Brian labored for the company, servicing and installing his grandfather’s water treatment systems and learning all brands and products for water treatment. John McLean, began working for his family’s water treatment business.
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This newly re-configured system proved quick and easy to install but never really removed iron as well as John’s original hand crafted and hand assembled iron system. The MacCLEAN Iron System became the company’s exclusive iron removal system from then on. John retained principle ownership until March, 2002.Īfter gaining control of the company, Sandy and Dan switched to using the pre-fabricated MacCLEAN Iron Removal System. John passed operation of the business to his daughter and son in-law, Sandy & Dan McCoy. John was in his seventies when he decided it was time to take a less active role in the company. The original invention was then modified to become a mass manufactured product known as the MacCLEAN Chem.-Free Iron Removal System. In the early 1980’s Chemical Engineering Corp, an at that time small water treatment company in the mid west, purchased rights to John’s invention. Years later a simple idea prospered into a well known family owned water treatment business. This simple design proved to be a breakthrough in technology for iron removal treatment. John Oliver McLean patented his Iron Removal System that he invented in 1955 for his family and his home on the James River here in Richmond, VA.