The story
1906 Foundation of Castolin in Lausanne, Switzerland
1940 Foundation of Eutectic Welding Alloys Corporation in New York City
1959 Foundation of Eutectic Japan Ltd
1962 Foundation of Eutectic India Ltd - a joint venture with the company Larsen & Toubro, with products marketed under the name of L&T EWAC Alloys
1960's Start of first CastoLab workshops
1970's Development of Cored wire and production
1980's Development of world's first gas atomised powder production
1991 CDP® Wearplate development and production
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1996 Creation of Global Industry Program
2005 Part of the Messer World.
2006 100 years anniversary
2007 Opening of the World's most advanced powder production facility and introduction of first NanoAlloy® welding consumable
2008 Castolin Services growth and acquisitions in the United Kingdom, Russia, United States, Canada, China, Austria, Norway, Hungary, Belgium.
2013 Acquisition of Monitor Coatings, technology leader for surface engineering in extreme environments with facilities in the UK, Singapore and China.
2014 Acquisition of Whertec, a privately owned company with headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Over the past years Whertec has secured a leading position in the boiler coatings market covering the power, recycling, biomass, steel and pulp & paper industries.
2015 Geographical expansion by Joint Venture agreements in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia
2017 Acquisition of FMP Coatings. FMP specializes in inorganic-hybrid coatings.
2020 Paragon Partners acquired all shares in Castolin Eutectic.
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