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As of June 1, 2018, Bison Merger Sub I, LLC was acquired by Covia Holdings Corporation. Bison Merger Sub I, LLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides sand-based proppant solutions for exploration and production companies. The company operates in two segments, Proppant Solutions and Industrial & Recreational Products. The Proppant Solutions segment primarily provides sand-based proppants for use in hydraulic fracturing operations in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, China, and northern Europe. Its products include northern white frac sand, API-spec brown sand, and coated sand products; and Propel SSP product that utilizes a polymer coating applied to a proppant substrate. The Industrial & Recreational Products segment offers raw, coated, and custom blended sands for use in building products, foundry, glass, turf and landscape, and filtration industries primarily in North America. It also supplies proppants to oilfield service companies. The company was formerly known as FMSA Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Bison Merger Sub I, LLC in July 2015. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Chesterland, Ohio.