Ceratizit Group and Grasche USA extend knife partnership
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Richard Comer, president of Grasche USA, center, signing the dealer extension joined by Andreas Olthoff, managing director of Ceratizit Luxembourg, left, and Chris McKenna, sales director Americas, at Ligna.

MAMER, Luxembourg -- Grasche USA signed an extension to their dealer agreement that extends the partnership with the Ceratizit Group to 10 years for the distribution of knives and profile blanks in North America.

Since the launch of the collaboration in 2014, the sales for both companies have grown steadily. Theworking relationship to promote the Go Chrome carbide grade program has reportedly been very successful, and it has now been further expanded with the addition of the new KCR18+ grade, suitable for all wood-processing applications.

Grasche USA is a U.S. manufacturer of custom saw bodies ready for tipping. The saw bodies are laser-cut, heat-treated, reamed, surface-ground, and hammered by craftsmen. Each saw is built in the U.S. with German cold-rolled saw steel using European machine and manufacturing processes. See http://www.ceratizit.com.

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