- CEO
- Patrick Georges Felix Andre
- Full Time Employees
- 10,925
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Miscellaneous manufacturing
- Address
- 165 Fleet Street London GL United Kingdom EC4A 2AE
- IPO Date
- Dec 17, 2012
- Business
- Vesuvius plc Vesuvius plc is a global leader in molten metal flow engineering and technology, supplying advanced refractories, consumables, equipment and digital solutions primarily to the steel and foundry industries; its Steel division offers flow control systems including nozzles, stoppers and slide gates, advanced refractories for molten metal containment, and sensors and probes for process monitoring; the Foundry division, under the Foseco brand, provides feeding systems, coatings, filters, metal treatments, crucibles and refractory products for iron, steel and non-ferrous foundries. The company operates manufacturing facilities and technical service centers in over 30 countries across six continents, with approximately 4,500 employees supporting customers through embedded experts and global R&D centers. Founded in 1916 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Vesuvius plc maintains a cash-generative model focused on innovation, cost efficiency and market expansion in high-growth regions like Asia and EEMEA. In November 2025, it completed the acquisition of the Molten Metal Systems business from Morgan Advanced Materials Plc for £20 million in cash plus shares in its Indian subsidiary Foseco India Limited, enhancing non-ferrous exposure to 27% of Foundry revenue, bolstering presence in India and delivering cost synergies accretive to earnings; earlier in 2024, it agreed to acquire a stake in Turkish firm Piromet AS to strengthen advanced refractories in EEMEA; ongoing structural cost reductions target £55 million in recurring savings by 2028, with £18 million delivered in 2025.