
Poway, California/Stanstead, Quebec—The master distributorship by Asalco Inc. for Caig Laboratories Inc.’s DeoxIt® products in Canada was announced jointly today by Mark Lohkemper, President and Chief Executive Officer of Craig Laboratories Inc. and Pierre Chiasson, President of Asalco Inc., a privately-owned Canadian company which turns out specialty chemical products for the electronics industry.
Asalco manufactures, markets and distributes specialty chemical products such as electronics cleaners and lubricants. DeoxIt®, a major brand name of California-based Caig Laboratories Inc, also makes a complimentary line of related products.
Asalco specializes in a diverse array of lubricants and cleaners for the electronics industry such as cleaners and dusters, degreasers, flux cleaners, conformal coatings and heat sink compounds.
DeoxIt® also specializes in a variety of lubricants and cleaners. The company manufactures contact cleaners, connector enhancers, lubricants, degreasers, solvents, shielding compounds, greases, conductive inks and lint-free accessories.
Asalco has been in business since 1986 and is based in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. It has over 100 products under the Asalco name. With the addition of DeoxIt®, Asalco’s list of products will have increased by about 50 per cent.
Caig Laboratories Inc. of Poway, California has been in the business of manufacturing an extensive array of high-quality and environmentally-friendly electronics chemical products since 1956. Its products are distributed world-wide.
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“Caig Laboratories Inc. is pleased to appoint Asalco to distribute DeoxIt® products in Canada.” Announced Mark Lohkemper of Caig Laboratories.
“Asalco has a solid product and customer-satisfaction reputation.”
“This partnership will increase the scale and reach of Asalco’s business,” said Pierre Chiasson, president of Asalco Inc.
“We will be able to better serve our clients and draw on new customers because of our expanded product line and applications.”
“Adding DeoxIt® to our list of products will definitely give us a competitive advantage,” said Mr. Chiasson. “This will give Asalco one of the most comprehensive product lines of its kind in Canada.”
“Our companies and our products compliment each other,” said Mr. Lohkemper. “Asalco will give DeoxIt® products exposure and enable a beachhead to be established in the Canadian market.” |