1916- | VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE Company founded to manufacture clay graphite crucibles |
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1960- | Worldwide expansion and development of isostatic pressing technology and alumina graphite isostatically pressed products |
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1986- | COOKSON GROUP acquires VESUVIUS |
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1988- | Acquisition of ACCUMETRIX CORP. (USA) |
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1989- | Acquisition of STEEL SERVICE MALMÖ (Scandinavia), McDANEL REFRACTORY CO. (USA), FLO-CONTROL SYSTEMS (USA) and LAVA CRUCIBLE (USA) |
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1991- | Acquisition of METACON (Switzerland), NEOMELT (a division of Ferro Corp. USA), TYLER (USA), MONTERREY (Mexico) |
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1993- | Acquisition of LECO (USA)
Joint venture (50%) with KAWASAKI REFRACTORIES (Japan) |
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1995- | Acquisition of HI-TECH CERAMICS (USA) |
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1997- | Acquisition of MONOFRAX (USA), ZEDMARK REFRATTARI (Italy), CROW (Australia) |
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1998- | Acquisition of HINCKLEY GROUP (Flogates & KSR, UK), IIE (Belgium), FLO-CONTROL ITALIANA (Italy), BECKER & PISCANTOR (Germany) |
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1999- | Acquisition of VGT DYKO (Germany) and PREMIER REFRACTORIES INTERNATIONAL |
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2000- | Acquisition of SKAWINA REFRACTORIES (Poland) Acquisition of monolithics plant at VISAKHAPATNAM (India)
Joint venture with PREMIER HERNIC REFRACTORIES (South Africa) |
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2002- | Acquisition of SIR (Germany), the remaining shares of PREMIER HERNIC REFRACTORIES (South Africa) and AG REFRACTORY SERVICES (Australia) |
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2003- | Acquisition of BLUE DIAMANT CY (Mehsana, India), our first Foundry plant in Asia Pacific
Opening of a new mix plant in China: VESUVIUS ADVANCED CERAMICS Co, Ltd (China)
Building of a new glass tempering rolls plant VESUVIUS ZYAROCK CERAMIC (Suzhou) Co.,Ltd. (China)
Set up of a new fused silica crucibles plant (used for the production of photovoltaic solar cells), VESUVIUS
SOLAR CRUCIBLES, s.r.o. (Czech Republic) |
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2004- | Acquisition of SIDE DAMS (Italy)
Creation of sales offices: VESUVIUS Co. Ltd (Thailand) and VESUVIUS CORPORATION S.A., TAIWAN BRANCH (Taiwan)
Extension to the existing Kua Tang manufacturing plant VESUVIUS ZYAROCK CERAMIC (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., (China)
Take over of the monolithics business of BULLI REFRACTORIES (Australia)
Divestment of VGT DYKO (Germany) and PREMIER BELGIUM (Belgium) |
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2005- | Joint venture with WUGANG-VESUVIUS ADVANCED CERAMICS Co, Ltd. (China) increasing to 50%
Disposals of non-core technical ceramics business (Mc Danels US) |
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2006- | Divestment of Ceramics fibres and Carbon Blocks business (UK) |
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2007- | Disposals of MONOFRAX fust-cast refractories and Snowshoe (Indiana) refractory brick business (USA)
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