Founded in 1963, over the years Pope has supplied the cannabis industry with expertise and equipment. Today after celebrating over 60 years of business, we want to take a look at how far we’ve come:
- 1963 – Pope Scientific Inc. is founded in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
- 1975 – Pope Scientific introduces the Wiped-Film Still product line and technology to many industries worldwide.
- 2002 – The 1st Pope WFS sale for a cannabinoid application, (CBD recovery from hemp seed oil byproduct in Canada)
- 2007 – Pope builds Turnkey 400L Reaction System for synthesis of pharmaceutical THC, (first of a series of subsequent skid modules)
- 2011 – The 2nd Pope WFS sale for a cannabinoid application to the University of Mississippi Dept. of Pharmacology, (THC purification from cannabis for research – at the time, the only authorized lab in the US)
- 2015 – Start of the THC Distillate boom in the US
- 2016 – Pope Sells over 100 Canna Wiped-film Stills
- 2017 – Start of the CBD Distillate Boom in the US and elsewhere
- 2018 – 1st Pope CBD Crystallizing Isolation System sold
- 2018 – Pope begins Cannabinoid Toll Processing and Process Development Services, (for several types of cannabinoids except THC)
- 2019 – Pope breaks ground for a 20,000 square foot building expansion (required both for cannabinoid industry and for general industry) larger scale distillation and process equipment
- 2019 – Pope sells over 500 Canna Wiped-Film Stills (in US and several countries)
- 2021 – Pope launches the ProPass 600 Canna Still
- 2023 – Pope celebrates 60 years in business
- 2023 – Pope introduces the fully CE-certified Wiped-Film Still series at MjBizCon
Download a PDF: POPE_CANNABIS_HISTORY
