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Our New Lab in Europe

Jason Bailey — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:12:32 +0000

In order to better serve our customers, we recently completed our building of a modern lab equipped with the latest technology. The Europe office is a professional lab we will use for polymer testing and bitumen modification developments.

The lab features the following new instruments:

Mixing units for bitumen blending and high sheer blending
Ring and Ball apparatus
High temperature furnace for ash content
Hot air oven
Temperate water bath
Penetration apparatus
Cryostat minus 40C for cold flex testing
Fluorescence microscope
Brookfield Rotary Viscosity apparatus
Density measurement tools
Melt flow measurement apparatus
DSC Analyzer

We will be posting updates about the new lab in the future!

Here are two more panoramic photos:

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Infrastructure in India

Jason Bailey — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:17:06 +0000

I recently returned from a multi-city trip to India. On this trip, we visited Kolkata (Calcutta), Bangalore (Bengalaru), Chennai and Mumbai (Bombay). One thing that struck me was that in all of the cities, major infrastructure work was being undertaken. Each city seamed to be building a new airport, raised highway (expressway or flyover as they are called in India) and a metro rail line. For those of you who have visited India previously, you will understand the urgency of upgrading the country’s infrastructure so this was really exciting for me to see. On the other hand, if you ask a local in any of those cities “when will the construction be finished?” They all have the same answer “who knows, probably another 5 or more years, but it was supposed to be done 2 years ago!” While that is a bit discouraging, what they have already completed is a major step forward.

Landing at the airport in Bangalore, we were welcomed by a brand new terminal which from the looks of it, rivals many great European airports. Next, driving the 45km to our hotel was mostly completed on a real multi-lane expressway. The road was quite smooth and we moved along at a respectable pace (they must have used SBS – Styrene-Butadiene Styrene in their new roads).

- Sam

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St. Louis Refractory Symposium

admin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:31:18 +0000

Cold & Snowy St. Louis at the end of March! Not what we expected when arriving to the St. Louis Refractory Symposium. Normally, the weather is beautiful and gives everyone a welcomed taste of what Spring will feel like.

Despite the weather, everyone was in good spirits. BassTech and Budenheim discussed a variety of our specialty metal phosphate binders, deflocculants and corrosion inhibitors that compliment BassTech’s Sodium Silicates/Metasilicates, Green Chrome Oxide and other specialty additives provided to the refractory industry.

In preparation for the upcoming Unitecr 2013 in Canada, we redesigned our booth, which can be seen in the attached picture. We feel this will breath new life in our marketing efforts and continue to allow us to prove we are the customer’s most dependable and resourceful partner in maintaining their competitive edge.

-Tom

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Welcomed by Snow in Germany

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:23:29 +0000

Tired of the extreme Winter weather in New York, I had eagerly anticipated Spring weather in Germany. Unfortunately my hopes were dashed upon my arrival. After exiting the Hyatt Mainz, I observed a crew arriving by bus - from a recent Cathy Pacific flight. Instead of immediately rushing to their rooms after their lengthy flight, they began posting pictures on Social Media of the SNOW STORM that was impacting the area. For many of them, it was their first experience of snow and they were they were as giddy as children – thrilled with catching snowflakes on their tongue.

Later that day I moved north via the autobahn that quickly changed to the parkplatz (parking lot). My goal was to introduce our new Pelletized Zinc Oxide Granular to the glass industry – complementing our Titanium Dioxide Granular and Barium Chemicals.

Luckily, the reception I received at our customer’s office was warmer than the weather. I was able to communicate how our product featured free-flowing characteristics, improved batching, less dusting and would help improve employee safety. Overall, it was a great trip, and I am pleased to announce that we have another winner!

-Alan

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