Perma-Fix Founder Dr. Louis Centofanti Honored with Industry Innovation Award at EI Digest Gathering 2025
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI) founder and Executive VP of Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Louis Centofanti, has received the Industry Innovation Award at the 2025 EI Digest Gathering. Dr. Centofanti's recognition spans nearly five decades of pioneering work in nuclear and hazardous waste treatment.
His achievements include developing the first process to destroy PCBs in oil, advancing hazardous waste recycling in cement kilns, and creating EPA-approved in-drum treatment technology. Most recently, he led the development of Perma-FAS™, a breakthrough technology for destroying PFAS contaminants at low temperatures. Throughout his career, Dr. Centofanti has authored over 50 patents and publications, establishing industry standards and best practices in hazardous and nuclear waste management.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI) fondatore e Vicepresidente Esecutivo per le Iniziative Strategiche, Dr. Louis Centofanti, ha ricevuto l’Industry Innovation Award al EI Digest Gathering 2025. Il riconoscimento di Dr. Centofanti abbraccia quasi cinque decenni di lavoro pionieristico nel trattamento di rifiuti nucleari e pericolosi.
Tra i suoi traguardi: aver sviluppato il primo processo per distruggere i PCB presenti negli oli, avanzato il riciclo di rifiuti pericolosi nei forni a cemento e creato una tecnologia di trattamento in-drum approvata dall’EPA. Più recentemente, ha guidato lo sviluppo di Perma-FAS™, una tecnologia innovativa per distruggere contaminanti PFAS a basse temperature. Nel corso della sua carriera, il Dr. Centofanti ha registrato oltre 50 brevetti e pubblicazioni, stabilendo standard di settore e migliori pratiche nella gestione di rifiuti pericolosi e nucleari.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI) fundador y Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Iniciativas Estratégicas, Dr. Louis Centofanti, ha recibido el Industry Innovation Award en el EI Digest Gathering 2025. El reconocimiento de Dr. Centofanti abarca casi cinco décadas de trabajo pionero en el tratamiento de residuos nucleares y peligrosos.
Entre sus logros se incluye desarrollar el primer proceso para destruir PCB presentes en aceites, avanzar en el reciclaje de residuos peligrosos en hornos de cemento y crear una tecnología de tratamiento en tambor aprobada por la EPA. Más recientemente, impulsó el desarrollo de Perma-FAS™, una tecnología revolucionaria para destruir contaminantes PFAS a bajas temperaturas. A lo largo de su carrera, el Dr. Centofanti ha patentado y publicado más de 50 patentes y publicaciones, estableciendo estándares de la industria y mejores prácticas en la gestión de residuos peligrosos y nucleares.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI)의 창립자이자 전략 이니셔티브 이사인 Dr. Louis Centofanti가 2025 EI Digest Gathering에서 Industry Innovation Award를 수상했습니다. Centofanti 박사의 수상은 원자력 및 위험 폐기물 처리 분야의 거의 5십년간의 선구적 연구를 반영합니다.
그의 업적으로는 오일 속 PCB를 파괴하는 최초의 공정 개발, 시멘트로 가는 위험 폐기물 재활용의 진전, EPA가 승인한 드럼 내 처리 기술의 개발이 포함됩니다. 최근에는 저온에서 PFAS 오염 물질을 파괴하는 획기적 기술인 Perma-FAS™의 개발을 주도했습니다. 경력 전반에 걸쳐 50개 이상의 특허와 논문을 저술해 위험 및 핵 폐기물 관리 분야의 산업 표준과 모범 사례를 확립했습니다.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI), fondateur et Vice-président exécutif des Initiatives Stratégiques, Dr. Louis Centofanti, a reçu le Industry Innovation Award lors du EI Digest Gathering 2025. La reconnaissance du Dr Centofanti s’étend sur près de cinq décennies de travaux pionniers dans le traitement des déchets nucléaires et dangereux.
Parmi ses réalisations figurent le développement du premier procédé permettant de détruire les PCB présents dans les huiles, l’avancement du recyclage des déchets dangereux dans les fours à ciment et la création d’une technologie de traitement en tambour approuvée par l’EPA. Plus récemment, il a dirigé le développement de Perma-FAS™, une technologie révolutionnaire pour détruire les contaminants PFAS à basse température. Tout au long de sa carrière, le Dr Centofanti est devenu l’auteur de plus de 50 brevets et publications, établissant des normes industrielles et des meilleures pratiques en gestion des déchets dangereux et nucléaires.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI) Gründer und Executive VP of Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Louis Centofanti, hat den Industry Innovation Award beim EI Digest Gathering 2025 erhalten. Die Auszeichnung von Dr. Centofanti erstreckt sich über fast fünf Jahrzehnte Pionierarbeit in der Behandlung von Kern- und Gefahrabfällen.
