Resco Products, Inc.

Resco is a privately owned company with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Resco has been known as a leader in the specialty or monolithic refractories industry. Since 2000, Resco has become a new company through strategic acquisitions of assets from three refractory competitors. On March 3, 2000, Resco's purchase of assets divested by RHI Refractories America was completed. Resco acquired certain designated assets and, along with them, the opportunity to grow its operations and market share. These assets were associated with specific brands produced at specific locations.

Under the purchase agreement, Resco acquired the Hammond and Marelan facilities that were previously Harbison-Walker, including the plant, assets, employees, technology and know-how necessary for production, excluding certain brands that were retained by RHI. North American Refractories' Farber plant was not acquired, only the rights to produce certain Farber-made brands and the equipment needed to produce them. Production of these brands was moved to Resco's East Canton, Ohio plant.