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Chemistry Council of New Jersey honors Kuehne Chemical Company

Contact: Elvin Montero

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Chemistry Council of New Jersey honors Kuehne Chemical Company with trade association's highest honor, 2007 Chairman's Award

May 08, 2007 -- (Trenton, NJ) -- Last week, at the Chemistry Council of New Jersey's (CCNJ) 23rd Annual Spring Conference, the Council honored Kuehne Chemical Company with the 12th Annual Chairman’s Award.

The Chairman's Award recognizes a CCNJ member facility that demonstrates excellence and commitment to community, customer, shareholder and employee expectations in the areas of security, safety, health and environmental performance. As well, it recognizes a company that has worked to support and build upon the positive image of the industry.

Kuehne Company produces bleach products for many purposes, including water treatment, widely recognized as one of the most important public health advances in history. Their chlorine based products help to destroy disease-causing bacteria and viruses in drinking water and wastewater, and is by far the most commonly used disinfectant in the U.S.  Kuehne provides products that are indeed essential to our public health in our state and in the region. 

"Kuehne is recognized for making safety, security and environmental matters a high priority in their daily operations," said Hal Bozarth, executive director of the CCNJ, "they have donated security and patrol boat equipment to the local police department and invested heavily to enhance security at their site and implemented state of the art safety measures. There is no question that Kuehne takes seriously their role as a corporate citizen and is an example to other company members for their leadership in many areas, in particular chemical plant security."

The 2007 honoree joins a growing list of distinguished corporate performers that includes DOW Chemical, Oxyvinyls, Infineum, Astaris, Sybron Chemicals, Exxon, ICI, Hatco, Akzo Nobel, Merck, Hunstman Polyurethane and last year's winner Valero Refining-NJ.

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A hihg-res photo of Kuehne Company President and Hal Bozarth is available upon request.

The Chemistry Council of New Jersey (CCNJ), founded in 1955, is the premier trade and advocacy organization representing the interests of about 100 New Jersey manufacturers in the business of chemistry. Our membership consists of large and small companies that are part of New Jersey’s chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods, petroleum, flavor & fragrances and precious metals industries. The CCNJ is committed to a better quality of life through science.

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