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The refractory industry is facing a structural challenge that has been building for years: the workforce of experienced installation supervisors is ageing, and the pipeline of skilled replacements has not kept pace. As senior professionals retire, decades of accumulated technical knowledge in installation techniques, site management, safety standards, and industrial problem-solving, risk disappearing with them.

The Calderys Nagoya plant has reached an exceptional milestone of 4,000 days without a lost-time accident, reflecting a deeply rooted culture of safety and continuous improvement.

From safety standardization across EMEA to greener steel casting fluxes in Brazil and a faster, cleaner furnace commissioning solution, our 2025 winners are proof that sustainability and performance go hand in hand.

In a ceremony graced by Shri Mohan Charan Majhi, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Calderys officially inaugurates its state-of-the-art plant in Odisha (also known as CAPES)—the world's largest single-site greenfield facility for refractories and steel casting fluxes.

In the steel industry, supply chain reliability is critical—and when lead times for refractory materials stretch to 3 months with forced inventory holdings, operational flexibility suffers.

Basic monolithics are unshaped, chemically basic refractory materials primarily composed of magnesia (MgO), dolomite, and spinel (MgAl₂O₄). Unlike shaped refractories such as bricks, monolithics are installed in-situ to form seamless linings after setting, drying, and firing.