Vesuvius is a world leader in the design, engineering, manufacture and delivery of refractory products, systems and services for high-technology industrial applications:

• Refractories and systems used to control, regulate and protect the flow of steel in the continuous casting process:
  • Alumina graphite isostatically-pressed tubes, nozzles and stoppers,
  • Slide-gate and tube-changer systems and plates,
  • Gas-purging plugs and temperature control devices.
• Refractories for the foundry industry, such as crucibles, filters, stoppers and dedicated linings.
• Fused-silica refractories for flat glass manufacture and the melting of polycristalline silicon.
• Refractory linings for high-temperature, heavy-duty industrial applications.