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Koppers Holdings Inc.

Location

Pennsylvania

Founded

1988-02-13

Website

http://www.koppers.com

Articles

446 Articles

Category

Wood Preserving

Gum and Wood Chemicals

Carbon Black

Description

Koppers, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global wood preservation technology company that creates safe and environmentally responsible solutions to solve our customer’s most important challenges. Our products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end-markets including railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber and construction industries. With more than 2,100 employees, we maintain a global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities in North America, South America, Australasia, China and Europe. Koppers is committed to living a culture of Zero Harm that places the care of our people, our environment and our communities first at all times. The company is also a member of the American Chemistry Council and dedicated to adopting its Responsible Care® initiative at all of our locations worldwide.

Articles

The inside story on a billion-dollar chemical company’s fight to keep its secrets from the public

2024-04-08 (muckrock.com)

The inside story on a billion-dollar chemical company’s fight to keep its secrets from the public

After the Cicero Independiente and MuckRock published investigative articles about air pollution and the chemicals company Koppers, it hired a public-relations firm to organize a secret, behind-the-scenes campaign to influence local officials.

Read more
The Air We Breathe': How the Koppers Plant Became and Remains Cicero's Toxic Neighbor

2023-12-11 (muckrock.com)

The Air We Breathe': How the Koppers Plant Became and Remains Cicero's Toxic Neighbor

The Koppers plant in Cicero has violated state and federal environmental laws for 50 years, from the late 1970s until last summer.

Read more
Koppers pump environmentally hazardous substances into the polluted fjord: Now the mayor is reacting

(fyens.dk)

Koppers pump environmentally hazardous substances into the polluted fjord: Now the mayor is reacting

The other day, DR was able to reveal that Koppers in Nyborg and several other large Danish companies have been allowed to discharge toxic waste water into sea areas, even though the limits for pollution had long been exceeded. We comply with all requirements and will continue to do so in the future, says the message from the company itself.

Read more

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