Zu seinen Errungenschaften gehört die Entwicklung des ersten Verfahrens zur Zerstörung von PCB in Öl, die Vorantreibung des Recyclings gefährlicher Abfälle in Zementklinkern und die Schaffung einer EPA-zertifizierten In-Drum-Behandlungstechnologie. Neuester Schwerpunkt war die Leitung der Entwicklung von Perma-FAS™, einer bahnbrechenden Technologie zur Zerstörung von PFAS-Verunreinigungen bei niedrigen Temperaturen. Im Laufe seiner Karriere hat Dr. Centofanti zudem über 50 Patente und Publikationen verfasst und damit Branchenstandards und Best Practices im Umgang mit gefährlichen und nuklearen Abfällen etabliert.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI) مؤسس ونائب الرئيس التنفيذي التنفيذي للمبادرات الاستراتيجية، الدكتور لويس سينتوفانتي، قد حصل على جائزة الابتكار الصناعي في فعالية EI Digest Gathering 2025. يعكس تكريم الدكتور سينتوفانتي نحو خمسة عقود من العمل الرائد في معالجة النفايات النووية والخطرة.
تشمل إنجازاته تطوير أول عملية لتدمير PCB في الزيوت، وتقدم إعادة تدوير النفايات الخطرة في أفران الإسمنت، وابتكار تكنولوجيا معالجة داخل البرميل معتمدة من وكالة حماية البيئة EPA. وفي الآونة الأخيرة، قاد تطوير Perma-FAS™، وهي تقنية رائدة لتدمير ملوثات PFAS عند درجات حرارة منخفضة. طوال مسيرته المهنية، كتب الدكتور سينتوفانتي أكثر من 50 براءة اختراع ومنشور، ممهداً بذلك المعايير الصناعية وأفضل الممارسات في إدارة النفايات الخطرة والنووية.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ: PESI) 的创始人兼战略倡议执行副总裁 Louis Centofanti 博士，在 2025 年的 EI Digest Gathering 中荣获 Industry Innovation Award。Centofanti 博士的成就涵盖将近五十年的核废物与有害废物处理领域的开创性工作。
他的成就包括开发了将 PCB 从油中销毁的首个工艺、推进危险废物在水泥窑中的回收利用、以及创建获得 EPA 批准的桶内处理技术。最近，他领导开发了 Perma-FAS™，这是一项在低温条件下销毁 PFAS 污染物的突破性技术。在其职业生涯中，Centofanti 博士已申请并公开发表超过 50 项专利与出版物，为危险与核废物管理领域 Establishing 行业标准与最佳实践。
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ATLANTA, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI) (the “Company” or “Perma-Fix”) today announced that its founder and Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Louis Centofanti, has been awarded the Industry Innovation Award at the recent 2025 EI Digest Gathering in San Diego, California.
The EI Digest Gathering is a premier executive-level conference focused on the commercial management of hazardous and universal wastes across North America. Dr. Centofanti received a standing ovation as he was recognized for nearly five decades of pioneering advancements that have redefined nuclear and hazardous waste treatment.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Centofanti co-founded PPM, Inc., where he developed a first-of-its-kind process to destroy polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in oil while producing a clean, recyclable oil stream. This groundbreaking method quickly became the industry standard for treating PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls)-contaminated oils. Following PPM’s acquisition by USPCI, Inc. in 1985, he helped lead new initiatives to recycle hazardous waste as supplemental fuel and raw material in cement kilns and advanced a variety of innovative hazardous waste treatment processes.
In 1991, Dr. Centofanti founded Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. with two bold concepts: using cement plants to recycle waste into fuel and raw materials, and developing an EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)-approved in-drum treatment technology that enabled companies to safely treat hazardous characteristic waste on-site without a permit. Under his leadership, Perma-Fix quickly grew into a leader in the management and treatment of RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)-contaminated nuclear waste, including byproduct material and high-level waste streams such as those at the Hanford site.
Most recently, Dr. Centofanti has spearheaded the development of Perma-FAS™, a breakthrough technology that chemically destroys PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contaminants at low temperatures while producing a safe, organic effluent. This groundbreaking advancement provides a practical, scalable, and permanent solution to one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Centofanti has authored more than 50 patents and publications and has consistently advanced technologies that not only improve environmental outcomes but also reduce costs for industry and government clients. His work has set regulatory precedents, defined best practices, and helped shape the modern hazardous and nuclear waste management industries.
“Lou’s lifelong dedication to solving the toughest problems in environmental services has been transformative—not only for Perma-Fix but for the entire industry,” said Mark Duff, Chief Executive Officer of Perma-Fix. “This award honors his relentless commitment to innovation and his lasting impact on protecting human health and the environment.”
Dr. Centofanti’s legacy of innovation continues to guide Perma-Fix’s mission to deliver cutting-edge, sustainable solutions that address today’s most complex environmental challenges.
About Perma-Fix Environmental Services
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is a nuclear services company and leading provider of nuclear and mixed waste management services. The Company's nuclear waste services include management and treatment of radioactive and mixed waste for hospitals, research labs and institutions, federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S Department of Defense (DOD), and the commercial nuclear industry. The Company’s nuclear services group provides project management, waste management, environmental restoration, decontamination and decommissioning, new build construction, and radiological protection, safety and industrial hygiene capability to our clients. The Company operates four nuclear waste treatment facilities and provides nuclear services at DOE, DOD, and commercial facilities, nationwide.
Please visit us at http://www.perma-fix.com.
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