MWV Specialty Chemicals is a leading supplier of Nuchar® activated carbon — serving the water, beverage, food, sweetener, pharmaceutical, chemical, gas/air and environmental industries. Our wood-based carbons are used in the adsorption process to remove impurities from fluids and gases.   

Our activated carbon products are derived from wood — assuring greater purity and superior performance through higher surface area and pore volume per gram than other raw material alternatives. The consistent quality and renewable resource availability of our raw material are in increasing demand.

We operate the world’s two largest wood-based activated carbon plants in Covington, Virginia, U.S. and Wickliffe, Kentucky, U.S. to provide customers around the world with a dependable product supply.

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About MWV Specialty Chemicals

Years of innovative thinking have transformed MWV Specialty Chemicals into a thriving, global-market leader in activated carbon.  Learn more.

Industries worldwide depend on the superior qualities of MWV's activated carbons.

  • Granular Activated Carbon

    Our superior granular activated carbon (GAC) is excellent for low pressure drop, high-efficiency purification of liquids, gases and vapors.

  • Powdered Activated Carbon

    Our powdered activated carbons (PAC) are excellent for rapid, liquid-phase purification, and are used in water treatment as well as catalysis and decolorization, deodorization and contaminen reduction of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and foods and beverages.