Company
Manufacturing refractory solutions
Refractaria has extensive and modern facilities that allow it to produce more than 50,000 tons per year of refractory products, with more than 1,000 different qualities.
Facilities
Refractaria extends over an area of 63,000 m2, of which 21,500 m2 are built.The production capacity can reach 50,000 tm / year, between shaped and non-shaped products
Workshops
The company has extensive facilities suitable for the manufacture of refractory materials: raw material processing lines, dosing, weighing and mixing, extruders, hydraulic and pneumatic presses, dryers, tunnel and heat treatment furnaces, complete plant for the production of non-material materials. shaped and prefabricated.
Investigation
Enviromental an Quality control department, responsible of the development of the Quality Assurance System with ISO 9001:2008 standard, and the implementation of the requirements of the ISO 14000 Environment standard.
Laboratory
Quality control laboratory, equipped with the necessary means to carry out the control work, both of raw materials, of products in progress and finishes.
Technology Centre
In line with its commitment to innovation, research and development (R&D), and the circular economy, REFRACTARIA has launched a new Technology Centre to strengthen and expand its R&D capabilities.
The new centre will drive the development of cutting-edge refractory materials, optimise the solutions in its current portfolio and advance the study of innovative techniques for decontaminating and recovering refractories at the end of their useful life.
The company's capacity for in-house testing is significantly increased with this new centre, resulting in more agile development processes, greater innovation capacity and a faster response to market needs.
REFRACTARIA's new Technology Centre is equipped with advanced technical facilities that enable process optimisation and comprehensive studies on the characterisation and in-service behaviour of materials.
Our history
We are a company founded in 1948, which bases its activity on the manufacture of refractory materials.
1948 Refractaria Foundation
Refractaria was founded in 1948 and was installed in its first manufacturing plant in La Felguera.
The company began its activity in the shadow of the expansion of the steel and coal sectors, producing refractory for the steel industry in plate casting systems, spoons and other metallurgical facilities.
1958 Transfer to the facilities of El Berrón (Siero)
The orography of the land where the original facilities were located, made it difficult both to expand them, as well as to manage logistics, so it is decided to relocate the plant to a more conducive place.
The location chosen are the current grounds of Refractaria in El Berrón (Siero).
1960 New products, new sectors
In the sixties, with the incorporation of continuous casting, Refractaria expanded its activity to new products manufactured by dry and semi-dry process. This expansion means that the company enters new sectors such as aluminum, cement, glass, ceramics, lime, paper, petrochemicals, etc.
1980 Replacement of the shaped products
In the eighties, the progressive replacement of the shaped products by the unshaped, leads the company to combine these new productions together with the traditional ones.
1990 The Steel crisis.
Because of the steel crisis ,Refractaria SA expanded its expanded it market to other sectors Refractory products with SiC and ZrO2
1997 Expansion of facilities
Since 1997, the company, within an ambitious program of investment and technological innovation, expands its facilities by building two new warehouses, adding new production lines that complement existing ones.
2000 certification ISO 9001:2000.
000 Refractaria SA Incorporated a Quality Assurance System, obtaining its certification ISO 9001:2000.
2008 Inversions
we started a new automated plant in order to manufacture unshaped products, thus increasing the production capacity of these products
2010 International Expansion
Refractaria was involved in an ambitious internationalization project In consequence, its American office in Mexico was opened in 2010 a its Middle East office in Turkey was opened in 2011.
2018 2018 REFRACTARIA SA made an investment in all facilities of about € 9 million
Production capacity more than 50,000 tons/year , with more than 1000 different qualities. International presence through technical and commercial offices in Turkey, Mexico, Brazil and Germany, as well as a network of agents located all over the world, with projects carried out in more than 50 countries.
USA
Canada
Mexico
Brasil
Panama
Argentina
Chile
Turkey
Germany
Portugal
Italy
UK
France
Belgium
2019 Adquisitions Krosaki Group
Adquisitions Krosaki Group
2020 ISO 14001
Refractaria SAU Incorporated ISO 14001
Vision and Values
1.- The customer is the center of everything: to satisfy their current needs and study their problems to provide disruptive solutions.
2.- Sectoral diversification strategy.
3.- Promote special products.
4.- Customized products for all clients. Technological Partners.
5.- Continued investment in facilities:
a) More capacitive media, quality improvement.
b) Performance improvement, cost improvement.
6.- Enable new products, expand market.
7.- Pricing Policy: Refractory Price = Cost + Margin
8.- Continue the ERP, control processes and knowledge management.
9.- Human Capital: success in generational change
Refractaria has a solid experience in the world of refractories with which to face the future in a firm and sustainable way in all the markets in which it operates
Manufacturing refractory solutions
Refractaria has a solid experience in the world of refractories with which to face the future in a firm and sustainable way in all the markets in which it operates
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