Foseco South Africa | Castings SA

12 Bosworth Street, Alrode, Alberton
Gauteng, South Africa
Tel: +27 (11) 903 9500
Email: SAinfo@foseco.com

Company Profile
Foseco is the Foundry Division of Vesuvius and is one of the global leaders in products and solutions for improving foundry performance.

From its humble beginnings in a small room in Birmingham, UK Foseco has become an international supplier of consumable products to the foundry industry. Foundry Services Limited was established in 1932 as a supplier of flux products to brass and bronze foundries England. The “Foseco” brand name was first used in 1934 and originates from the words FOundry SErvices COmpany.

The original success of the company was based not only on the provision of high quality products, but also on service and problem-solving as well as the development of application technology. This philosophy remains one of Foseco’s core values to this very day.

Since 1932, Foseco has continuously developed product and process innovations for the foundry industry. These include exothermic and insulating feeding systems, filtration of liquid alloys, direct pour technology, solidification simulation software, non ferrous metal treatment and degassing systems, metal stream inoculation, electrostatic coatings, environmentally friendly binders and insulating ladle lining systems.

The purpose of Foseco is to improve foundry performance by working alongside their customers to develop and apply products and services that produce better casting quality and higher productivity at lower costs in a safe a healthy working environment.

All of Foseco’s manufacturing locations are accredited to, or actively working towards, ISO 9000 and ISO 14001. Many are also accredited to the Ford Q series, VDA 6.1 or QS9000.

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