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Ashland’s Casting Solutions business taps Taiwan distributor TEMC for alliance
DUBLIN, Ohio (USA) – Ashland’s presence in the Asian foundry marketplace continues to increase as Ashland Casting Solutions, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), announces an agreement with TEMC, Metal and Chemical Corp. of Taiwan. The agreement provides TEMC an exclusive right to distribute Ashland Casting Solutions binders and EXACTCAST® sleeve
technologies to Taiwanese foundries.
"TEMC is a leading sleeve and coating supplier for the metal casting industry in Taiwan. The strong relationship of TEMC with Taiwanese foundries will enable Ashland Casting Solutions to sell products in these areas more effectively. We are very pleased to have TEMC as our exclusive binders and EXACTCAST sleeves distributor in Taiwan," said Ken Chang, business development manager, Taiwan, Ashland Casting Solutions.
“To be positioned in the Taiwanese market with TEMC is very positive for both companies,” said Mike Swartzlander, vice president, Ashland Specialty Chemical and general manager, Ashland Casting Solutions. “Their reputation in fiber sleeves and coatings coupled with our leading global position in binders and EXACTCAST sleeves provide a strong offering to foundries in this market.”
"We are very excited to have the alliance with Ashland Casting Solutions. Taiwanese foundry operators have known the Ashland name for more than 25 years, and Ashland means foundry technologies, foundry solutions and quality. We are committed to putting 100 percent of our efforts into growing the foundry business with Ashland in Taiwan," said F.K. Chang, general manager of TEMC.
Ashland Casting Solutions, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, is a leader in supplying products, processes and technologies to the global metal casting marketplace. The group has operations (including licensees and joint ventures) in 21 countries.
Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., is a leading, worldwide supplier of specialty chemicals serving industries including adhesives, automotive, composites, metal casting, merchant marine, paint, paper, plastics, watercraft and water treatment. Visit www.ashspec.com to learn more about these operations.
Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a Fortune 500 chemical and transportation construction company providing products, services and customer solutions throughout the world. To learn more about Ashland, visit www.ashland.com.
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Ashland’s Casting Solutions to market SELEE ceramic foam filters
DUBLIN, Ohio – Ashland’s focus on customer solutions is being further enhanced by a marketing agreement between Ashland Casting Solutions, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), and SELEE Corporation. The agreement provides Ashland with exclusive rights to market SELEE’s ceramic foam filters for foundry applications in Europe and Asia and non-exclusive rights to distribute the products in North America.
“SELEE’s ceramic foam filters are a great match to our customer-solutions approach to enhancing foundry production. Through this agreement, we add additional design services capabilities so we can now more readily work with our customers from concept to manufacturing,” said Mike Swartzlander, vice president, Ashland Specialty Chemical, and general manager, Ashland Casting Solutions.
SELEE is a recognized high-quality producer of ceramic foam filters in the Americas iron and steel foundry market. The agreement with Ashland will expand that presence within North America and globally. Additionally, Ashland’s technical support services for the castings industry will expand to cover SELEE’s ceramic foam filters.
“This agreement with Ashland strengthens our existing sales and service network and will help to further establish SELEE products in the European and Asian regions. The real winners will be the foundry industry who will now have greater access to the world’s highest quality ceramic foam filters,” said Mark Morse, president of SELEE Corporation.
SELEE Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Porvair plc. Porvair plc is a specialist filtration and advanced materials business with expertise in a wide range of markets including the filtration of molten metals. It invented ceramic foam filtration and is a market leader in the filtration of molten aluminum, iron and steel. Porvair is listed on the London Stock Exchange. More information can be found at www.porvair.com and www.selee.com.
Ashland Casting Solutions, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, is a leader in supplying products, processes and technologies to the global metal casting marketplace. The group has operations (including licensees and joint ventures) in 21 countries.
Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., is a leading, worldwide supplier of specialty chemicals serving industries including adhesives, automotive, composites, metal casting, merchant marine, paint, paper, plastics, watercraft and water treatment. Visit www.ashspec.com to learn more about these operations.
Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a Fortune 500 chemical and transportation construction company providing products, services and customer solutions throughout the world. To learn more about Ashland, visit www.ashland.com.
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