TIMELINE
Foseco – Pioneers in the foundry industry for more than 70 years
The Time Line lists all Foseco innovations and company milestones since 1932.
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1935 FIRIT refractory tool coatings
1937 CORECOAT coatings
1937 First Foseco laboratory
1938 CUPREX oxidising fluxes, first feeding fluxes, MAGREX melting fluxes
 
1940 DYCASTAL gassing additive
1942 NUCLEANT grain refiners
1943 MOLDCOTE flammable coatings
1944 Foundry Calculator developed
 
1950 SEPARIT parting powders
1950 100th issue of Foundry Practice
1951 FEEDEX exothermic feeders
1952 Foseco Germany, Foseco Italy, Foseco South Africa
 
1955 CARSIL sodium silicate binders
1956 BRIX flux briquettes, NAVAC sodium modifiers, SLAX slag coagulants
1956 Foseco is 25 years old
1957 Foseco Japan
 
1960 DEXIL sand additives
1960 Foseco Belgium, Foseco Mexico, Foseco Spain
1961 Hot box binders, INOCULIN granular inoculants
1962 MIXAD sand conditioners
   
1971 MAGCOKE magnesium impregnated coke, ROMAG fluxes
1971 Foseco Argentina
1971 Foseco Korea
1972 CARBONIN carburising additives, TILITE grain refining blocks
 
 
 
1983 SIVEX F filters
1984 KALMINEX 2000 insert sleeves
1985 Acquisition of Riedelbauch & Stoffregen, Foseco New Zealand
 
1996 INSURAL ATL transfer ladle
1996 FEEDERCALC for Windows MTS (Metal Treatment Station)
1996 STELEX ZR filters
 
2001 Foseco FS achieves
ISO 14001
2001 KALTEK ISO ladle linings
2003 Foseco Turkey
2003 ALSPEK H hydrogen sensors, ALSPEK Na sodium sensors, COSMA Mini equipment, FILTERCALC for Steel, KALFLO gasketed filters
   
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1932 CUPRIT fluxes
1932 DS deoxidising tubes
1933 COVERAL fluxes
DEGASER degassing powder
1934 Name changed to Foseco
1938 FIRIT refractory tool coatings
1939 DEGASER degassing tablets, LADELLOY alloying additives
1939 DYCOTE die coatings
1939 Foseco France
 
1945 CORFIX core adhesives
1946 FEEDOL anti-piping covers
1946 First Foundrymans Handbook
1947 FEEDEX powder,
FERRUX anti-piping covers
1947 TERRACOTE water based coatings
1947 Foseco's first exhibition
1949 Foseco Canada
 
 
1952 CUPOLLOY alloy briquettes SEPAROL parting liquids, TERRAPAINT water
based coatings
1953 Foseco Inc (USA)
1953 CO2 set binders
1954 Giesserei Dienst (Austria)
1957 FLAMCO carbonaceous coatings
1958 BRIXIL flux briquettes with silicon
1958 Foseco Australia, Greaves Foseco India, Foseco Switzerland
1959 FERROGEN fluxes, RECUPEX swarf fluxes
1962 Foseco’s first GIFA
1963 ZENDOX fluxes
1963 Foseco Brazil
1965 CARSET sodium silicate catalysts
1966 KALMINEX feeders
1966 BENTOKOL coal dust replacements, CERAMOL flammable coatings, Silicate
CO2 binders, KALMIN feeders
1967 INOTAB inoculating tablets, KALMIN 33 insulating feeders for aluminium,
SOLIDIN adhesives
1968 Foseco Hong Kong, Foseco Sweden
1968 ALBRAL aluminium bronze fluxes, HARDCOTE coatings, ZINCREX fluxes, TAK plastic mould sealants
 
1972 HOLCOTE water based coatings
1974 LUBIX grease lubricants, NODULANT noduralising tablets
1974 Foseco Taiwan
1975 INSURAL refractories
1976 ADAL alloying blocks, SOLOSIL CO2 set binders
1976 Foseco Philippines
1977 FUROTEC furane
binders
1978 Foseco Venezuela
1978 ECOLOTEC CO2 set binders, insert sleeves, ISOMOL flammable coatings
1979 FENOTEC ester phenolic binders
1979 INOCULIN 90 in-stream inoculants, MSI Equipment
1979 KALTEK one piece ladle linings
1979 Foseco Greece
1979 Foseco Singapore
 
1980 VELOSET rapid catalysts
1981 Steel Feeding Calculator
1981 TRIBONOL electrostatic coatings
1981 KALTEK ladle lining boards
1981 Foseco Egypt
1982 FEEDERCALC software
1982 SEDEX filters
1982 SIVEX filters
 
1986 Foseco Indonesia, Foseco Portugal
1986 floating feeder sleeves
1986 RHEOTEC coatings
1987 FDU (Foundry Degassing Unit)
 
1987 FILTERCALC software, POLITEC cold box binders, SOLSTAR simulation software
1988 Foseco Morval (North America)
1988 KALPUR direct pour technology
1988 improved breaker cores, FEEDEX HD high strength feeders, STELEX S filters, STYROMOL lost foam coatings
1989 MDU (Mobile Degassing Unit)
 
1990 Servimetal joins Foseco
1990 COVERAL GR granular fluxes
1991 CAD CAFIS software, SIVEX FC filters
1992 Foseco Malaysia, Foseco Thailand
1993 German site achieves
ISO 9001
1993 RHEOTEC RDT rapid dry technology
1994 Foseco Jinke (China)
1995 INSURAL feeders
 
1997 Acquisition of SMC Foundry Products
1998 FEEDEX VS spot feeding
1999 SIVEX FC non ceramic filters
 
2000 COSMA sodium modification
2000 Foseco Poland
 
2002 Low Pressure Furnace + FDU
2002 HARDCOTE W surface stabilisers
2002 Foseco Czech
2003 KALMIN 200 feeders, KALPUR direct pour, RHEOTEC XL coatings, STELEX PrO steel filters