improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources calderys news newspapers books scholar jstor free images june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message calderys type a wholly owned subsidiary of imerys sbf 120 industry refractory founded 2005 headquarters issy les moulineaux france area served worldwide products refractory solutions number of employees over 2 000 website www.calderys.com calderys a subsidiary of imerys is a multinational company specialized in producing heat resistant monolithic refractory products . 1 calderys is headquartered at issy les moulineaux on the outskirts of paris with over 2 000 employees and 18 plants in more than 30 countries . contents 1 history 2 r & d 3 products 4 external links 5 references history edit william a.l. schaefer in 1914 developed the first monolithic refractory and created the pliable firebrick company which is also known as plibrico . lafarge refractories was started in 1938 as a wholly owned subsidiary of lafarge worldwide leader in cement industry . calderys was formed in 2005 by the merger of plibrico international & lafarge refractories . calderys expanded in asia by acquiring ace refractories in india in 2007 . 2 3 later next year in 2008 svenska silikaverken ab a monolithic company active in sweden norway and finland was acquired by calderys as well as val ns an important quartzite source in m l sweden . 4 in early 2013 calderys acquired arefcon b.v. a refractory installation company based in the netherlands in order to reinforce the company s ability to deliver turn key projects for the petrochemical industry . 5 the company continued its expansion in asia in 2013 by signing a joint venture agreement with pt indoporlen an indonesian refractory manufacturer and service provider 6 as well as by acquiring tokai ceramics a japanese refractory producer . this acquisition marks the first time that calderys has had local production in japan . 7 in the first quarter of 2014 calderys acquired termorak group in finland a company that specialises in refractory services including lining design installation work and inspections . this acquisition enables calderys to strengthen its position in the petrochemical and pulp and paper industries as well as in the power business in finland russia the baltic countries and in southeast asia . 8 r & d edit research and development is one of the major focus areas for calderys . as a result of which calderys is able to provide its customers a wide range of products i.e. more than 1500 formulas . it has publications in top journals and conferences in the refractory industry . 9 products edit calderys specializes in monolithic refractories especially for the iron and steel foundry cement non ferrous and petrochemical industries . calderys produces and installs these refractories and also provides project management services for them . 10 external links edit calderys website references edit astm volume 15.01 refractories ; activated carbon advanced ceramics . astm international . 2010 . isbn 9780803188617 . icici venture sells ace refractories to imerys . the times of india . french firm buys ace refractories . k p s krar r varutillg ngen f r 25 r fram t in swedish . news from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds the american ceramic society mar. 2013 . calderys announces indonesian joint venture international cement review aug. 2013 . calderys expands in asia worldcement.com aug. 2013 . refractory solutions company calderys acquires termorak global cement feb. 2014 . abstract mechanical properties up to 1100 c of al2o3 mgo extruded graphite pellets castables reinforced with steel fibres ceramics international vol . 35 issue 1 jan. 2009 . new contract for calderys july 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title calderys & oldid 647124960 categories manufacturing companies of francehidden categories cs1 swedish language sources sv articles needing additional references from april 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from june 2012all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles 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 svenska edit links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 17 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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