About Us
The crucible is our hallmark, professionalized service our obsession, and continuous improvement our purpose.
Since 1943, Refractarios Especiales Castel is the leading company for the supply of materials for foundry, also providing proven experience and offering global solutions and widely consolidated products for the ferrous and non-ferrous foundry market.
History
1943
Foundation and early years
1950’s
Years of business development and market positioning
1960’s
Always next to the foundries
1970’s
Improvement of productive capacities and transfer to Sant Boi de Llobregat
1980’s
New technologies and development of resin-based bonded
1990’s
Sale of Know How and transfer to Rubí (Barcelona)
2000’s
New contracts and exclusive representations
2010’s
New scenarios, new challenges
2020’s
Expanding storage capacity
OUR PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS
FOUNDRY ECOCER:
Foundry Ecocer is a leading Italian company in the sector of chemicals and fluxes for the metallurgical treatment of non-ferrous alloys.
It always looks forward, investing in human resources, equipping itself with state-of-the-art systems, developing new products adapted to user requests, in all possible forms, such as powdered fluxes, granulated fluxes, tableted fluxes, packaged fluxes supplied in sealed containers. aluminum capsules and other shapes, in line with a global demand increasingly oriented towards the demands of high performance and guaranteed quality that characterize the competitiveness context of the sector.
Production includes fluxes for the treatment of molten metals, putties, ceramic preforms, treatment, filtering and degassing units, lubricants and release agents for the different foundry processes, maintenance and fusion furnaces, and many more.
AUG. GUNDLACH:
Aug. Gundlach is one of the world’s leading crucible manufacturers.
In addition to clay, graphite and silicon carbide crucibles for non-ferrous metals, the Aug. Gundlach group also supplies quartzite and spinel crucibles for gray cast iron and steel.
The standard production program includes all types of crucibles for aluminum, copper and precious metal castings.