Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Purafil for its Highly Successful Product Line Strategy with its Gas-Phase Air Filtration Products

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Purafil for its Highly Successful Product Line Strategy with its Gas-Phase Air Filtration Products PR Newswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 31, 2012 - Consistent innovation and focus on customer satisfaction helps Purafil differentiate in a saturated market MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the gas-phase air filtration market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Purafil, Inc., a division of Kaydon Corporation (NYSE: KDN), with the 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy. Purafil is a powerful brand name with an innovative technology and a leading global position in the mature and saturated gas-phase air filtration market. The company's unrivaled ability to meet and exceed customer needs has resulted in a number of successful installations across multiple markets. In the early 1960s the Purafil pellet revolutionized the gas-phase air filtration market. This was the world's first potassium permanganate air cleaning pellet (referred to as media) used for controlling corrosion in industrial facilities. Since then Purafil, Inc has created numerous air cleaning products to remove odors, improve indoor air quality and scrub toxic gases. The company was also the first to pioneer an Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) Classified synthesized carbon media capable of neutralizing corrosive airborne pollutants.