Foseco has been responsible for more product and service innovations over its seventy year history than anyone else in the foundry industry, including:

1932: First ‘Foundry Practice’ journal published

1933: Hexachloroethane tablets for removing undesirable gases from aluminium

1939: Coatings for aluminium die casting and spray guns for application

1946: First edition of the ‘Foundryman’s Handbook’ published

1947: Exothermic compounds for increasing casting yield developed

1948: FEEDEX – pre-formed exothermic sleeves developed for increasing foundry castings' yields

1955: FEEDEX – pre-formed exothermic sleeves introduced for increasing steel ingot castings’ yields

1963: INOCULIN first inoculant launched

1978: ECOLOTEC – environment friendly sand binders developed

1981: KALTEX ladle lining introduced

1982: SIVEX & SEDEX - ceramic filters developed to remove non-metallic impurities from aluminium,iron and steel castings

1984: RHEOTEC coatings introduced

1992: KALPUR – direct pour filter / feeder technology developed

1996: FEEDERCALC for Windows software developed

1998: Introduction of thermal properties database

1998: COVERAL Granular flux

2001: HARDCOTE coatings