Calgon Carbon Corporation | Introduction
Introduction
400 Calgon Carbon Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205
U.S.A.
Telephone: (412) 787-6700
Toll Free: (800) 422-7266
Fax: (412) 787-4511
Web site: http://www.calgoncarbon.com
Public Company
Incorporated: 1985
Employees: 1,150
Sales: $336.6 million (2004)
Stock Exchanges: New York
Ticker Symbol: CCC
NAIC: 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
Calgon Carbon Corporation is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based public company dedicated to granular activated carbon, a material that has the ability to absorb odors and chemical pollutants. Calgon Carbon divides its business into four units. The Activated Carbon unit is dedicated to the manufacture of 100 types of granular, powdered, and pelletized activated carbon products at four facilities located in the United States and China. The unit also sells custom-designed carbon adsorption, or particle collection, systems. The company's Engineered Systems division helps customers to design and build water purification and disinfection systems, odor control systems, and solvent recovery and distillation systems that rely on carbon adsorption as well as ultraviolet light and ion exchange separation technologies. The Services Options unit maintains air and water purification systems for customers on a fee basis, as well as picking up spent carbon for reactivation. Finally, the company's Consumer Products unit uses activated carbon to make carbon cloth, charcoal briquettes, and consumer products that include Purrfectly Fresh, a pet and household odor remover; PreZerve, tarnish-preventing jewelry storage products; and BreatheSafe, a washable respirator mask capable of filtering odors, gases, mists, fumes, and dust. Calgon Carbon also maintains a European operation, Chemviron Carbon, based in Brussels.