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Ransom & Randolph’s Technical Team Brings Unparalleled Technical Knowledge & Expertise to the Industry


Ontario Metalcaster Chooses Odyssey ERP


B&L Information Systems, a global leader in ERP software for metalcasters, is proud to announce another Canadian addition


to the


B&L family of customers in Q2 2019. Orangeville, Ontario-based and


Photo above: L-R: Sam Duncan, Sam Jeffrey, Mike Stover, Mike Hendricks, Dave Berta


technical team brings an unparalleled level


technical knowledge and


Ransom & Randolph’s (R&R) of


expertise to the industry. With over 130 years combined experience, R&R’s US and EU technical team is comprised of: US: Mike Hendricks, Applications Engineering Director; Casey Wolfe, Technology Manager; Mike Stover, Product & Application Specialist; Dave Berta, Product & Application Specialist; Sam Duncan, Product & Application Engineer; Kate Miller, Product Development Engineer; and Sam Jeffrey, Lab Technician


EU: Bastian Schulte, Application


Engineer; Carel Wegman, Application Engineer; Michal Kubis, Eastern European Technical Sales; and Jakub Nowak, European Manager


Technical Sales


In addition, R&R maintains the largest, most advanced product application/development laboratory and research foundry for benefit of the industry. To ensure that products will perform


as expected in customers’


different environments, R&R’s research foundry is appropriately equipped to cast ceramic shell, industrial mold, jewelry and dental molds. With unique testing equipment, R&R


is the only industry supplier able to look at shell strength and flexibility properties


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in real-time and at temperature. These resources are used to develop new products, analyze material performance and service customer needs. R&R’s uncompromising commit-


ment to upgrading the technology and efficiency of investment casting found- ries has benefited casters around the world. Their technical team supports customers with a focus on constant im- provement. R&R continues to see solu- tions and provide innovations which lead the precision investment casting industry into the future. Contact R&R’s technical team at: RR-


Technical@dentsply.com. Follow R&R on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube for technical tips, how-to videos and more!


About Ransom & Randolph Founded in 1872, Ransom & Randolph is dedicated to advancing the investment casting industry. R&R has provided foundries with extensive process knowledge,


exceptional technical


expertise and innovative product technology since the 1800s. By coupling revolutionary product developments with experienced staff, manufacturing and warehousing facilities, R&R successfully helps customers become casting industry leaders. R&R is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dentsply Sirona (NASDAQ: XRAY).


family-owned Tiffany Metal Casting Ltd. has been producing a wide variety of grey and ductile iron since 1989. In Q2 2019, Tiffany Metal Casting signed to the Cloud-based Odyssey ERP software system. To keep up with the current busy marketplace for industrial products, smart scheduling has reached a critical level of importance for metalcasters. Odyssey empowers foundries - like Tiffany Metal Casting - and die casters with scheduling options including: Shop Planner, Heat Planner or Flask Planner, to make them more efficient, in addition to offering host of other metalcaster-specific features. B&L Information Systems is proud to continue to support North American metalcasters with ERP software specifically designed to help metalcasters use today’s technology to make better decisions faster. In total, B&L has signed six new companies to the Odyssey family of customers so far in 2019 as well as completing initial ERP implementation with another half dozen metalcasting companies.


About B&L Information Systems B&L Information Systems is the global leader in cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for foundries, die casters and investment casters. Since 1976, B&L has implemented their unique ERP solutions at over 400 metalcasting operations, making their cloud-based Odyssey ERP match how metalcasters operate. With Odyssey, metalcasters maximize their resources, minimize costs, and make better decisions faster.


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