Calgon Carbon
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Calgon Carbon Corporation is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
based company that offers products and services that remove contaminants and odors from liquids and gases. The company was originally formed as the Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical Company, which provided products that assisted with the city's formerly huge steel industry. However, as steel processing shrunk in America, the company began to go in a new direction. It has been specializing specifically in carbon for nearly 30 years.
Calgon Carbon divides its operations among 4 segments. The Activated Carbon
portion of the corporation, which provides the majority of revenues, manufactures granular, powered, and extruded carbon. These chemicals remove and adsorb organic compounds from liquids and gases. These organic compounds are later burned off at the Pittsburgh plant so the carbon can be reused. Granular activated carbon especially useful in the process of water purification. The Engineered Systems segments designs and builds carbon absorption systems and ion exchange and separation devices. The food, biotechnology, sanitation, and pharmaceutical industries all utilize products from Calgon Carbon. The Services Options branch of the company provides mobile carbon absorption equipment and also provides for absorption monitoring. Finally, the Consumer Products division provides carbon cloth, charcoal, and water purifiers.
The company's main operations are centered in North America, but Calgon has a presence in Europe and fully owns the company called Chemviron Carbon.
In September 2006, Calgon Carbon announced it would be replacing its pension plan
with an "enhanced" 401(k) plan in order to satisfy new legislation requiring companies to fully fund their defined benefit plans.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
based company that offers products and services that remove contaminants and odors from liquids and gases. The company was originally formed as the Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical Company, which provided products that assisted with the city's formerly huge steel industry. However, as steel processing shrunk in America, the company began to go in a new direction. It has been specializing specifically in carbon for nearly 30 years.
Calgon Carbon divides its operations among 4 segments. The Activated Carbon
Activated carbon
Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal or carbo activatus, is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions.The word activated in the name is sometimes replaced...
portion of the corporation, which provides the majority of revenues, manufactures granular, powered, and extruded carbon. These chemicals remove and adsorb organic compounds from liquids and gases. These organic compounds are later burned off at the Pittsburgh plant so the carbon can be reused. Granular activated carbon especially useful in the process of water purification. The Engineered Systems segments designs and builds carbon absorption systems and ion exchange and separation devices. The food, biotechnology, sanitation, and pharmaceutical industries all utilize products from Calgon Carbon. The Services Options branch of the company provides mobile carbon absorption equipment and also provides for absorption monitoring. Finally, the Consumer Products division provides carbon cloth, charcoal, and water purifiers.
The company's main operations are centered in North America, but Calgon has a presence in Europe and fully owns the company called Chemviron Carbon.
In September 2006, Calgon Carbon announced it would be replacing its pension plan
Pension
In general, a pension is an arrangement to provide people with an income when they are no longer earning a regular income from employment. Pensions should not be confused with severance pay; the former is paid in regular installments, while the latter is paid in one lump sum.The terms retirement...
with an "enhanced" 401(k) plan in order to satisfy new legislation requiring companies to fully fund their defined benefit plans.