"Michael brings more than 25 years of executive leadership experience to the company. His track record of success across multiple, global businesses in the specialty chemicals space is impressive, and we are confident that Prince will continue to prosper under his leadership," said Scott Wolff, Prince International chairman and a managing director of U.S. private equity firm American Securities, the majority owner of Prince International. 

Wilson most recently served as president, chief executive and a director of Ingevity Corp., a spinoff of corrugated packaging producer WestRock Company. Wilson joined WestRock in 2015 to lead its specialty chemicals division. 
Prior to that, Wilson served as executive vice president of Albemarle Corp. and as president of Albemarle's performance chemicals global business unit.  

"I am excited to partner with American Securities and to join the Prince leadership team," Wilson said.

"I feel a strong sense of philosophical alignment with American Securities regarding the tenets of value creation. Prince's team has continued to step up, lead together and drive higher performance through executive transitions, which is especially admirable through a challenging 2020.  I look forward to working with such a strong and committed team. Moving forward, I believe that the business has access to multiple avenues for growth and the talent and determination to deliver it. I can't think of an opportunity I'd rather be stepping into."

In addition to ladle and furnace sands, Prince International supplies a variety of other metallurgical products such as refractories raw materials, mold sands and abrasives.