---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-24-006503"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCHT"
cik: "0000728385"
company_name: "Birchtech Corp."
filed_at: "2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T13:29:45.628934+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Birchtech (f/k/a Midwest Energy Emissions) begins trading under BCHT; receives conditional TSX listing approval

## Summary
- Corporate name changed to Birchtech Corp., effective Oct 17, 2024.
- Stock symbol changed to BCHT on TSXV and OTCQB; old symbol MEEC retired.
- Received conditional approval to list on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX); subject to fulfillment of requirements.
- Shareholder webinar scheduled for Oct 22, 2024 to discuss rebrand and strategic vision.
- Company operates two divisions: ME2C (mercury emissions) and WE2C (water/PFAS).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-24-006503
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCHT
- cik: 0000728385
- company_name: Birchtech Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793224006503/0001477932-24-006503-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793224006503/meec_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-24-006503.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Birchtech Corp.: Changed corporate name from Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. to Birchtech Corp (effective 2024-10-17).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-10-17
  source text: Effective on October 17, 2024, Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (the “Company”) changed its corporate name to “Birchtech Corp.” pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation filed with the State of Delaware (the “Corporate Name Change”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793224006503/0001477932-24-006503-index.htm

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