Süd-Chemie and Ashland to merge worldwide foundry chemical activities under the name ASK Chemicals Süd-Chemie AG, Munich (Germany), and Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH), with headquarters in Covington, Kentucky (USA), have reached contractual agreement on the formation of a global joint venture to merge their business activities in the foundry chemicals sector. The joint venture will be known as ASK Chemicals GmbH…