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[December 2000]
Samsa joins forces with QPA
The Silica and Moulding Sands Association (SAMSA), the trade association for suppliers of industrial silica sands, has announced that it will be joining the Quarry Products Association (QPA) on 1 January 2001.
QPA director general Simon van der Byl said: "We are delighted that SAMSA is joining the QPA. This move will unite two associations with many common interests and will strengthen our position as the leading voice of the UK quarrying industry".
"This very positive step forward will deliver the best of both worlds for SAMSA members," said Dr John Sibson, director of SAMSA. "We encounter many of the same issues as QPA's aggregate producers and this partnership will provide synergy in many areas of our activities whilst retaining a specialist and enhanced focus on governmental consultation, promotion and technical support for industrial silica sand".
"The name SAMSA will live on within the QPA structure and will continue to stand for an industry which provides a unique and essential product for British manufacturing."
ENDS