Pope: A Deep History of Providing Equipment and Support to the Cannabis Industry
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
Pope: A Deep History of Providing Equipment and Support to the Cannabis Industry