Research & development

This means thinking beyond what we have done in the past, and what we are today. Beyond preconceived ideas of how to do things, and what our customers and casting users need. Although we respect the traditions and lessons of the past, if we and our customers are to continue to operate in and shape the foundry world, we must continuously work toward the foundry of the future.

This means two things. Firstly, it places central importance on the role of R&D. And secondly, it means collaboration – with our customers, with casting users, and with the wider industry. After all, innovation is only useful when it is firmly centred on the challenges that face the industry, whether that is sustainability, digitalisation and process control, quality improvement, productivity enhancement – or something as yet unforeseen!

When developing new products and process improvements, we therefore work closely with customers to ensure that our efforts are solution-driven, with customer needs placed front and centre of our thinking. Indeed, many of our key developments are a direct result of close collaboration with key customers. It is this ethos of service and support that drives our R&D efforts and ensures that we deliver advanced technologies that make tangible improvements to customer productivity and competitiveness.

Likewise, we always welcome customer input and direction on our R&D efforts. We thrive when a customer sets us a challenge and then works with us to discover the solution!

Do you have a problem to solve? Our R&D team is here to help.