Vesuvius is a world leader in the design, engineering, manufacture and delivery of refractory products, systems and services for high-technology industrial applications: - Refractories and systems used to control, regulate and protect the flow of steel in the continuous casting process: 1 Alumina graphite isostatically-pressed tubes, nozzles and stoppers, 2 Slide-gate and tube-changer systems and plates, 3 Gas-purging plugs and temperature control devices. - Ceramics and chemicals for the foundry industry, such as crucibles,such as filters, feeding systems, coatings, binders, crucibles, stoppers and refractory linings. - Fused-silica refractories for flat glass manufacture and the melting of polycristalline silicon. - Refractory linings for high-temperature, heavy-duty industrial applications.