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Pioneering Industrial Sustainability

Redefining surface protection and asset efficiency since 1906

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WHO WE ARE. WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO

Mission & Vision
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Our brand is trusted by millions of industrial users in heavy duty and wear intensive industries. Over the course of more than 100 years, we have brought innovative products and solutions to our customers challenging ourselves to reduce maintenance costs and increase industrial productivity through welding, brazing and coating technologies.

We have transitioned from being a family owned business into a global company while maintaining our industry expertise, people focus and our deep rooted belief in sustainability.

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We increase your industrial productivity

Cost-effective repair and maintenance solutions
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Born in 1906, Castolin Eutectic is today a worldwide leading company in maintenance, surface protection and special joining using welding, brazing and coating technologies. We provide proven, value-added solutions to global industries using advanced material technology. Through an international team of more than 400 qualified application specialists, we partner with our customers to reduce maintenance costs and increase productivity. Others sell products and technologies, Castolin Eutectic’s application specialists are consultants for many key industries such as cement, iron and steel or oil & gas, improving production efficiency and cost savings for their customers.

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In-house manufacturing & knowledgeable consultants

Our strengths are:
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  • Proven application know-how and an industry focus
  • In-house manufacturing and R&D
  • Well-trained international application specialists
  • Close to your needs and a value philosophy
  • Training courses carried out by qualified instructors
  • Widest industrial product range
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Broad range of products and applications

Your benefits are:
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  • Work together with real experts in surface protection, repair and joining
  • Best possible know-how in using welding, brazing and coating technologies
  • Cost-effective and tailor-made solutions through a broad range of products and applications
  • Keeping the production in-house, we are able to control the quality of every step in the production process

Our History

At the forefront of wear protection & specialist joining for more than a century
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1906
Foundation of Castolin in Lausanne, Switzerland, by Jean-Pierre Wasserman

His stroke of genius: to discover a way of brazing cast iron at low temperature - a revolutionary process for the protection and repair of metals that would have been impossible to join otherwise. Castolin also developed fluxes, brazing alloys, and cast-iron repair techniques.

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1930
René Wasserman, the founder's son, joined the company in the 1930´s

Through his remarkable foresight and the use of "modern" sales techniques (demos and application marketing), Castolin started on its road to glory. Seeing immense possibilities in the U.S.

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1940
Foundation of "Eutectic Welding Alloys Corporation" in New York

The know-how of Eutectic engineers together with the reliability and versatility of its products enabled Eutectic to become the predominant specialist brand in the Americas and Anglo-Saxon countries.

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1948
Foundation of "Eutectic Welding Alloys Company Ltd." in London
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1949
Foundation of "Castolin Italiana S.r.l." (Salteco S.p.A.) in Milan
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1952
Foundation of "Société Française Soudures Castolin" in Asnières
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Factory
1954
Foundation of "Deutsche Castolin Schweissmaterial GmbH" in Frankfurt-Nied
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Japan
1959
Foundation of "Eutectic Japan Ltd"
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Training course
1960
Start of the first Castolin workshops
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Switzerland
1967
Inauguration of the first Institute

Recognising the importance of making technical know-how easily available to customers and the international technical community, René Wasserman created the Castolin Eutectic Institute. A visionary initiative which has since trained many thousands of technicians from all over the world.

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1974
Conservationist of the Year Award

Launch of the Conservationist of the Year Award recognising a company's commitment to the environment by utilising wear protective technologies. Environmental responsibility has always been a cornerstone of our philosophy. Long before it became fashionable, our company was promoting the concept of conserving natural resources by extending the life and increasing the efficiency of machinery and industrial equipment.

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1980
World's first gas atomised powder production
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1991
CDP® Wearplate development and production
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1996
Creation of Global Industry Program

We have particular expertise in the follow industries: Steel, Cement, Waste & Recycling, Oil & Gas, Mining, Power Generation, Glass, Pulp & Paper, Automobile.

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2005
Part of Messer World

On January 31, 2005, the Messer family became the majority shareholder. We are extremely happy to be a family company again and Messer is an ideal owner. If you take a look at the histories of the Messer companies and of Castolin Eutectic, there are surprising similarities. Both businesses were founded at the start of the 20th century and had nearly identical philosophies to grow through Innovation, Quality and Partnership with Customers.

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2006
100 years Anniversary

Investment in developing countries such as Russia, China, Ukraine, Egypt, and global manufacturing.

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2007
Introduction of NanoAlloy®

Opening the world's most advanced powder production facility and introduction of the first NanoAlloy® welding consumable.

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2008
Castolin Services evolution

Castolin Services growth and acquisitions in the United Kingdom, Russia, USA, Canada, China, Turkey, Austria, Norway, Hungary and Belgium.

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2011
New Castolin Services workshops in Mexico, Belgium and Austria
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2013
Acquisition of Monitor Coatings

Monitor Coatings, a technology leader for surface engineering in extreme environments with facilities in the UK, Singapore and China.

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2014
Acquisition of Whertec

Whertec, a privately owned company with headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida. Whertec has secured a leading position in the boiler coatings market covering the power, recycling, biomass, steel and pulp & paper industries.

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2015
Geographical expansion in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia

Besides growing existing branches, plans for 2015 focused on the Cement, Steel and Mining Industries in Saudi Arabia. The goals of Castolin West Africa Ltd in Nigeria are to create strategic alliances with the country´s major Oil and Cement industrial players and to establish advanced on-site repair capabilities.

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2017
Furnace Mineral Products (FMP) joins Castolin Eutectic Group

A privately owned corporation based in Toronto, Canada, FMP specializes in the research, development, manufacture and field application of innovative, inorganic-hybrid coatings. FMP enjoys a strong presence in the USA as well as more recently also succeeded in entering markets in the Middle East and Asia.

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2020
Castolin Eutectic strengthens its position for further growth with new shareholder

PARAGON PARTNERS, one of the leading, independent private equity firms in Europe, acquires all shares in Castolin Eutectic from the Messer Group. 

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Further growth in 2020

New Shareholder
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Castolin Eutectic reinforced its position in 2020 with a new shareholder. Founded in 2004, PARAGON PARTNERS is one of the leading, independent private equity firms in Europe. PARAGON PARTNERS works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership. PARAGON PARTNERS seeks to unlock value in fundamentally attractive businesses, leveraging its ability to address transactional and operational complexity and transform companies through tailored value creation programs. The firm is based in Munich, Germany.

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OUR PRESENCE

Think global, act local
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In 2018, Castolin Eutectic generated 291 Mio € sales with 1600 employees. We dispose of 10 Supply Centers, 20 Service Centers and 31 Market Centers. The supply centers are manufacturing plants for electrodes, wires, powders, fluxes, wear plates and coating equipment, the service centers provide finished wear parts, welding and coating services as well as machining, while the Market Centers cover sales and customer service on all continents.

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