About Vesuvius

Vesuvius plc provides engineering services and solutions to steel and foundry industries worldwide. The company develops solutions to be used in industrial environments. It develops and manufactures products and solutions for supply to the steel and casting industries. Divisions Steel This division provides systems, products and services that allow steel mills to contain the molten metal they produce, protect it from oxidation and chemical contamination, and regulate its flow. Steel flow control supplies products used to channel and control the flow of molten steel from ladle to tundish and from tundish to mould; slide gate refractories for ladles and tundishes; slide gate systems; tundish and mould fluxes; and control devices to monitor and regulate steel flow into the mould. Advanced Refractories produce specialized refractory materials for lining steelmaking vessels, such as blast furnaces, ladles and tundishes, which are subject to extreme temperatures, corrosion and abrasion. These materials are in the form of powder mixes, which are spray-applied or cast onto the vessel to be lined (monolithics) and refractory shapes (bricks, pads and dams). The company manufactures monolithic refractory linings. Advanced Refractories delivers installation technologies, products adapted to fit customers’ specific processes and plants, and logistics services. Technical services focuses on the capture of key manufacturing data, complementing Vesuvius’ strong presence and expertise in molten metal engineering to create new technologies and integrate them into expert process management systems. Applications focus on furnace data acquisition using sensors and laser scanner services; ladle data acquisition employing laser scanners and slag prevention technology; and caster data acquisition in the tundish and mould, which uses sensors to obtain temperature measurement, metallurgical data, and other mould information. Foundry This division supplies consumable products, solutions and associated services related to the foundry industry. The company is present on six continents, supporting the development of global steel and foundry manufacturing processes with new technologies. Strategy The key elements of the company’s strategy are to reinforce its technology leadership; increase penetration of value-creating solutions; capture growth in developing markets; and build a technical services business. History Vesuvius plc was founded in 1916.