0717
1-800-422-7266
Tel: 412-787-6700
Fx: 412-787-6713
Calgon Carbon Asia
65 Chulia Street
#37-03 OCBC Centre
Singapore 049513
Tel: 65 6 221 3500
Fx: 65 6 221 3554
www.bscarbons.com
835 N. Cassady Avenue
Columbus, OH 43219
Tel: 614-258-3464
Fx: 614-397-8295
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