Vesuvius at a Glance

Brief History

Vesuvius India Limited is a subsidiary of Vesuvius Group Limited, U.K. and was one of the earliest to be given approval by the Central Government (Secretariat for Industrial Approvals) under the liberalised industrial policy of 1991, and the first green-field project to come up in West Bengal in the then changing economic scenario. The equity shares of the Company are listed on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges.

The Company was incorporated on September 6, 1991 and commercial production started in its first factory at Kolkata from July 1, 1994.

At present the company has four factories one each at Kolkata, Mehsana and two at Visakhapatnam and one manufacturing arrangement at Salem. Another factory at Visakhapatnam will be set up soon. The Kolkata factory manufactures Continuous Casting Refractories including slide gate equipments and porous plugs, the Visakhapatnam factories manufacture monolithics , pre-cast shapes and taphole clay and the Mehsana factory manufactures crucibles for non-ferrous industry. The manufacturing arrangement at Salem supplies basic monolithics for tundish application.

Vesuvius Group Limited, U.K, is the holding company presently holding 55.56% shares of Vesuvius India Limited. The ultimate holding company is Vesuvius plc, UK whose shares are traded on London Stock Exchange.