no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2012 castolin eutectic type public industry wear and fusion technology genre corporate histories founded lausanne switzerland founder jean pierre wasserman headquarters ankleshwar gujarat india number of locations over 100 worldwide area served worldwide products welding brazing coating consumables & equipment wear plates services castolab services number of employees 2 000 worldwide parent larsen & toubro limited subsidiaries in over 100 countries website www.castolin.com castolin eutectic was established in 1906 by jean pierre wasserman in lausanne switzerland . he discovered a new method of low temperature brazing of cast iron which was a revolutionary process for the repair and wear protection of metals . during the last decades fluxes brazing alloys as well as coating and welding equipment and consumables have been developed and the company is present with its own subsidiaries in over 100 countries on all five continents . in 2010 larsen & toubro limited bought the entire stake from messer to become the wholly owned subsidiary of it . the current headquarters is in ankleshwar gujarat india and the products are sold under the name ewac . contents 1 messer group 2 products 3 history 4 references 5 external links messer group edit since 2005 castolin eutectic is part of the messer world . 1 the messer group headquartered in frankfurt germany is the largest owner managed industrial gas company in the world . the messer eutectic castolin mec group reported 2008 a turnover of 599 million euros and employs more than 2.500 people worldwide . products edit the four principal product areas are welding consumables and equipment 2 brazing consumables fluxes and equipment 3 coating consumables and equipment 4 wear plates and engineered parts 5 history edit 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 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 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 references edit http www.messergroup.com http www.castolin.com wcastolin com products welding.index.php navid 64 http www.castolin.com wcastolin com products brazing.php navid 108 http www.castolin.com wcastolin com products coating.php navid 120 http www.castolin.com wcastolin com products cdp wear plates.php navid 139 external links edit castolin.com environmental expert.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title castolin eutectic & oldid 741484172 categories companies established in 1906manufacturing companies of switzerlandhidden categories orphaned articles from january 2012all orphaned articlesarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 19 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view