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JONESBORO, Ark., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading global producer of dust and fume collectors to clean up industrial processes, has announced that the company will now operate under the name Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC). The new web address for the company is www.camfilapc.com. Camfil APC is the dust collection part of Camfil, the world's largest air filter manufacturer. "In 2000, Camfil purchased Farr Company in the U.S. and...

JONESBORO, Ark., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) unveiled a unique art piece to representatives, distributors and employees gathered for an international sales meeting at the company's corporate headquarters here. Called "The Remembering Tree", the 30-ft (9.14 m) tall steel sculpture has been designed and created by metal artist Kelly Stevens, a production welder at the Jonesboro plant. Company president Lee Morgan told the group, "About a year...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UL, a world leader in advancing safety science recently announced that it awarded the first uninterruptible power supply (UPS) ENERGY STAR® certificate to APC by Schneider Electric (APC). UL is the first third-party certification authority to award UPS products the ENERGY STAR certificate, which further establishes its status as a leader in the field of global energy efficiency and APC is the first manufacturer to obtain the UPS...

JONESBORO, Ark., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) has partnered with Arkansas State University's Center for Digital Initiatives (CDI) to create a 3D animated video titled "Clean Air Rocks" (http://www.camfilfarrapc.com/videos/77). For anyone who has wondered how an industrial dust collector really works, the 3-1/2 minute video answers this question by taking viewers on a virtual tour through the inside of a Camfil Farr APC Gold Series® dust...

High levels of iron could raise the risk of bowel cancer by switching on a key pathway in people with faults in a critical anti-cancer gene, according to a study published in Cell Reports today (Thursday). Cancer Research UK scientists, based at the University of Birmingham and the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow, found bowel cancers were two to three times more likely to develop in mice with a faulty APC gene that were fed high amounts of iron compared to mice who still...

JONESBORO, Ark., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading global manufacturer of dust and fume collection equipment, has announced plans to open a 40,000 sq. ft. (3,716 sq. meter) facility in the United Kingdom to serve industrial customers throughout the UK and Europe. Work is already underway for the new plant, which is located in the Birch Business Park in Heywood, Greater Manchester, UK. The facility is expected to open in January 2013....

JONESBORO, Ark., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading worldwide producer of industrial dust and fume collectors, has launched a Web 2.0 site incorporating interactive chat features, a comprehensive video library and social media. U.S. and Canadian visitors can view the updated website at www.farrapc.com; international visitors can log onto www.camfilfarrapc.com. Responding to the growing popularity of interactive tools among Internet users, the...

JONESBORO, Ark., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) has produced a video that describes how the company's dust collection products and capabilities can help factories be safer, more productive and more energy-efficient. The video can be viewed at (http://www.youtube.com/user/CamfilFarrAPC?feature=mhee#p/u/2/r3lPq7qY3TU). The 9-1/2 minute video includes an overview of Camfil Farr APC capabilities - including engineering services, application and technical...

JONESBORO, Ark., May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading producer of industrial dust and fume collectors, has promoted John Dauber to the position of vice president of sales, U.S.A. & Canada, and Thomas Frungillo to vice president of sales, Latin America & Focus Markets. John Dauber has 19 years of sales engineering and management experience in the dust collection industry. He joined Camfil Farr APC in 1998 as a regional sales manager and...

JONESBORO, Ark., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading producer of industrial dust and fume collectors, has published a new brochure to help companies engaged in metalworking operations to understand and comply with the new EPA regulation for Metal Fabrication Hazardous Air Pollutants (MFHAP). Under the sweeping new requirement, which covers nine metal fabricating and finishing source categories, companies that used to exhaust welding fumes and...