Solutions from a Specialist Foundries have valued ASK Chemicals’ product portfolio for many years. Yet the ASK Chemicals brand represents far more than its range of premium products. As a supplier of foundry chemicals it also supports foundries with services covering the entire development and production process – developing, in close collaboration with the customer, solutions that offer real added value.…

Construction of Binder, Coating and Riser Sleeve Plant ASK Chemicals has approved the construction of a Mexican production facility in the Monterrey area that will produce binders, refractory coatings, and riser sleeves for the growing Mexican foundry industry. The facility will be strategically located in the Monterrey, Mexico area in the wake of a thorough analysis of current and future foundry customers.…

Raw material supply shortages lead to increased selling prices for organic binder systems Over the last four weeks, a substantial shortage of several key raw materials has led to significant developments in raw material prices. To compensate these substantial price increases for such crucial materials like MDI or furfuryl alcohol (FA), ASK Chemicals will be increasing its selling prices for cold-box and…

ASK Chemicals to stage its products for large iron and steel casting applications From June 13 to 16, ASK Chemicals will be staging its solutions for large casting applications at Metal + Metallurgy China 2017, placing special emphasis on its ALPHASETTM technology, its locally manufactured EXACTCASTTM KMV mini-risers, and its innovative UDICELLTM tubular filter systems. Highly recommended for steel…

ECOPART H-INO 50 for all inorganic core and mold-making processes The newly developed release agent ECOPART H-INO 50, which is suitable for all inorganic core and mold-making processes such as the INOTEC system, impresses due to its application properties while at the same time being free from any harmful constituents and solvents. The release agent ECOPART H-INO 50 has been specially developed for…

With this acquisition ASK Chemicals has broadened its portfolio of foundry chemicals in the field of Alphaset phenolic resins, Betaset phenolic resins and furan resins. ASK Chemicals and Hexion have agreed on an intangible asset purchase of Hexion’s European business book and a long-term toll manufacturing agreement, whereby Hexion will continue to manufacture the products for ASK Chemicals. Both Hexion and…

ASK Chemicals is to consolidate its existing Spanish plants in Castro Urdiales, Idiazabal and Artziniega into a single industrial complex covering ten thousand square meters in the Port of Bilbao, which will become a flagship facility for the ASK Chemicals Group. A total of 10 million euros will be invested in the move to the new site as part of the group's expansion and growth strategy. ASK Chemicals has…

Release agents are of immense importance within serial core production, especially regarding complex geometries. The latest offering from ASK Chemicals – ECOPART™ H 17-250 – was specially developed for warm/hot curing organic core and shell molding processes and excels at reducing scrap and increasing productivity. As innovation leaders, ASK Chemicals gathered their accumulated knowledge on highly effective…

More and more foundries are faced with the challenge of eliminating emissions without sacrificing material properties, productivity or economic efficiency. The reasons for this need are many. Regulatory requirements for keeping the air and the workplace clean and complaints of the environment - eg. As the neighbors - are the main drivers for the progressive call for ever lower-emission production processes.…

Half a century sustainable solutions from specialists The roots of the present ASK Chemicals GmbH in Hilden, the headquarters of the ASK Chemicals Group, go back to the founding of ADM Giesserei Chemikalien GmbH with participation in Kernfest KG in 1966. Only four years later, the company changed its name to Ashland-Süd-Chemie-GießereiChemikalien GmbH & Co. KG. The two chemical concerns involved, Ashland…