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Foundry Division


We are a world leader in the supply of consumable products, technical advice and application support to the global foundry industry, improving casting quality and foundry efficiency.

Our primary customers are ferrous and non-ferrous foundries serving various end-markets, from large bespoke castings to high-volume automotive pieces. We operate in the foundry sector under the Foseco brand.

Performance

Vesuvius’ Foundry Division reported revenues of £476.3m in 2024, an underlying decrease of 6.3%, reflecting revenues contracting in EMEA and the Americas while expanding in Asia-Pacific. The underlying fall in revenue was largely due to almost 10% market volume declines, but partially offset by 5% revenue growth from market share gains. The market contraction described was driven by double-digit declines in our markets in EU&UK and North Asia and a high-single-digit market decline in North America. Market share gains were largest in EMEA, India and China, with the latter being supported by our new capacity in the region.

REVENUE

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RETURN ON SALES

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TRADING PROFIT

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The Business

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Our Products

The conditioning of molten metal, the nature of the mould used and, especially, the design of the way in which metal flows into the mould are key parameters in a foundry, determining both the quality of the finished castings and the labour, energy and metal usage efficiency of the foundry.

 

Vesuvius’ products and services to foundries contribute significantly to improved product quality and yield. Foundry customers are evolving towards more sophisticated and complex castings with increased requirements for cleaner and lighter metal, resulting in a greater need for Vesuvius’ products.

Foundry Casting Process

The foundry process is highly sequential and is critically dependent on the consistency of product quality and productivity optimisation. Working alongside customers at their sites, our engineers provide on-site technical expertise in addition to advanced computational fluid dynamics capabilities to develop the best customised production solutions.