Vesuvius Pittsburgh Research

Founded in Pittsburgh in 1916, Vesuvius has become a global leader in metal flow engineering. At the Pittsburgh Research center, we collaborate across three business lines - Flow Control, Advanced Refractories and Foundry - with diversified process knowledge & application expertise to leverage synergies and deliver innovative and customized solutions for foundry and iron and steel industries as well as production processes. Foundry Solutions Foseco, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vesuvius, is a world leader in the supply of foundry consumables and solutions including:* Steel Foundry * Iron Foundry * Non Ferrous Foundry * Investment Casting Foundry * Zinc Oxide Iron and Steel Solutions Vesuvius works closely with our customers to develop customized refractories, systems, services and technologies that enable them to improve their performance including:* Iron Making * Steel Making * Continuous Casting * Ingot Casting * Steel Finishing * Laser Technologies PROCESS METRIX Industrial Processes Vesuvius provides solutions which enable our customers’ plant to withstand the effects of extreme temperatures, erosion and chemical attack including:* Non-Ferrous Metals * Minerals Processing * Hydrocarbon Processing * Power Generation and Incineration * Glass * Solar