Calgon Carbon Corp. (CCC) announced the relocation of its industrial reactivation operation and the processing of certain specialty activated carbons from its Columbus, Ohio facility to its Big Sandy plant in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. The company also announced the temporary idling of its reactivation facility in Blue Lake, California. The changes are being implemented to reduce operating costs.
Commenting on the announcement, John S. Stanik, Calgon Carbon's president and chief executive officer, said, "The consolidation of operations and associated strategic change to our service business is consistent with our re- engineering plan to optimize asset utilization, and should reduce operating costs by approximately $2 million." [ more ]

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