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[September 2007]
CARBO Ceramics Announces Grand Opening of Russian Facility
CARBO Ceramics Inc (Irving, TX, USA) has announced that it will host activities to recognise the grand opening of its new proppant production facility in Kopeysk, Russia. The plant has recently completed the start-up process and should reach full design capacity of 100 million pounds per year in the near future.
It will produce CARBO's intermediate strength and lightweight proppants: CARBOProp® and CARBOLite®. Marketing of CARBO products and services in Russia is coordinated through the company's sales office in Moscow.
"We are delighted with the completion of the start up phase of our newest CARBO Ceramics manufacturing plant," said Gary Kolstad, CARBO Ceramics' President and CEO, adding: "This is a world class facility. The quality of the proppant that it is producing is already in high demand from our Russian clients."
CARBO Ceramics is the world's leading manufacturer of ceramic proppants and supplier of fracture diagnostic services for use in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells.
ENDS