CCB Receives Top Rubber Award
April 13, 2004
Antonio Quaresma, president of Columbian Chemicals Brasil (CCB) and Ronaldo Duarte, sales manager for South America, today announced that Columbian Chemicals Brasil was awarded the 2003/2004 Top Rubber Award by representatives of the Brazilian polymers market and readers of the industry publication, Borracha Atual. This publication provides news and technical articles for the rubber industry and seeks to expand the knowledge base of its readers by providing a forum for information exchange and critical thinking. The Top Rubber Award received by CCB recognizes its outstanding performance in the national raw material category.
Jim Howard, senior vice president of Marketing, Sales, and Carbon Black Technology for CCC noted "This is an outstanding achievement for our CCB team. Such recognition by the market is a clear indication that CCB has done a superb job of meeting and exceeding our customers' expectations."
Jim Berresse, president of Columbian Chemicals Company, added: "Awards such as these provide tangible evidence that our customers' appreciate the value we bring in our relationships with them. CCB's outstanding performance was already well-recognized within the company. It is only appropriate that their performance be acknowledged by the industry as well."
CCB is located in Cubatao, Brazil and has Sales offices in Sao Paulo.
Columbian Chemicals Company is one of the world’s leading producers of carbon black – an engineered material that improves the strength, durability and overall performance of a range of products including tires and other mechanical rubber goods, as well as inks, paints, plastics and coatings.
Based in Marietta, Georgia, Columbian Chemicals Company is a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge Corp., the world’s second-largest copper company. Columbian Chemicals Company owns and operates 12 carbon black manufacturing facilities in Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Spain and the United States.
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