In our Hydrated Lime Slurry LinkedIn group, a new engineer from a major chemical company shared that when he was assigned to the area where lime was being used, he wondered why they were spending over $500,000 more per year on prepared slurry versus slaking themselves. He found that when they slaked themselves, they
A poll in our Hydrated Lime Slurry LinkedIn group illustrated the primary reasons why some lime users have switched from using dry lime to a more expensive slurry. If a respondent listed their use, it was under 10 dry tons per day. The most common response was that while on a pure cost per
ASI recently won a nice lime slurry account - replacing a 45% solids competitive lime slurry with ASI UltraLime CX PLUS. Among the many interesting discoveries was this – because of competitive product instability - the customer learned the hard way that they needed to flush their pump suction line once per hour with
When he started as an area sales manager at Applied Specialties, Inc., Jim Miles planned to use his extensive sales experience, industry contacts, and knowledge of the lime industry to help grow the Applied Specialties West Region business. Jim started with ASI in June of 2019. Jim started out in the concrete and cement
Danielle Upshaw has been working as a quality control chemist at Applied Specialties, Inc. (ASI) for over 3 years. Danielle’s favorite thing about working at ASI is that she sees every day as a learning experience. Apart from chemistry, she handles development, group projects, and sales and production. There’s also plenty to learn when
Gary Amato has been a Technical Sales Representative at Applied Specialties, Inc. (ASI) for 17 years. Prior to working at ASI, Gary held the same title at Sternson, Ltd. However, sales hasn’t been Gary’s only career. Before he worked at Sternson, Gary’s degree in biology and environmental studies from the University of Buffalo led
To Our Family (Our Employees and Clients), You are all aware of the day-to-day news that we are in historic times as more and more friends and family are affected by the COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus. You, our family, are important to us. Applied Specialties Inc.’s management team has remained focused
