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Perma-Fix Founder Dr. Louis Centofanti Honored with Industry Innovation Award at EI Digest Gathering 2025
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 A
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