Calgon Carbon Awarded Contract for Drinking Water Treatment in Seoul, South Korea
16 Junio 2009 - 7:29AM
PR Newswire (US)
PITTSBURGH, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Calgon Carbon
Corporation (NYSE:CCC) announced today, that it has been awarded a
multi-million dollar contract by Hyundai Engineering and
Construction Co. Ltd. to supply granular activated carbon (GAC) to
the YoungDeungPo plant in Seoul City, South Korea for drinking
water treatment. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The
YoungDeungPo plant provides 79 million gallons of potable water per
day to approximately 1.5 million residents in the western section
of the Seoul metropolitan area. Calgon Carbon will supply 2,745
cubic meters of GAC to the plant. Kees Majoor, senior vice
president at Calgon Carbon commented on the announcement, "We are
pleased that Hyundai has chosen Calgon Carbon's products to provide
clean and safe drinking water to the residents of Seoul City, the
capital of South Korea. Calgon Carbon has supplied millions of
pounds of high quality activated carbon to municipalities in South
Korea for drinking water treatment. We are committed to serve the
growing municipal market in Asia." Calgon Carbon Corporation,
headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global leader in
services and solutions for making water and air safer and cleaner.
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