The Calderys Group has announced a significant investment to build a new innovation centre for refractories research and development close to its production facility in Neuwied, Germany.
The new 3,000 square metre laboratory will feature advanced processes and leading-edge equipment, enabling Calderys to develop innovative solutions tailored to operations and customers across its Europe and Middle East (EMEA) region.
Serving all the Group’s core markets—including foundry, iron and steel, aluminium and cement—it will play a crucial role in helping customers navigate their green energy transition challenges.
Construction is expected to be complete by late 2025.
Neuwied is the Group’s European largest production site and has been a recognized centre for innovation since 1955, leveraging Germany’s reputation in metallurgy and refractory industries.
Locating the Innovation Centre close to the Neuwied facility provides easy access to industrial and scale-up trials, ensuring greater collaboration and support between the Innovation & Technology, Quality Control, and Production teams.
The Neuwied location also offers access to the expertise of local talent pool, partnerships and collaboration with prestigious academic institutions such as RWTH Aachen, the University of Koblenz and the University of Liege in Belgium, along with industry resources, such as the European Centre for Refractories (ECREF) and the FGF (Research Association for Refractories).
The facility will include modular rooms to accommodate a range of R&D activities, fully connected infrastructure with air, water, dedusting, IT and ventilation facilities and a showroom to highlight innovation work and results.
State-of-the-art equipment will include advanced machinery for determining high temperature properties, mineralogical and chemical composition and imaging for in house advanced materials characterization. These investments will further elevate quality control, research capabilities and efficiency, ensuring that customers continue to receive products of the highest quality and performance.
Calderys’ third Innovation Centre
The new EMEA Innovation Centre joins Calderys’ global network of R&D facilities, including its centres in the USA for the Americas and in India for the APAC region.