OMNOVA Solutions’ Performance Chemicals facilities in Mogadore, OH, and Akron, OH, were presented with 2010 Awards for Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security (EHS&S) Performance from the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC).

FAIRLAWN, OH – OMNOVA Solutions’ Performance Chemicals facilities in Mogadore, OH, and Akron, OH, were presented with 2010 Awards for Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security (EHS&S) Performance from the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC).

OMNOVA’s Performance Chemicals facility in Mogadore received an EHS&S Performance Award for reducing its city water usage by nearly 20 percent, well water usage by almost 40 percent and its wastewater discharge by over 40 percent from 2009 to 2010.

An EHS&S Performance Award was presented to OMNOVA’s recently acquired manufacturing facility in Akron for achieving an eight-percent improvement in overall energy required to produce one pound of product.