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ASK Chemicals to Acquire Industrial Resin Business from SI Group ASK Chemicals, one of the world’s


leading suppliers of foundry chemicals, today announces that they have entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the industrial resin business from SI Group (New York, USA). With this acquisition, ASK Chemicals is reinforcing


its position in the foundry market and at the same time strengthening its non- foundry business.


ASK Chemicals and SI Group have


agreed on the purchase of SI Group’s industrial resins business and associated manufacturing sites in Rio Claro (Brazil),


Blasch Expands Technical Business Development Team with New Hire


Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. is an expanding Albany-based manufacturing company specializing in ceramic technology. As a growing company, Blasch is proud to announce its latest full time addition to the team: Alex Markle, Applications Engineer. In this role, Alex will facilitate process-oriented solutions to customer problems, including analyzing process factors in customer applications to determine optimal solution, performing initial and final product design and detailing, and directly interacting with customers on new and existing issues. In addition, Alex will collaborate with the Technical Business Development (TBD) department as well as the other departments as required in order to enhance project synergy and facilitate successes. Alex is a recent graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Alex’s previous roles in Virtual


SOP Development, Capstone Design Project, and Professional Development has provided her opportunities to work with various design software including Solidworks, Finite


Element Analysis in NX10,


Virtual Knowledge Share and CAD. Her additional experience includes project management, traditional versus smart manufacturing practices, virtual SOP development, Matrix Laboratories, and R&D manufacturing applications. “We


are pleased to welcome Alex to our Technical Business ® Ranjangaon (India), Johannesburg


and Durban (South Africa), as well as licensed technology and multiple tolling agreements globally. The transaction is expected to close later this year. SI Group’s industrial resin business


serves a wide range of markets and applications such as foundry, friction, abrasives, refractory, paper impregnation, insulation and composites. “This acquisition is an important step


in our growth strategy. It substantially reinforces our position in the foundry business and helps us to accelerate our penetration in certain growth countries.” states Frank Coenen, Chief Executive Officer of ASK Chemicals. “At the same time, it allows us to take a first step in building a phenolic industrial resins business, an attractive market with promising growth opportunities.”


Development team,” comments Will Russell, Vice President of Technical Business Development at Blasch. “With her recent experience with engineer design software, we are excited to see what she has to offer.”


About Blasch Precision Ceramics Founded in 1979, Blasch Precision Ceramics, an


Albany-based


manufacturer, provides innovative solutions for the world’s toughest refractory applications. Blasch produces premium quality net shape refractory ceramic shapes and systems for a variety of manufacturing and process industries throughout the world, including aerospace metal processing,


chemical


petrochemical refining, power generation,


non-ferrous


processing, metal


processing, industrial process heating, mining, minerals processing, cement and wear.


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